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How Blockchain Tokenization Will Transform the Travel Industry
Tokenization is a well-established concept: For twenty years, traditional applications surrounded...
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Autonomous Vehicles: When Will They Have an Impact?
Autonomous vehicles are an example of a futuristic concept that everyone knows will become reality...
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The State of Innovation in Corporate Travel 2022
Due to the pandemic, quarantines and remote working policies became the norm, slashing corporate...
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Cybersecurity in Travel Goes Beyond Technology
Cybersecurity is an issue for every company’s management, board, employees, customers and business...
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Self-Sovereign Identity: Unlocking Seamless Travel
As originally conceived, the internet was designed to connect networks of machines to share...
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How Is Travel Adapting to the Subscription Economy?
With travel on the rebound as the pandemic wanes, suppliers and intermediaries have had an opportunity...
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Help Wanted: How Travel Survives the People Shortage
When COVID lockdowns receded in early 2021, it was expected that frustrated travelers would return...
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The Fintech and Payment Revolution in Travel
Renewed drive for increased efficiency and a simplified, secure user experience as demands for the...
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Off the Beaten Path: How Technology Is Dispersing Tourism Demand
In spite of the travel restrictions associated with the pandemic, there remain tourism hotspots where...
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The State of Digital Advertising in Travel: Time for a Rethink
Striking the balance between perfectly-tailored products and maintaining high standards of privacy has...
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Air Merchandising and Retailing: Short-Term Survival and Long-Term Promise
Under the uncertainties of the past two years, some airlines have taken the opportunity to rethink...
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The Spectacular Rise (and Fall?) of SPACs in Travel
When deciding to go public, many travel companies weigh the pros and cons of a traditional IPO versus...
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Hotels: On the Path to Attribute-based Prosperity or Calamity?
Hotels have long struggled to capitalize on room rates. The old selling model, which relies on...
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Go Beyond Touchless and Strive for Frictionless Travel
While touchless interactions have eliminated the need for travelers to physically put their hands on...
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Road to 2030: The Future Travel Experience
The travel industry is due for significant change. The pace at which technological advancement unfolds...
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AI: What's Real and What's Not
There is no single technology that has more promise for true digital transformation of the travel...
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Preventing a Hospitality Identity Crisis
Hotels are currently facing a dilemma with their official status and online presence. With a lack of...
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The Decentralized Computing Future
Decentralized computing is one of the newest technological developments impacting the travel industry....
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Confronting Goliath: Big Tech Regulation and Travel
Big Tech has become a hot topic for debate, across all industries and dimensions of business. For the...
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The Business Side of NDC
The debate continues surrounding the utility and economic feasibility of New Distribution Capability...
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