From blockchains to bots: What’s revolutionary and what’s rubbish in travel tech

Kevin O’Shaughnessy – Indigo

ITB Berlin 2018, WYSE Workshop area – Thursday, 8 March 2018 – 17:00 – 17:30

Join travel tech CTO Kevin O’Shaughnessy for a no-nonsense look at some of the technologies making the headlines, such as blockchain, IoT, bots, Messenger integrations, and cryptocurrencies. What’s worth a closer look and what’s not? During this session Kevin will explain what these technologies mean in plain terms and how you could apply them best or not at all.

Biography

Kevin is the CEO and Head of Technology of Indigo, the airport to city connection engine. His career has largely been in mobile, spanning software and new product development, and travel technology. Today, he leads the energetic team making the technology behind airport to city connections “just work” and CityHook, the “Skyscanner for ground transfers.”