The people
Panagiotis Athanasakopoulos
Computer Engineer | Founder of TWENTYONE WEST COAST TRVL STORIES PC & Co-Founder & CEO of TRVL
Panagiotis Athanasakopoulos has spent more than eighteen years balancing his time between architecture reviews and edit suites. Holding a degree in Computer Science from the Hellenic Open University (EAP) combined with extensive, multi-year hands-on experience, he acts as the core tech strategist who decides what gets built and what gets refused.
In 2007, he founded TWENTYONE WEST COAST TRVL STORIES PC, creating an innovative agency that engineers software and shoots media in the very same room. Building on this deep technical and creative foundation, he co-founded TRVL in 2026, which he currently runs as CEO—a next-generation Greek online travel agency written from the ground up by the exact same elite team.
When he is not optimizing complex booking engines, he is a dedicated father to his daughter and an avid tech enthusiast.
Career
Two companies, one discipline.
2026 — present
Co-Founder & CEO, TRVL
- trvl.gr — A Greek online travel agency built entirely in-house.
- Features seamless search, booking, and payment architecture on a single, unified platform.
- Provides direct, high-speed access to a global network of over three million hotels and properties.
2007 — present
Founder & Technical Direction, TWENTYONE WEST COAST TRVL STORIES PC
- The pioneering agency that successfully bridges the gap between software engineering and media production in the exact same room.
- Oversees the complete technical architecture, infrastructure reviews, and strategic execution for all major projects.
Expertise
Architecture & system design
Decides what gets built and what gets refused — the platform, its data and every system it has to talk to, before a line is written.
Product design
Mobile and web interfaces, and the UX research behind them, from the first sketch to the shipped screen.
Digital growth for hospitality
Booking journeys, search and performance for hotels and travel brands — the same work he now runs at TRVL.
Stack
React · Next.js · Node.js · React Native · PostgreSQL
Selected clients
- Piraeus
- COSMOTE
- Avène
- MARKET IN
- SCORPIOS
- TRVL AIR
- NEXTCOMMERCE
In the press
- trvl.gr: Greek OTA now operationalMoney-Tourism.gr
- Νέα ελληνική OTA πλατφόρμα ξεκινά τη λειτουργία τηςTravelDailyNews
Initiate the blueprint
Talk to him directly.
There is no account manager at TWENTYONE. Tell us what you are building and the first conversation is with the person who will decide how it gets built.