Travlr ID’s Mann talks:
- The need for an “inclusive identity”
- Why suppliers might be willing to yield profile control
- Finding the balance between personalization and privacy
Traveler identity network Travlr ID earned top honors at this year’s Business Travel Show’s Innovation Faceoff, and for founder and creator Gee Mann, it was not his first foray into the travel industry.
A mechanical engineer by trade, Mann left the oil and gas industry to launch a meetings and events booking platform. That led to another start-up, Kiva Solutions, which had a “very savvy platform system” with an API that let venues accept instant online bookings for events. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic hit shortly after that launch, and that was the “nail in the coffin,” he said. That was followed by a venture into the area of self-sovereign identity and blockchain and building an AI company focusing on providing a question and service, and Travlr ID was the culmination of all those experiences, he…
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