Arise Travel Network uses blockchain technology to enable a new type of distribution relationship that gives hotels control of commissions, eliminates complex contracts, and opens access to any hospitality distributor or partner.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Arise Travel has launched the beta version of its Arise Travel Network, a digital marketplace designed to eliminate the inefficiencies and costs in today’s outdated online travel distribution market and extend the value of hotels’ inventory. The Arise Travel Network uses blockchain technology to rebuild the hotel distribution infrastructure into one that is secure, accessible, and flexible. This will spur competition and innovation in online travel, enable hotels to partner directly with multiple distributors, and to reduce their distribution costs.
The Arise Travel Network is simple to set up, scalable, and offers numerous advantages over traditional distribution networks:
- Hotels and distributors come together directly without the need for contracts or middlemen. Hotels use a simple interface to set their commission rates and import inventory and rate data from their existing hotel system to their own secure blockchain. They then can make it available to as many distributors and partners as they choose via the Arise Travel Network.
- Hotels set their own commission rates and can change them at any time to reflect market demand, inventory, or any condition. Changes occur instantly across the entire Arise Travel Network.
- Commission payouts are automatic and done electronically. The Arise Travel Network blockchain method is secure, immediate, and eliminates the tedious process of reconciliation and follow up.
Why Blockchain?
The founders of Arise Travel have experience working in the hospitality industry and wanted to develop a technology-based solution to address hotels’ challenges in today’s OTA and distribution markets. Arise Travel uses a non-currency-based application of blockchain technology to build a new travel network marketplace.
“Blockchain technology is a good fit for hospitality because it enables a secure, traceable, and trusted transaction between hotels and distributors,” says Nadim El Manawy, CEO. “No more time wasted on commission reconciliation, no more cumbersome contracts.”
“Blockchain technology allows us to create a shared, distributed cache of hotel room and rate information. All parties connected to our network have a local copy of hotel data that automatically stays up-to-date, removing the need for hotels to enter their information on multiple proprietary platforms, while eliminating out-of-sync cache issues that plague the industry today,” says Alex Lamb, CTO. “The Arise Travel Network stores hotel data on blockchains to create a truly decentralized and distributed hospitality data network.”
Arise Travel is seeking additional partners to participate in the beta network including hotels, distributors, event planners, or anyone interested in sending new bookings to hotels.
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