# Mik Ruberl > Personal site of Michele (Mik) Ruberl, who writes about travel payments, digital identity and agentic commerce: AI agents that book and pay for travel. 25 years in travel distribution and payment systems, based between Thailand, Kenya and Italy. Current roles: Co-founder, Transio; Principal AI Architect, FairMind; VP Innovation, Travel Token Marketplace. ## About - [About Mik Ruberl](https://mikrub.com/about/): roles, background and current work - [Transio](https://transio.network): stablecoin and card payment corridors for hotels, lodges and DMCs - [FairMind](https://fairmind.ai): GenAI systems for government and enterprise - [Travel Token Marketplace](https://travel-token.net): distribution of activities and experiences to travel agencies - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikrub/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/mikrub/) - Contact: mik@ruberl.com, or LinkedIn ## Writing Everything Mik has written, newest first: articles on this site, papers, pieces for trade publications and LinkedIn articles. Index: https://mikrub.com/articles/ ### Highlights - 22 Oct 2026, ITB Asia 2026, Singapore: Payment innovation and revenue opportunities in travel (event) - 2026-02-07, [The agentic economy has twin problems. It actually has triplets.](https://mikrub.com/articles/2026-02-07-erc8004-triplets/): ERC-8004 and x402 tackled identity and settlement. But coordination, the third problem nobody named, is where real commerce breaks. - 2026-01-13, [Google's UCP changes the agentic commerce conversation. Here's how it could book travel.](https://mikrub.com/articles/2026-01-13-google-ucp/): A follow-up to 'Why your AI travel agent can dream up the perfect trip but can't book it' - 2026-01-08, [How many times did they photocopy your ID in 2025?](https://mikrub.com/articles/2026-01-08-digital-identity/): The travel digital identity gap, and why blockchain bridges it - 2025-12-29, [Why your AI travel agent can dream up the perfect trip but can't book it](https://mikrub.com/articles/2025-12-29-agentic-travel/): And how the infrastructure we've been building for 2.5 years might finally make it possible - 2024-07-16, [zIA: a GenAI-powered local auntie assists tourists in Italy](https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.11830) (arXiv), authors: Alexio Cassani, Michele Ruberl, Antonio Salis, Giacomo Giannese, Gianluca Boanelli, archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20260713012002/https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.11830 ### All writing - 2026-05-07, [22 forks, none flowing back](https://mikrub.com/articles/2026-05-07-22-forks-none-flowing-back/): I patched a Go CLI in an hour, in a language I don't write. The story is the 22 other forks I found there, and what their silence implies for an open source economy where every PR is a donation in two currencies: code, and the compute that produced it. - 2026-02-07, [The agentic economy has twin problems. It actually has triplets.](https://mikrub.com/articles/2026-02-07-erc8004-triplets/): ERC-8004 and x402 tackled identity and settlement. But coordination, the third problem nobody named, is where real commerce breaks. - 2026-01-21, [The Residue: Teaching Claude to remember](https://mikrub.com/articles/2026-01-21-the-residue-teaching-claude-to-remember/) - 2026-01-18, [The Residue: From zero to live](https://mikrub.com/articles/2026-01-18-the-residue-from-zero-to-live/) - 2026-01-17, [The Residue: Where does your thinking go to die?](https://mikrub.com/articles/2026-01-17-the-residue-where-thinking-dies/): Building a corpus that remembers — a series about personal knowledge infrastructure in the age of AI - 2026-01-13, [Google's UCP changes the agentic commerce conversation. Here's how it could book travel.](https://mikrub.com/articles/2026-01-13-google-ucp/): A follow-up to 'Why your AI travel agent can dream up the perfect trip but can't book it' - 2026-01-08, [How many times did they photocopy your ID in 2025?](https://mikrub.com/articles/2026-01-08-digital-identity/): The travel digital identity gap, and why blockchain bridges it - 2025-12-29, [Why your AI travel agent can dream up the perfect trip but can't book it](https://mikrub.com/articles/2025-12-29-agentic-travel/): And how the infrastructure we've been building for 2.5 years might finally make it possible - 2025-07-29, [Travel meets digital euro: Chain4Travel's lessons from the ECB Pioneer Programme](https://mikrub.com/articles/2025-07-29-digital-euro-ecb/): Programme context, technical approach, and what we learned building digital euro integration for travel - 2024-07-16, [zIA: a GenAI-powered local auntie assists tourists in Italy](https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.11830) (arXiv), authors: Alexio Cassani, Michele Ruberl, Antonio Salis, Giacomo Giannese, Gianluca Boanelli, archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20260713012002/https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.11830 - 2019-01-17, [Blockchain: Rivoluzione prossima ventura?](https://www.fieredihannovernews.it/mercati/blockchain-rivoluzione-business-vincente/) (Fiere di Hannover News), full text: https://mikrub.com/articles/2019-01-17-blockchain-rivoluzione-prossima-ventura/, archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20190121011911/http://www.fieredihannovernews.it/mercati/blockchain-rivoluzione-business-vincente/ - 2004-09-15, [Towards Highly Adaptive Services for Mobile Computing](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F0-387-22874-8_9) (Springer, Boston, MA), authors: Alessandra Agostini, Claudio Bettini, Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi, Dario Maggiorini, Daniele Riboni, Michele Ruberl, Cristiano Sala, Davide Vitali, archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20261018173835/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/0-387-22874-8_9 ## Events Talks, panels, podcasts, hackathons and stands since 2018. Index: https://mikrub.com/events/ - 22 Oct 2026, ITB Asia 2026, Singapore: Payment innovation and revenue opportunities in travel (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2026-10-itb-asia-2026)) - Aug 2026, The Hotel Expo (THX), Nairobi (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2026-08-the-hotel-expo)) - 13 Jun 2025, Kenya Blockchain and Crypto Conference (KBCC 2025), Nairobi: Product-Market Fit in the Decentralized World (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2025-06-kenya-blockchain-and-crypto-conference)) - 13 May 2025, Travolution Europe Summit, London: Connect, distribute and pay - Web3 and crypto as enablers (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2025-05-travolution-europe-summit)) - Mar 2025, ITB Berlin 2025, Berlin (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2025-03-itb-berlin-2025)) - 4 Feb 2025, Webinar: Future of Hotel Tech - AI & Blockchain, online (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2025-02-webinar-future-of-hotel-tech-ai-blockchain)) - 28–29 Nov 2024, Tech Tourism Games hackathon (Grup CETT Smart Tourism Congress), Barcelona (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2024-11-tech-tourism-games-hackathon)) - 21 Nov 2024, (Gen)AI Italy meetup, 4th edition (FairMind), Milan (phase page: [FairMind](https://mikrub.com/events/fairmind/#2024-11-ai-italy-meetup-4th-edition)) - 25 Oct 2024, The Future of Digital Payments in Travel: Stablecoins, CBDCs, TravelFi, online (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2024-10-the-future-of-digital-payments-in-travel-stablec)) - 9 Oct 2024, ECB B2B Payments Workshop (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2024-10-ecb-b2b-payments-workshop)) - Sep 2024, Travel Un'Chained 2024, Palma de Mallorca (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2024-09-travel-un-chained-2024)) - 7 Jun 2024, NFT Rome, Rome: NFTs Applications in Travel, Retail, and Digital Experiences (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2024-06-nft-rome)) - 23 May 2024, AWS Summit Milan, Milan (phase page: [FairMind](https://mikrub.com/events/fairmind/#2024-05-aws-summit-milan)) - 26–30 Mar 2024, Fashion Metaverse Conference 2024, online: Web3 cases in Tourism and their intersection with Fashion (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2024-03-fashion-metaverse-conference-2024)) - 5 Mar 2024, ITB Berlin 2024, Berlin: Navigating the Web3 Dilemma: Selecting the Optimal Blockchain for Your Travel App (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2024-03-itb-berlin-2024)) - 14 Dec 2023, Hospitality Net Podcast (Web3 in Travel, ep. 6), online: Blockchain's Potential in Hospitality and Loyalty Programs (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2023-12-hospitality-net-podcast)) - 16 Nov 2023, Web3 & AI Day 2023 (IKN Italy), Milan: Trip3 (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2023-11-web3-ai-day-2023)) - 19 Sep 2023, Fox Williams webinar on blockchain and Web3 in travel, online (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2023-09-fox-williams-webinar-on-blockchain-and-web3-in-t)) - Sep 2023 – Nov 2025, Chain4Travel hackathons (Decode Travel and partner hackathons) (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2023-09-chain4travel-hackathons)) - 27 Jun 2023, W3Summit Milan 2023, Milan: Roundtable: Web3 and tourism (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2023-06-w3summit-milan-2023)) - 15 May 2023, Web3 in Travel Conference, Barcelona: On-ramp tools from travel tech stack (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2023-05-web3-in-travel-conference)) - 16 Apr 2023, Web3 Digital Summit 2023 (Valpolicella), Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella: The Web 3.0 revolution in the tourism sector (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2023-04-web3-digital-summit-2023)) - 6 Apr 2023, LinkedIn Live: Three new heroes of hospitality, Metaverse, NFTs and AI, online (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2023-04-linkedin-live-three-new-heroes-of-hospitality-me)) - Apr 2023, Web3 in Travel Podcast, online: Upcoming Infrastructure and Web3 Applications in Travel (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2023-04-web3-in-travel-podcast)) - 29 Mar 2023, International Hotel Technology Forum (IHTF), Vienna: Blockchain connections to Travel Systems (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2023-03-international-hotel-technology-forum)) - 11 Mar 2023, POLIMI Graduate School of Management: Web3 for Digital Commerce class, Milan: Web3 for Digital Commerce (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2023-03-polimi-graduate-school-of-management-web3-for-di)) - 7–9 Mar 2023, ITB Berlin 2023, Berlin (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2023-03-itb-berlin-2023)) - 1 Mar 2023, GoBeyond (IKN Italy), Milan: 5G, extended reality and the 3D internet: where is connectivity taking us? (phase page: [Peakwork, Chain4Travel & TTM](https://mikrub.com/events/peakwork-c4t-ttm/#2023-03-gobeyond)) - 25 Oct 2022, Forum Retail / IKN Italy, Milan: NFTs and New Travel Shopping Experiences in the Metaverse (phase page: [Alpitour](https://mikrub.com/events/alpitour/#2022-10-forum-retail-ikn-italy)) - 28 Oct 2021, TIG ecosystem: digital transformation and the Alpitour case (phase page: [Alpitour](https://mikrub.com/events/alpitour/#2021-10-tig-ecosystem-digital-transformation-and-the-alp)) - 19–21 Sep 2021, VAR Group hackathon / Convention VAR 2021, Riccione (phase page: [Alpitour](https://mikrub.com/events/alpitour/#2021-09-var-group-hackathon-convention-var-2021)) - 23 Sep 2020, Red Hat / Kiratech event (Alpitour: DevSecOps and multicloud), online (phase page: [Alpitour](https://mikrub.com/events/alpitour/#2020-09-red-hat-kiratech-event)) - 30 Apr 2020, Hack for Travel (hacktravel.org), online (phase page: [Alpitour](https://mikrub.com/events/alpitour/#2020-04-hack-for-travel)) - 15–16 May 2019, ITB China Startup Awards 2019, Shanghai (phase page: [Pointmark & Sandos](https://mikrub.com/events/pointmark-sandos/#2019-05-itb-china-startup-awards-2019)) - 17 Jul 2018, World Blockchain Conference, Singapore: Next in Blockchain (phase page: [Pointmark & Sandos](https://mikrub.com/events/pointmark-sandos/#2018-07-world-blockchain-conference)) - Jun 2018, Fireside chat, 3 o'clock Mars community (3点钟火星社区) (phase page: [Pointmark & Sandos](https://mikrub.com/events/pointmark-sandos/#2018-06-fireside-chat-3-o-clock-mars-community)) ## Press Interviews, features, podcasts and mentions of Mik in the press. Index: https://mikrub.com/press/ - 2023-12-11, [WEB3 in Travel #6 - Michele (Mik) Ruberl, Director Blockchain & Web3 Solutions, Peakwork](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4119552.html) (Hospitality Net, Web3 in Travel), archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20250723214728/https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4119552.html - 2023-04-01, [Interview with Michele Ruberl from Peakwork](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luca-de-giglio/episodes/Interview-with-Michele-Ruberl-from-Peakwork-e21hko2) (Web3 in Travel (Luca De Giglio)), archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20261018231718/https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/luca-de-giglio/episodes/Interview-with-Michele-Ruberl-from-Peakwork-e21hko2 - 2021-09-23, [Andremo davvero in vacanza con l'NFT?](https://www.vanityfair.it/viaggi-traveller/notizie-viaggio/2021/09/23/vacanze-nft-prenotazione-hotel-ca-di-dio-alpitour-futuro) (Vanity Fair Italia), by Paola Manfredi, archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20210923172610/https://www.vanityfair.it/viaggi-traveller/notizie-viaggio/2021/09/23/vacanze-nft-prenotazione-hotel-ca-di-dio-alpitour-futuro - 2020-04-21, [Interview: Michele Ruberl, Alpitour World](https://blog.travelgate.com/blog-travelgatex-interview-michele-ruberl-alpitour-world) (XML Travelgate), archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20261018172903/https://blog.travelgate.com/blog-travelgatex-interview-michele-ruberl-alpitour-world - 2018-06-04, [Mars Open Class: Michele Ruberl on how blockchain reshapes tourism](http://bbs.huoxing24.com/?/question/1816) (Mars community (火星社区)), archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20180604210628/http://bbs.huoxing24.com/?/question/1816 ## Posts Mirror of Mik's LinkedIn posts, one page per post. Each page links to the original on LinkedIn, which is the canonical version. Index: https://mikrub.com/posts/ - 2026-08-28, [A week late, an after-the-fact post on The Hotel Expo, and why distribution and…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2026-08-28-7499023842955124736/) - 2026-06-25, [Last week I ran my business development from the Kenyan coast.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2026-06-25-7476061259885383680/) - 2026-05-21, [At ETHMilan today and tomorrow!](https://mikrub.com/posts/2026-05-21-7463145466126426112/) - 2026-05-20, [The TTM announcement landed yesterday in German, which most of my network isn't.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2026-05-20-7462736755293589504/) - 2026-05-07, [An open source PR is now a donation in two currencies](https://mikrub.com/posts/2026-05-07-7458182929819766784/) - 2026-02-20, [I'll be at ITB Berlin, 3 to 5 March.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2026-02-20-7430440461779218432/) - 2026-02-12, [In Nairobi for tomorrow's Nairobi Stablecoin Conference at the Hyatt.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2026-02-12-7427633425844523008/) - 2026-02-07, [ERC-8004 just went live on Ethereum mainnet, and for the third time in six…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2026-02-07-7425741028219056129/) - 2026-01-27, [Nairobi on Feb 13th to turn stablecoin-travel thesis into transactions, and…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2026-01-27-7421820195272531968/) - 2026-01-17, ["We built Claude Cowork in 10 days using Claude Code." This is the productivity…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2026-01-17-7418282711716376576/) - 2026-01-13, [Two weeks ago I wrote about why AI travel agents can dream up the perfect trip…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2026-01-13-7416790564718866433/) - 2026-01-07, [Someone copied down my docs seven times on one trip.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2026-01-07-7414705587977879554/) - 2025-12-29, [Turkish Airlines has an MCP server.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-12-29-7411339133656186881/) - 2025-12-03, [10 major European banks just unveiled their stablecoin giant](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-12-03-7401776347326513152/) - 2025-11-26, [Live from Decode Travel Barcelona.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-11-26-7399537505148141568/) - 2025-10-28, [Tomorrow at Il Salone dei Pagamenti in Milan - finally spending quality time in…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-10-28-7388829159554269184/) - 2025-10-22, [Chain4Travel at APTITUDE kickoff.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-10-22-7386645815898910720/) - 2025-07-30, [Plot twist! On my way back from GM Vietnam, I'll be stopping in Bangkok for…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-07-30-7356187624308379648/) - 2025-07-29, [One more step towards the future of travel payments](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-07-29-7355868224481021952/) - 2025-07-21, [I'll be at GM Vietnam - Vietnam Blockchain Week on August 1-2 in Hanoi.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-07-21-7352950503565094916/) - 2025-06-23, [Africa isn't waiting for Web3 tourism and payment rails](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-06-23-7342865362440314883/) - 2025-05-30, [I'll be speaking on June 13th at the Kenya Blockchain and Crypto Conference in…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-05-30-7334182677740187651/) - 2025-05-27, [This marks the last workshop in a remarkable series with forward-thinking…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-05-27-7333076307171344384/) - 2025-05-19, [When $27.6T in annual transaction volume surpasses both Visa and Mastercard…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-05-19-7330251465199980545/) - 2025-05-05, [Looking forward to joining the Travolution.com European Summit on Tuesday, May…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-05-05-7325131692141080578/) - 2025-04-10, [Paul van Alfen's questions on the on-chain future of travel paymentss cut to…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-04-10-7316022859074564096/) - 2025-04-03, [Dear travel industry, make Camino your strategy.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-04-03-7313444515741151232/) - 2025-03-25, [Reminder: Travel is Human!](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-03-25-7310228342425710592/) - 2025-02-25, [1,012,856 travel transactions on Camino Network and counting - huge…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-02-25-7300226587793223680/) - 2025-02-04, [Dear network! FairMind's core team will be at World AI Cannes Festival 2025…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-02-04-7292435530334543872/) - 2025-01-30, [Michael Ros has assembled an impressive lineup of speakers for the 'Future of…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2025-01-30-7290747767126171659/) - 2024-12-13, [Excited to share Alexio's announcement of MindStream, FairMind's groundbreaking…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2024-12-13-7273279266614562817/) - 2024-11-28, [The early bird catches… two events in Barcelona.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2024-11-28-7267801966532046848/) - 2024-11-22, [What a great 4th meeting of the [Gen]AI Italy meetup yesterday in Milan, where…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2024-11-22-7265521122174005248/) - 2024-11-15, [This starts the snowball effect that will revolutionize payment and settlement…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2024-11-15-7263212323014639619/) - 2024-11-15, [This marks my 6th or 7th travel tech hackathon, and our second Decode Travel.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2024-11-15-7263090458866634752/) - 2024-10-06, [Hey Italian TravelIndustry, I'll be at TTG this Thursday, Oct 10th.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2024-10-06-7248718601577222145/) - 2024-10-02, [My Travel Un'Chained 2024 wrap up, or how I witnessed TravelTech, IDtech, and…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2024-10-02-7247188407527915521/) - 2024-09-26, [In Turin for Italian Tech Week](https://mikrub.com/posts/2024-09-26-7244984368077697024/) - 2024-06-05, [The Great Beauty of Digital Art and Web3](https://mikrub.com/posts/2024-06-05-7204004548011532288/) - 2024-05-23, [Joining FairMind to innovate Travel with GenAI!](https://mikrub.com/posts/2024-05-23-7199392358310768641/) - 2024-04-24, [3 days, 8 teams, and 21 partners gathered in Berlin – what an incredible event!](https://mikrub.com/posts/2024-04-24-7188923821263863811/) - 2024-03-05, [The making of ITB is always a sight to be witnessed.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2024-03-05-7170706825472851969/) - 2023-12-14, [The latest episode of Hospitality Net is now available on your favorite podcast…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-12-14-7140968649372213249/) - 2023-11-24, [Kicking off Crypto EXPO Milan which will bring together the crypto, Web3 and…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-11-24-7133753964927328256/) - 2023-11-03, [Web3 & AI Day 2023 by IKN Italy is just around the corner, don't miss the event…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-11-03-7126194601001897984/) - 2023-09-19, [It was great to join Lucy England at the Fox Williams webinar on blockchain and…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-09-19-7109837778460286977/) - 2023-09-14, [Reporting live from the floor at DER Touristik Online GmbH where the stage is…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-09-14-7108050680916930560/) - 2023-06-28, [Do yourself a favor and don’t miss the next edition of W3Summit](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-06-28-7079714947269636096/) - 2023-05-15, [The Web3 in Travel Conference is starting soon here at Barcelona WTC .](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-05-15-7063785591003394049/) - 2023-05-04, [Heading now to the Hotel Digital Brunch in Milan (@ Palazzo delle Stelline from…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-05-04-7059794921624416257/) - 2023-03-28, [At MXP and about to board my flight to VIE on my way to International Hotel…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-03-28-7046346051963813888/) - 2023-03-14, [After ITB's Berlin rigours it felt good to be back to springtime Milan and…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-03-14-7041312940355899392/) - 2023-03-13, [I am looking forward to participating in the panel “Advancing guest…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-03-13-7040973707552423937/) - 2023-03-07, [I'm really hyped because of the turnout at our booth at ITB.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-03-07-7038895137325821952/) - 2023-03-06, [I believe that Gigi Beltrame and Enzo Di Puma sharing the stage with me, and…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-03-06-7038410387460898817/) - 2023-02-20, [Come to GoBeyond 2023 on March 1st in Milan, to join the conversation on how…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-02-20-7033486774404296704/) - 2023-02-15, [After this last "stealth" month I am very excited to showcase at ITB Berlin …](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-02-15-7031659437354291200/) - 2023-01-13, [Boarding the next chapter of my professional trajectory in travel and tech!](https://mikrub.com/posts/2023-01-13-7019683359752695808/) - 2022-11-29, [It’s not every day that a tech solution and a team manage to address both…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2022-11-29-7003271726193111040/) - 2022-11-16, [If you're an IT system engineer specialized in cloud-native architecture and…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2022-11-16-6998677084231380992/) - 2022-11-02, [Last week's Forum Retail was impressive for the level of attendance and cases…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2022-11-02-6993525761458475008/) - 2022-10-12, [I’m at the TTG Travel Experience in Rimini on Oct 12-13](https://mikrub.com/posts/2022-10-12-6985926637011779585/) - 2022-10-04, [On Oct 25th I will speak at Forum Retail in Milan, about NFT and new travel…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2022-10-04-6982942638215737344/) - 2022-09-27, [Linode is coming to Rome !](https://mikrub.com/posts/2022-09-27-6980403758774009856/) - 2022-09-17, [Opportunity for hands-on experience of what traveltech looks like, right here!](https://mikrub.com/posts/2022-09-17-6976787637030260736/) - 2022-09-13, [Travel visionaries gathering in Palma de Mallorca to talk innovation and the…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2022-09-13-6975411657661378560/) - 2022-08-12, [Utravel are hiring their CTO!](https://mikrub.com/posts/2022-08-12-6963756844171296768/) - 2022-08-05, [Dear network, save the date and join me and other Chain4Travel advisors, staff…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2022-08-05-6961219010298298368/) - 2022-05-26, [Tonight's Ethereum Milano meetup (online) will focus on travel & hospitality in…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2022-05-26-6935565861986430976/) - 2022-04-08, [Dear travelindustry and traveltech community, welcome to my home base and let’s…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2022-04-08-6918244040521961473/) - 2022-01-27, [You’re a travelindustry player with a novel proposition for the field that will…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2022-01-27-6892580702815420417/) - 2021-12-03, [Yesterday at hicon2021 a DAO treated me to coffee.](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-12-03-6872424018801238016/) - 2021-12-02, [I’m here, coffee-fueled and ready to network (IRL, yay!) with fellow travel…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-12-02-6872134812996534272/) - 2021-11-25, [What’s more collectible than a stamp?](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-11-25-6869717610682949632/) - 2021-10-28, [Today I’m gonna chat (in Italian mostly) with Emilio Mango and the TIGecosystem…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-10-28-6859370816656691200/) - 2021-10-05, [Today's events are a gentle reminder that the Internet is a very complex and…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-10-05-6851013439314251776/) - 2021-09-23, [Vanity Fair just published its first NFT cover featuring Italian singer Elodie…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-09-23-6846751776142569472/) - 2021-09-21, [Back on a live stage to present blockchain in traveltech!](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-09-21-6846036984478105600/) - 2021-09-20, [Aaand team was shortlisted!](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-09-20-6845781087264743424/) - 2021-09-19, [Iniziamo! Alpitour World is an industry partner at the hackathonvargroup in…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-09-19-6845341238028210176/) - 2021-08-13, [The auction is heating up, there’s still time before it closes on Aug 16th at…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-08-13-6831831860406968320/) - 2021-08-10, [And now for some groundbreaking innovation in traveltech](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-08-10-6830849754755284992/) - 2021-06-18, [Looking for rockstar traveltech developers to catch the bounce and innovate at…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-06-18-6811630433067905025/) - 2021-03-19, [One specific night, say the 15th of August for a specific apartment, is a…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-03-19-6778507882607476736/) - 2021-01-28, [In a moment where the focus can’t be only on people’s travel, airlines are…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2021-01-28-6760401275340234752/) - 2020-09-23, [Today a great opportunity to share how Alpitour is redefining its technology…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2020-09-23-6714485631940096001/) - 2020-05-21, [Google's PayPerStay includes a reconciliation report for hotels to confirm…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2020-05-21-6669118142188408833/) - 2020-04-30, [My second travel hackaton at the starting blocks!](https://mikrub.com/posts/2020-04-30-6661547703555670016/) - 2020-04-26, [ripartiamodallitalia !](https://mikrub.com/posts/2020-04-26-6660080841504407552/) - 2020-04-22, [Attending the otc2020 Online Travel Conference, an interesting…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2020-04-22-6658708925946359808/) - 2020-04-07, [There is some light at the end of the tunnel, for Europe and Italy](https://mikrub.com/posts/2020-04-07-6653275364514689026/) - 2020-03-25, [Proud to be part of Alpitour Group which is demonstrating strength and…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2020-03-25-6648612923738505218/) - 2020-02-05, [Always impressed by Chinese time-to-market and by the deployment of “agility…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2020-02-05-6630713830425051136/) - 2019-08-20, [Here we go again! Pointmark won the Nomination Award in the Product Innovation…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2019-08-20-6569692158331277312/) - 2019-05-24, [Honored to have made it to the final of ITB China Startup Awards 2019 and to…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2019-05-24-6537620588138115072/) - 2019-01-21, [An intro to blockchain and its readiness for industrial use cases, with my…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2019-01-21-6492919658570674176/) - 2018-11-03, [A long time in the making, an app with a “service” approach and an ambitious…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2018-11-03-6464303702227378176/) - 2018-08-29, [Good job team!](https://mikrub.com/posts/2018-08-29-6440659325408079872/) - 2018-07-18, [Thanks song wei for an impeccable event and Gerald Tock for a fun and…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2018-07-18-6425138541063479296/) - 2018-07-16, [Looking forward to what promises to be an awesome blockchain event in Singapore…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2018-07-16-6424546393461006336/) - 2018-06-04, [Very honored by the 1-trillion-yuan-worth ears :) listening to my fireside chat…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2018-06-04-6409422737877667840/) - 2016-02-07, [Good bird-eye view on Fin Tech momentum, and the disruption happening with the…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2016-02-07-6102096385409105920/) - 2016-01-26, [Piero Morano sums up key tech trends at CES 2016, thanks!](https://mikrub.com/posts/2016-01-26-6097724343880597504/) - 2013-03-08, [Command-and-control management's rising difficulties in China, Gallup writes on…](https://mikrub.com/posts/2013-03-08-1392685244/) - 2013-03-08, [Eventi](https://mikrub.com/posts/2013-03-08-1837359-220784621/) - 2013-03-08, [Shared: assogic.com](https://mikrub.com/posts/2013-03-08-1392648067/) - 2012-03-03, [@ GDC, San Francisco](https://mikrub.com/posts/2012-03-03-935439929/) - 2012-03-03, [@GDC, San Francisco](https://mikrub.com/posts/2012-03-03-935429114/) ## Feeds - [RSS](https://mikrub.com/index.xml) - [Sitemap](https://mikrub.com/sitemap.xml) - [Full text of articles and posts](https://mikrub.com/llms-full.txt)