Innovation

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, in just 2 days, 13 partners achieved what normally takes months. Plus: * 98% reduction in distribution costs * 75% faster implementation time * 50% more sustainable processes * 25% quicker response times Teams built everything from virtual interlining to AI-powered intermodal booking, carbon tracking pluggable to every transaction to onboarding tens of thousands of non-IATA travel agencies. All with seamless transaction+payment integration. ...

💪 🦾 Excited to share Alexio’s announcement of #MindStream, FairMind’s groundbreaking AI solution for enterprise software development. MindStream addresses critical challenges in software development, reducing project failures by 40% through better business-IT alignment. It enables enterprise-wide adoption of GenAI coding tools while maintaining corporate standards, offering a seamless experience along the whole ideation to development lifecycle, and blending open and commercial models utilization under the hood. As AI Architect working closely with enterprise clients at FairMind, I see immense potential in MindStream for rapid solution prototyping in both startups and established companies, particularly for materializing and testing novel use cases on the field, or for exploring the utilization of new tech stacks like blockchain. A fascinating example of this potential is MindStream itself, which was developed using early versions of itself - a perfect example of “eating our own dog food” combined with our team’s innovative approach and of course our secret sauce. ...

📍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 #innovation. First stop: FutureTravel Summit to to connect with travel innovators, startups, investors, and executives to discuss what’s next for the industry. Meet you there in a bit! Second stop: #TechTourismGames hackathon within the Grup CETT Smart Tourism Congress, to witness innovation being built live on two tracks: Artificial Intelligence and Decentralization, and their fusion to implement Smart Tourism. I’ll be there mentoring the teams from tonight nonstop to tomorrow evening. ...

🎧 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 and a travel visionary, who engages subject matter experts in fireside-chat-style in-depth conversations about trends and future of travel and hospitality, where all marketing or product pitches are banned. 🧠 Despite being a good friend, when we sat down a few weeks ago Simone threw politically correctness out of the window and proceeded to grill yours truly about loyalty in travel, why it sucks and how it cannot be fixed but by turning it on its head, applying emerging new paradigms. ...