Blockchain

Opinion / Technology

Travel opportunities - and distribution challenges - in the blockchain

By Sara Pavan - Amadeus | February 22, 2018

In 48 BCE, the historic city of Alexandria was destroyed by Caesar’s army, including its world-famous library. Today, if a library was destroyed, its records would live on in other libraries and on the... Read More

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What's to come for tech innovation in corporate travel?

By Viewpoints | February 22, 2018

Johnny Thorsen, VP of Travel Strategy and Partnerships at Mezi, the AI-powered personal travel assistant. Did you know that one in nine US jobs depends on travel and tourism? In fact, business trav Read More

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Q&A: Trust, truth and transparency at the heart of TUI Group’s blockchain work

By Mitra Sorrells | February 21, 2018

TUI Group was one of the first travel brands to make headlines for its adoption of blockchain. Read More

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Startups, curiosity marketing, blockchain and AI

By Sponsored Content | February 21, 2018

Sponsored by ITB Berlin. Negotiating the travel tech landscape can be confusing - so many solutions, so many vendors, so many choices. For those who need help to guide them through the options, Read More

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Webjet opens blockchain marketplace to external partners

By Mitra Sorrells | February 20, 2018

Webjet is expanding its blockchain initiative, Rezchain, to four companies: Thomas Cook, DidaTravel, Mitra Global and Far East Hospitality. Read More

Notated News / Technology

The case for a decentralized internet

By Chris Dixon | February 19, 2018

The internet is still early in its evolution: the core internet services will likely be almost entirely rearchitected in the coming decades. Read More

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Decoding blockchain, part 3: Flight data management

By Mitra Sorrells | February 19, 2018

Data sharing is a complicated - and sometimes disjointed - process in the air transport industry. The creation and storage of information for each flight is handled by multiple entities, at minimum the... Read More

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Another blockchain use case - the flying urban taxi market

By Sponsored Content | February 15, 2018

This is a viewpoint from Pamela Whitby, editor of EyeForTravel With the hype around blockchain in travel reaching fever pitch, why not toss something else into an already complicated equation – an Read More

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Q&A: How blockchain is helping Webjet improve efficiency, cut costs for hotel bookings

By Mitra Sorrells | February 14, 2018

When Microsoft announced in November 2016 that it was working with Australia-based online travel agency Webjet to build a blockchain proof-of-concept solution, the term “blockchain” was still relatively... Read More

News / Startups

Local guide app Cool Cousin pivots to blockchain

By Mitra Sorrells | February 13, 2018

When Nadav Saadia and his co-founders launched “Cool Cousin” in 2016, they were aiming to create a new version of a travel agency. Read More

Notated News / Technology

Iceland has Bitcoin power-suckers and overtourism to worry about

By Chris Baraniuk - BBC | February 12, 2018

Academics and tourism leaders have discussed overtourism in Iceland (and elsewhere) for many years, yet it is a blockchain-led process that could have another fundamental impact on the island nation. Read More

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Decoding blockchain, part 2: Travel loyalty programs

By Mitra Sorrells | February 12, 2018

If we think of loyalty program rewards as a currency, it becomes easy to see why the current system is not ideal and why most programs are struggling to achieve their ultimate goal: to influence... Read More

News / Startups

Travel tech entrepreneur launches blockchain system for non-airline services

By Mitra Sorrells | February 12, 2018

A new blockchain-based travel billing and settlement platform is in the works. Read More

News / Distribution

Blockchain unchained: A deep dive into the buzzword for 2018

By Simone Puorto | February 8, 2018

Last month I spent a couple of days in Naples to meet a client. To keep the Italian-living-abroad-stereotype alive, every time I go back to the "BelPaese" I try to get as much good food as I can. I've Read More

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Blockchain the enabler of new non-air standards project

By Martin Cowen | February 7, 2018

Travel Ledger is a new initiative which is aiming to oversee a new B2B industry standard for settling non-air financial payments, in the same way that IATA's BSP has become the global standard for the Read More

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