Travel technology provider Simard is working with both Atriis and NuTravel to develop pilot projects integrating its Smart Contracts product, which the company hopes will be two of several proving grounds for wider applications of the technology.
Simard—launched in 2021 by Winding Tree founder Pedro Renaud Anderson and travel technology consultant Mathieu Tahon to take the core work of Winding Tree’s blockchain-based decentralized travel market—has been in talks with several booking and technology providers to develop use cases for the technology, Simard VP of sales and account management Bill Hogate said. Atriis, a collaborative platform connecting corporates and agencies, was a natural choice as a “new-generation technology” with…