Blockchain Month

News / Technology

PhocusWire's theme months for 2018 - all in one place

By PhocusWire | December 31, 2018

Here some of the highlights from each of our dedicated months during 2018 - from blockchain and digital marketing to voice and startups. Read More

News / Technology

Believe the hype? 14 travel blockchain startups to watch in 2019

By Mitra Sorrells | December 20, 2018

Blockchain has been one of the most talked about concepts of 2018 - not least in travel, where its development is touted by some as the future of distribution and security. Read More

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News / Technology

A review of 2018, a preview for what's next: Blockchain in travel

By Mitra Sorrells | December 3, 2018

For our look ahead, SITA Lab program manager Sherry Stein provides an update on blockchain for the air transport industry and her predictions of what to expect in 2019. 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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News / Technology

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

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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News / Technology

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

News / Technology

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

News / Technology

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

News / Technology

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

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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

News / Technology

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