Blockchain

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STARTUP STAGE: PopulStay uses blockchain for rental bookings, management and security

By Mitra Sorrells | August 27, 2018

PopulStay is a booking and property management platform for vacation rentals that uses blockchain to create a direct connection between hosts and guests and to lower transaction costs. Read More

News / Technology

BCD points to specific use cases for emerging tech

By Rob Gill | August 21, 2018

Emerging technologies including blockchain, virtual reality and bots can help corporate travel buyers to improve their sourcing from suppliers, according to a new guide from travel management company Read More

News / Distribution

Wegogo aims for fair-share travel platform, alternative to web agency dominance

By Mitra Sorrells | August 14, 2018

In the midst of growth plans, Wegogo is forging ahead with the introduction of blockchain-based tech and the creation of its cryptocurrency known as WeGold. Read More

News / Startups

The evolution of the Lufthansa Innovation Hub - internal projects, partnerships and investments

By Linda Fox | August 6, 2018

Founded in early 2014 as a standalone subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, the Innovation Hub has evolved in focus as well as in its internal projects, partnerships and investments. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

Technology and travel are driving forward together

By Richard Gayle - Travel Forward | July 31, 2018

There is a compelling argument that the travel industry invented ecommerce. Read More

News / Startups

Ideas and insight from startups at Battleground: The Americas

By PhocusWire | July 30, 2018

Don't miss a day of fresh ideas and innovation from travel startups and speakers from high-profile companies at Battleground: The Americas. Register now. Read More

News / Technology

Airlines take up blockchain challenge

By Marisa Garcia | July 30, 2018

While blockchain is still in the early stages of review in the airline industry, two airlines recently took big leaps forward. Lufthansa and SAP have partnered to launch the “world’s first aviation Read More

Interview / Technology

Q&A: Nordic Choice Hotels on how innovation drives the customer experience

By Nordic Choice Hotels & ALICE | July 24, 2018

ALICE co-founder and president Alex Shashou sat down with Nordic Choice head of business Christian Lunden to discuss innovation at Nordic Choice properties and how the influence of other industries... Read More

News / Distribution

LaComunity founders target blockchain for vacation rentals

By Marisa Garcia | July 24, 2018

The founders of holiday rentals sharing service LaComunity have announced the launch of a new blockchain powered ecosystem consisting of a token, a DApp and a marketplace. The backers claim the pla Read More

Opinion / Technology

Blockchain: Not your father’s dial-up modem

By Douglas Rice - Hospitality Technology Network | June 21, 2018

A recent article reminded me of an older colleague who, sometime around 1997, told me that the internet and e-commerce would never really take off because "you always get a busy signal when you’re... Read More

Opinion / Technology

Debunking the impact of blockchain on hotel distribution

By Max Starkov - HEBS Digital | June 14, 2018

A recent article on the Nasdaq website claims blockchain‐based platforms “offer promising solutions” to particular areas of difficulty in the hospitality industry, including blockchain‐based hotel... Read More

News / Distribution

Blockchain in travel - on the move or not?

By Pamela Whitby | June 12, 2018

Have blockchain technology and blockchain businesses promising to transform travel been overhyped? David Brillembourg, CEO of the Brillembourg Group, which has launched STEP, a simple travel ecosys Read More

News / Distribution

Stuck in the mud - when airline distribution partnerships go wrong

By Pamela Whitby | June 8, 2018

Legacy agreements signed with the global distributions systems (GDSs) are giving business airline bmi a headache. Antony Price, director marketing & customer, bmi, says it is currently stuck in Read More

Opinion / Technology

A Step in the right direction for blockchain and travel?

By Arnie Weissmann - Travel Weekly | June 6, 2018

Distributed ledgers via blockchain came to most people's attention as the underlying technology supporting bitcoin. Read More

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Blockchain projects to be quietly shelved in favour of traditional processes

By Rob Gill | June 5, 2018

Data analyst GlobalData has poured cold water on the potential success of many new blockchain-based projects. The company has claimed that many initiatives will be “quietly shelved in favour of mor Read More

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