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Dragonchain My travelBLOC | September 03, 2021

My Travel Bloc Inc. and Bellevue based Dragonchain have entered into a Letter of Intent to co-develop and deploy the most secure and efficient blockchain travel solution on earth. TravelDragon will combine My Travel Bloc's global travel services platform with Dragonchain's energy efficient hybrid blockchain and patented smart contracts platform. This benchmark solution is designed to process over twenty two thousand (22,000) transactions per second on an environmentally su...

Buying Business Travel | February 05, 2020

BCD Travel has acquired the business travel and meetings and events activities of its long-time Milan-based Italian partner Ventura Spa. As a result of the purchase, Ventura Spa will operate as a newly-formed company called BCD Travel Italy, which will offer corporate travel, meetings and events and travel consolidation services. Founded in 1977, Ventura Spa became a BCD partner in 2006. With annual sales of around US$400 million and 380 staff, the new company will maintain its offices in Milan,...

WTTC | September 29, 2020

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) launched a social media campaign to raise awareness of the social benefits of travel. The campaign, dubbed “Travel the world. Make a difference,” asks travelers to share stories about the positive social impact the industry makes on people, places and communities dependent upon tourism for their livelihoods....

Hospitality Trends

Hyatt Hotels Corporation | October 07, 2022

Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced the opening of Fuji Speedway Hotel in Shizuoka, Japan, the first property within The Unbound Collection by Hyatt brand in Japan, introducing the first of a planned compilation of one-of-a-kind, story-worthy hotels into the country. Flanked by the breathtaking vista of Mount Fuji and the adrenaline-fueled Fuji Speedway race circuit, the hotel—one of several attractions in the new Fuji Motorsports Forest project developed by the Toyota Group wil...