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How Trustabit is building a blockchain toddler

By Pamela Whitby | May 30, 2018

Trustabit CEO Saritta Hines is something of a pioneer. An African-American with more than 13 years experience in data analytics, she is leading a team that is 50% represented by women to build a priva Read More

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VIDEO: Blockchain's role and its ambitious prospects in travel

By PhocusWire | May 29, 2018

Blockchain has a tendency to polarize opinion in the travel sector - fuelled a combination of distrust, ignorance, over-confidence and desire for change. Read More

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Why innovation starts with the travel experience

By Jill Menze | May 25, 2018

As an industry representing 10% of jobs globally and on track to reach $1.5 trillion in gross bookings by 2020, the travel market is one that’s ripe for innovation and disruption. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Chozun offers blockchain system for experiences and loyalty

By Mitra Sorrells | May 3, 2018

Australian entrepreneurs Teresa Truda and Zia Word pivoted the focus of their app to Chinese outbound millennial travelers after they were accepted into Chinaccelerator, a Shanghai-based startup... Read More

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Blockchain: which road to travel?

By Sponsored Content | May 1, 2018

Sponsored by EyeForTravel. Blockchain to revolutionise the complex travel ecosystem or blockchain technology to drive efficiencies in travel companies? Now that the buzz around what blockchain can Read More

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How autonomous vehicles will transform the ways we travel

By Viewpoints | April 26, 2018

This is a viewpoint from Rae Steinbach, freelance editor at Rothenberg LLP. Driverless cars are on their way. The technology is developing at such a pace that many experts are predicting that they’ Read More

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Fizzle and flop or crackle and pop: Will blockchain in travel see mass adoption in 2018?

By Viewpoints | April 23, 2018

This is a viewpoint from Trond Vidar Bjorøy, blockchain investor and advisor. While there isn’t much yet to indicate that blockchain technology will be a panacea for travel industry pain points, 20 Read More

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Can blockchain help a tiny, travel-dependent island reinvent its economy?

By Mitra Sorrells | April 18, 2018

On the tiny Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba – population just over 100,000 – tourism is the foundation of the economy, contributing about 88% of its gross domestic product and accounting for 90% of its... Read More

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Six trends for travel startups to consider

By Kevin May | April 16, 2018

Fifteen startups have joined the popular Welcome City Lab, part of the Paris & Co network of services to support new businesses in France. Read More

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Sabre explains blockchain - somebody has to

By Marisa Garcia | April 10, 2018

In its 2018 Emerging Tech in Travel report, Sabre unravels the mysteries of blockchain and puts together the bits that not only explain how it works and what it means for society, but also whether and Read More

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Cool Cousin goes crypto: Another effort to integrate blockchain into travel

By Nick Vivion | March 13, 2018

Ah, the blockchain. The travel startup ecosystem around this emerging technology continues to expand. This time, it's Cool Cousin with a new cryptocurrency named 'CUZ' to facilitate transactions betwe Read More

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Mobile payment for hospitality, blockchain and more China travel trends

By PhocusWire | March 9, 2018

Our latest roundup, in partnership with TravelDaily China, looks at mobile payment for hospitality as well as funding for blockchain and destination services. China market trends Some 130 million Read More

Notated News / Technology

Blockchain and a potential snafu with EU privacy law

By David Meyer - IAPP | February 28, 2018

There's one huge problem on the horizon for blockchain: Europe's privacy push in the shape of its General Data Protection Law. Read More

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Tech expands its reach into all aspects of hospitality

By PhocusWire | February 28, 2018

Hospitality is the heartbeat of travel and tourism, with technology dictating the rhythms. The relationship between hospitality and tech is constantly shifting in response to not only industry deve Read More

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Decoding blockchain, part 4: Cross-border payments

By Mitra Sorrells | February 26, 2018

Most of the headlines about blockchain have been about the implications of this emerging technology on the financial sector – the potential for it to change banking, share trading, insurance, payments... Read More

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