# Jan Blanchard

> Jan Blanchard is the co-founder and CEO of MOST, a retail and payment technology company serving airlines and other mobile businesses. Previously CEO of Tourist Republic and chief commercial officer at Retail inMotion, he helped develop airline retail technology, led Retail inMotion’s US expansion in Dallas and now works with co-founder John Vaughan on connected software and payment tools for aircraft cabins.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at MOST
- **Organizations:** MOST, Retail inMotion, Tourist Republic
- **Education:** College of Carlow (RTC)
- **Known for:** Helped build Retail inMotion’s IT customer portfolio from one airline to nearly 30 by January 2017., Led Retail inMotion’s new US branch from Dallas in 2017., Co-founded MOST with John Vaughan.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Active with Touristr; photographed with Patrick and John Collison at Limerick OpenCoffee on August 9.
- **2008** — As CEO of Tourist Republic, collaborated with NUI Galway’s DERI on the €200,000 TripPlanr project.
- **2012** — Joined Retail inMotion.
- **2013** — Helped develop cashless cabin payment technology, according to MOST’s launch announcement.
- **2017** — Appointed to lead Retail inMotion’s US branch in Dallas as director of IT sales.
- **2020** — Serving as chief commercial officer at Retail inMotion.
- **2021** — Left Retail inMotion after nine years; MOST’s company profile records its founding year as 2021.
- **2026** — Leading MOST as its co-founder and CEO alongside co-founder John Vaughan.

## Achievements

- Helped build Retail inMotion’s IT customer portfolio from one airline to nearly 30 by January 2017.
- Led Retail inMotion’s new US branch from Dallas in 2017.
- Co-founded MOST with John Vaughan.
- Led Tourist Republic’s collaboration with NUI Galway on an intelligent trip planner in 2008.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — MOST held its third annual client gathering in western Ireland, with a conference at the Foynes Flying Boat Museum; recap published October 22.
- **2026-09** — MOST announced onboard retail technology deployments with Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines.
- **2026-01** — MOST reported about 17% higher average sales per passenger across its airline customers in 2025, expansion into three new South American countries and an end-to-end programme with Aer Lingus.

## Links

- Website: https://most.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janblanchard
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/janblanchard

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