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A week late, an after-the-fact post on The Hotel Expo, and why distribution and payments will consolidate the link between East Africa and Europe.…

Last week I ran my business development from the Kenyan coast. The photos aren't stock (those of us who work in travel are lucky that way: our…

At ETHMilan today and tomorrow! When I’m in Milan and it coincides with the main Web3 event in Italy, of course I’m attending. Ping me to meet at…

The TTM announcement landed yesterday in German, which most of my network isn't. So, the English version. Joining Travel Token Marketplace GmbH as VP…

An open source PR is now a donation in two currencies: code, and the LLM tokens that produced it. I figured this out the slow way, needing to patch a…

I'll be at ITB Berlin, 3 to 5 March. If you're working on agentic commerce in travel, or if you're sitting on the Africa or Southeast Asia side of a…

In Nairobi for tomorrow's Nairobi Stablecoin Conference at the Hyatt. Today I'm camped near Sarit Centre where half the fintech world seems to be…

ERC-8004 just went live on Ethereum mainnet, and for the third time in six weeks something ships in agentic commerce and I end up writing about it.…

Nairobi on Feb 13th to turn stablecoin-travel thesis into transactions, and meet the people building the corridors. Last year speaking at KBCC let me…

"We built Claude Cowork in 10 days using Claude Code." This is the productivity unlock. Not 10x. Just: done. I started building a personal knowledge…

Two weeks ago I wrote about why AI travel agents can dream up the perfect trip but can't book it. Less than two weeks later, Google launched the…

Someone copied down my docs seven times on one trip. While India bans hotel photocopies for 1.4 billion citizens, and Lufthansa and Amadeus test EUDI…

Turkish Airlines has an MCP server. Visa has AI-ready cards. But nobody has solved travel distribution. I know this is the worst possible time to…

10 major European banks just unveiled their stablecoin giant: Qivalis. It’s the headline the industry awaited. For us at Chain4Travel, this…

Live from Decode Travel Barcelona. I’m nearing a dozen hackathons under my belt, but kicking off the 4th edition of Decode Travel stands out. Metrics…

Tomorrow at Il Salone dei Pagamenti in Milan - finally spending quality time in my hometown. As VP Product at Chain4Travel, I'm focused on digital…

Chain4Travel at APTITUDE kickoff. Great to be in Paris, onboarding Camino Network into European Digital Identity. Our focus: Use cases that transform…

Plot twist! On my way back from GM Vietnam, I'll be stopping in Bangkok for Techsauce Global Summit 2025 (August 4-6) at Queen Sirikit National…

One more step towards the future of travel payments: we wrapped up our participation in the ECB's Digital euro (official page) Pioneer Programme…

I'll be at GM Vietnam - Vietnam Blockchain Week on August 1-2 in Hanoi. Now resident in this part of the world, I look forward to connecting with the…

Africa isn't waiting for Web3 tourism and payment rails: it's already integrating them, because it only makes sense to unleash real travel cases.…

I'll be speaking on June 13th at the Kenya Blockchain and Crypto Conference in Nairobi alongside some incredible voices shaping the continent's tech…

This marks the last workshop in a remarkable series with forward-thinking leaders of variegated businesses, who are eager to reinvent their corporate…

When $27.6T in annual transaction volume surpasses both Visa and Mastercard combined, you can't dismiss it. That's exactly what stablecoins achieved…

Looking forward to joining the Travolution.com European Summit on Tuesday, May 13th in London, where at 13:05 I'll dive into: "Connect, distribute…

Paul van Alfen's questions on the on-chain future of travel paymentss cut to the heart of what matters, and here's my take. Value prop: I won't be…

Dear travel industry, make Camino your strategy. Why? Can't be anwered better than by last week's LH hackathon. From my product/techy point of view…

Reminder: Travel is Human! While we convene in Frankfurt to work and play with cutting-edge tech at the Lufthansa + Camino Web3 Flight Distribution…

1,012,856 travel transactions on Camino Network and counting - huge congratulations to us! What started as a vision is now becoming the backbone of…

Dear network! FairMind's core team will be at World AI Cannes Festival 2025, discussing the latest AI developments and sharing our innovative vision.…

Michael Ros has assembled an impressive lineup of speakers for the 'Future of Hotel Tech - AI & Blockchain' webinar on February 4th. I'll be sharing…

Excited to share Alexio's announcement of #MindStream, FairMind's groundbreaking AI solution for enterprise software development. MindStream…

The early bird catches… two events in Barcelona. Just landed in #BCN for a 2-day including 1-nighter trip to catch up and participate in #tourism…

What a great 4th meeting of the [Gen]AI Italy meetup yesterday in Milan, where I joined an A-Team of speakers by FairMind who delved deep into…

This starts the snowball effect that will revolutionize payment and settlement of RWA in an industry who moves as an ecosystem on top of a new…

This marks my 6th or 7th travel tech hackathon, and our second Decode Travel. As usual, here comes my post from the trenches! A few observations that…

Hey Italian #TravelIndustry, I'll be at #TTG this Thursday, Oct 10th. Let's catch up to talk travel innovation, and maybe hook you up to the Camino…

My Travel Un'Chained 2024 wrap up, or how I witnessed #TravelTech, #IDtech, and #FinTech making history before my very eyes. They say the third time…

In Turin for Italian Tech Week This year's September is really packed with events and one has to choose The Tech Week won over coinciding ETHMilan…

The Great Beauty of Digital Art and Web3: I'll be speaking at NFT Rome© on Friday! Happy to talk NFTs in Travel with digital bodhisattva Simone…

Joining FairMind to innovate Travel with GenAI! Dear network, you might have noticed me being tagged in AI-related posts recently. I'm thrilled to…

3 days, 8 teams, and 21 partners gathered in Berlin – what an incredible event! The energy is palpable as we came together at the intersection of…

The making of ITB is always a sight to be witnessed. As it's the ITB Berlin itself. This year I'm especially proud to be on stage to share my…

The latest episode of Hospitality Net is now available on your favorite podcast app! Hosted by Simone Puorto one of the clearest voices in hoteltech…

Kicking off Crypto EXPO Milan which will bring together the crypto, Web3 and blockchain Italian community for a 2-day mix of hackathons, keynotes…

Web3 & AI Day 2023 by IKN Italy is just around the corner, don't miss the event dedicated to the best practices for using these technologies now…

It was great to join Lucy England at the Fox Williams webinar on blockchain and Web3 state of the art, use cases in the travel industry and their…

Reporting live from the floor at DER Touristik Online GmbH where the stage is getting prepared and DER Hackathon teams will be pitching today their…

Do yourself a favor and don’t miss the next edition of W3Summit: yesterday Sara Noggler and team put together an event curated to perfection, to be…

The Web3 in Travel Conference is starting soon here at Barcelona WTC . We’ll be speaking and sharing state of the art and future plans alongside an…

Heading now to the Hotel Digital Brunch in Milan (@ Palazzo delle Stelline from 10.30am). Eager to hear from Simone Puorto , Serenissima Informatica…

At MXP and about to board my flight to VIE on my way to International Hotel Technology Forum (IHTF). Got some time to muse on the state of the art in…

After ITB's Berlin rigours it felt good to be back to springtime Milan and still last week's leitmotif of Web3 divulgement spread over the weekend.…

I am looking forward to participating in the panel “Advancing guest communication strategies” moderated by Ryan Haynes at the International Hotel…

I'm really hyped because of the turnout at our booth at ITB. Really good traction for both #Web3 and #SET solutions and by the meeting list buildup…

I believe that Gigi Beltrame and Enzo Di Puma sharing the stage with me, and Umberto Carpani and Rogerio Patacca after us, positively rocked…

Come to GoBeyond 2023 on March 1st in Milan, to join the conversation on how future-oriented businesses are reinventing systems, operations and…

After this last "stealth" month I am very excited to showcase at ITB Berlin - the world's leading travel trade show - what has been cooking at…

Boarding the next chapter of my professional trajectory in travel and tech! I believe travel organizations need to reshape their tech footprint…

It’s not every day that a tech solution and a team manage to address both tactical and strategic aspects of a #digitaltransformation, and the “usual…

If you're an IT system engineer specialized in cloud-native architecture and you love travel, apply for this position ad Alpitour! #hiring #cloud…

Last week's Forum Retail was impressive for the level of attendance and cases demoed / exposed, but also for the attention around cutting edge tech.…

I’m at the TTG Travel Experience in Rimini on Oct 12-13: quite a full agenda already but happy to carve out a time to meet IRL, dm me in case. See…

On Oct 25th I will speak at Forum Retail in Milan, about #NFT and new travel shopping experiences in the metaverse and IRL, as we envisage and…

Linode is coming to Rome ! Beside my professional interest in watching how Akamai Technologies moves to position itself as a competitor in the…

Opportunity for hands-on experience of what #traveltech looks like, right here!

Travel visionaries gathering in Palma de Mallorca to talk innovation and the possibility of a decentralized future for traveltech at #travelunchained…

Utravel are #hiring their #CTO! If you are a passionate, hungry tech leader ready to make travel your mission after your passion, come join and drive…

Dear network, save the date and join me and other Chain4Travel advisors, staff, #travelindustry partners, #traveltech enthusiasts in Palma de…

Tonight's Ethereum Milano meetup (online) will focus on travel & hospitality in the #metaverse, join here https://lnkd.in/eSAcMYCu A must-attend…

Dear #travelindustry and #traveltech community, welcome to my home base and let’s meet at BIT Milano !

You’re a #travelindustry player with a novel proposition for the field that will bounce the highest after Covid: now you have the chance to join the…

Yesterday at #hicon2021 a DAO treated me to coffee. How’s that for a novel networking experience? Thank you TripsCommunity next one’s on me . My…

I’m here, coffee-fueled and ready to network (IRL, yay!) with fellow travel innovators @HICON - The Hospitality Innovation Conference Mirko Lalli…

What’s more collectible than a stamp? An #NFT stamp!

Today I’m gonna chat (in Italian mostly) with Emilio Mango and the #TIGecosystem about digital transformation and the case of Alpitour, sharing…

Today's events are a gentle reminder that the Internet is a very complex and interdependent system. Trust, standardization, and cooperation between…

Vanity Fair just published its first NFT cover featuring Italian singer Elodie, and while they were at it :) they've also interviewed me about…

Back on a live stage to present blockchain in traveltech! Thanks Francesca Moriani Jacopo Romagnoli Pierpaolo Guasone Davide Dattoli for the…

Aaand team was shortlisted! Way to go Marco Businaro Cristina Fulginiti Marco Marinelli Sara Roggi for a concept that goes above and beyond the…

Iniziamo! Alpitour World is an industry partner at the #hackathonvargroup in Riccione, Italy. Helping incept the next big thing implementing…

The auction is heating up, there’s still time before it closes on Aug 16th at 10am!

And now for some groundbreaking innovation in #traveltech: Ca' di Dio Venice is auctioning the first night in the hotel in a worldwide exclusive. Our…

Looking for rockstar #traveltech developers to catch the bounce and innovate at Alpitour !

One specific night, say the 15th of August for a specific apartment, is a digital item on sale in the markets, right now, in a website and OTAs. It…

In a moment where the focus can’t be only on people’s #travel, airlines are boosting their other focus as the fabric of commerce and logistics.…

Today a great opportunity to share how Alpitour is redefining its technology stack embracing #devsecops and #multicloud, to be reactive to travel…

Google's PayPerStay includes a reconciliation report for hotels to confirm effective stays. We've seen this model for years in travel advertising…

My second travel hackaton at the starting blocks! This time as a mentor, this time 100% online and never in a more crucial moment to give a strong…

#ripartiamodallitalia !

Attending the #otc2020 Online Travel Conference, an interesting #stayathome-friendly format to share our vision about the post-#covid19 travel…

There is some light at the end of the tunnel, for Europe and Italy: <

Proud to be part of Alpitour Group which is demonstrating strength and composure in facing the #COVID19 emergency both internally HR-wise, and…

Always impressed by Chinese time-to-market and by the deployment of “#agility with Chinese characteristics” at scale.

Here we go again! #Pointmark won the Nomination Award in the Product Innovation category of Digital Travel Awards! See you all at the…

Honored to have made it to the final of ITB China Startup Awards 2019 and to have presented Pointmark in front of such an important audience and…

An intro to blockchain and its readiness for industrial use cases, with my vision on its daily life applications: enabling consent-based consumer…

A long time in the making, an app with a “service” approach and an ambitious roadmap ahead.

Good job team!

Thanks song wei for an impeccable event and Gerald Tock for a fun and insightful discussion on Next in Blockckain, with status and vision shared by…

Looking forward to what promises to be an awesome #blockchain event in Singapore tomorrow. I'll be speaking with my fellow panelists about…

Very honored by the 1-trillion-yuan-worth ears :) listening to my fireside chat on #blockchain landscape in #tourism and #traveltech at 3点钟火星社区…

Good bird-eye view on Fin Tech momentum, and the disruption happening with the spread of public API from payment gateways to that thing awfully named…

Piero Morano sums up key tech trends at CES 2016, thanks!

Command-and-control management's rising difficulties in China, Gallup writes on China Daily. Self-marketing, but interesting reading anyway!

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