Dan Brookman is the CEO & co-founder of Airship.co.uk and useToggle.com, hospitality tech platforms focused on increasing customer visit frequency and loyalty through Airship, and delivering pre-visit revenue through Toggle. He has over 30 years of experience in hospitality, having started his career serving pints in Sheffield before buying and converting a derelict swimming pool into a 600 capacity live music venue aged 23.

Dan took over the reins at Airship in 2018 when the company was in distress. He repositioned the business from a full service agency to a SaaS platform. In 2019 the business raised £500k of private equity investment to scale its products and build out the team. They accelerated through the pandemic, raising a further £750k to support growth. 

Airship & Toggle grew 600% in 3 years, and in October 2022 sold the business to Zonal, one of the leading hospitality technology companies in the UK. Dan remains as CEO of the business and is now on the exec board at Zonal.

Today, Airship & Toggle serve 800+ UK hospitality brands, delivering over 1 billion emails and generating £120 million in gifting revenues, in 2024 Airship underwent a £500k transformation with a new lightning fast tech stack and the rollout of the V1 of their AI Insight tool, Flight Assist.

Dan is a seasoned entrepreneur and mentor. He's an investor and NED in Joli, the creator platform and El Tab, the drinks subscription app.