Hot 25 Startups 2019: Arise Travel Interview / Startups By PhocusWire | November 12, 2018 Share Hot 25 Startups 2019 COMPANY: Arise Travel MARKET TREND: Blockchain hotel tech LOCATION: San Francisco, U.S. At some point, a blockchain-based solution for hotel reservations and distribution is going to break out from beyond the distributed ledger-led hype and take the market forward in a meaningful way. With a former head of global operations at Airbnb as an investor and a management team with plenty of experience in hospitality, Arise has the potential to push itself and the concept ahead to a point where it cannot be ignored. Goals for 2019 Over the next year, Arise hopes to gain traction as a more flexible and robust peer-to-peer connectivity solution for industry players that have been relying on existing intermediaries for connectivity. It intends to work with enough distribution partners to reach a point where hotels pressure their PMS, CRS or channel manager to connect to the network so they can start bypassing intermediaries to increase their margins. Founded: 2017 Team size: 4 Funds raised: $500,000 Website: Arise Travel NEXT: Ascape BACK: Airlines Technology More from the Hot 25 Startups 2019 See the full list and analysis. Hot 25 Startups 2019