[Global Travel News] In 2017, Skift said that the TUI Group is one of the few large companies that are keen to discuss the blockchain. The company’s CEO Fritz Joussen publicly called out that the blockchain will break Priceline, Expedia, and Airbnb in today’s accommodation and The distribution ecosystem is almost monopolized.
At the beginning of 2018, since the group of 3'clock in midnight getting popular, the application of the domestic tourism startups to the blockchain scene gradually emerged. The former vice president of Yilong, Shen Wei founded Trip.io. The former founder of Qunar, DaiZheng created UTour, which is known as the first main chain of global tourism industry, and Atlas, which was created by the founder Wu Zan.
The industry’s doubts about the blockchain have not stopped. It is believed that some of the entrepreneurial projects have no practical product and real application scenarios, just holding the flag of the blockchain to make money from users. At the same time, however, the industry is looking forward to the blockchain. The attempt of blockchain technology in the tourism sector is seen as an important choice to disrupt existing distribution channels and may also give travelers an unprecedented buying experience.
In the end, what kind of disruptive changes will the application of blockchain bring to tourism? As a tourism company, how should we grasp the opportunities?
On the morning of September 19th, at the 2018 TravelDaily Conference & Digital Travel Show (2018 TDC & CDTS) Innovation Hub, Shangri-La Hotel Chief Technology Officer Yang Jiancheng, WebBeds Asia Pacific CEO Li Weibin, UTour DTS founder Dai Zheng Tripio co-founder and CEO Shen Yu discussed the theme of “How the blockchain set off a new revolution in tourism”. This session was hosted by Zhu Mingsheng, a special commentator of Global Travel News.
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