Traveler Identity

 The problem

Government and travel-related solutions (travel websites, tour operators, booking engines, hotel property management systems, review systems, CRM, loyalty systems) are spending enormous efforts to capture the traveler information and at different stages of the journey.

This information is used by the systems to give the traveler the best experience but also for compliance with authorities.

The traveler has to share the information and multiple times but he/she does not have any control over the information and how it is being saved and treated.

The solution

Create a traveler identity that is controlled and managed by the travelers themself.

The traveler can share part of the information or as required by different systems and at different stages of the journey. The travelers know what information was provided when it was provided and to whom.

The travel identity will include several key elements:

- Official identity for travel such as passport information

- Health required information - for example, related to Covid

- Traveler demography (age, sex, married status)

- Traveler preferences for example seat location, floor preference, including trip type preferences (vacation, business)

When traveling the traveler authorize to share all or part of this information as required by the service provider (hotel, airport...).

In our vision, this information will be connected to all the systems the traveler meets in his journey.

In the future, we can relate and connect to other services in the Cardano ecosystem such as wallets or travel NFTs.

Success in this challenge relates to: "Discover repeatable patterns that unlock our ability to leverage the Cardano decentralized infrastructure. Identify high-value credentials and use cases." The suggested proposal will deliver a POC of a specific use case that is typical for the hospitality industry and that could be duplicated. The team has the experience and network to scale such a solution and integrate it with B2B relevant systems. 

Team

- Yoram Ben Zvi, an industry expert with 20 years of experience in the travel technology and leisure industry as an entrepreneur as well as COO at eRevMax. https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoram-ben-zvi-446836/. Yoram is also active catalyst community member as CA, successful proposal, and active in Cardano4Climate community

- Udai Solanki, travel industry technology expert, Founder eRevMax.com 20 years ago, served as CTO and since last year as CEO   https://www.linkedin.com/in/solanki/

- Robert O'Brien - Atala Prism pioneer course, distributed Systems Software Engineer (Financial Systems) and Entrepreneur. Will be advising the tech team as needed.

- eRevMax technology team, mostly based in India, including Cotland and Java developers (related to Atala Prism software)

eRevMax is a leading travel B2B integration technology company, founded over 20 years ago and was a leading innovator in many of the industry state of the art solutions such as rate shopping tools and channel managers. The company had over 1000 technology integrations (i.e. travel websites, booking engines, property management systems) and is being used by hotels across the globe.

For more info visit www.eRevMax.com or view the following link

https://www.erevmax.com/resources-download/RateTiger-CRS-BI-Flyer.pdf

We are in contact with the Atala Prism team who gave us access to the Atala Prism canvas materials.

Development stages

Our initial goal for this proposal will be to develop the technology based on Atala Prism infrastructure and prove the flow from user to service provider.

- Develop the DID for travelers using Atala Prism

- Develop interfaces/plugins to travel technology systems

- Test the process from traveler to service provided interacting to two system

- The development will be coordinated with the Atala Prism team to decide the prioritization of features and starting location.

How success looks like

Our goal is to deliver a technology working POC within this proposal timeframe. With the team experience and industry knowledge, we are confident that the solution is achievable.

Phase1:

- 3 months - Development of the traveler DID and interface documentation

- 6 months - Completing beta testing with two system integrations

API documentation will be available for the community for further use and expend of the solution

Phase 2:

-  Within 12 months - solution lunch and can be promoted to other services

KPI

The key KPI for this proposal is to finalize the full cycle from a traveler to the hotel system. For this proposal, we will integrate with 2 hotel systems and will test on a handful of travelers.

Once phase 1 is complete successfully we will present specific KPIs for further phases and the best strategy to introduce the solution for the travel B2B market.

Budget

Based on eRevMax integration experience we estimate the following team and budget needed for phase one of the project.

- 2 developers for 5 months

- 1 QA for 4 months

- 1 analyst for 2 month

- 1 UI/UX for 2 month

- 1 Project management x 6 month

The estimated total cost per person per month is $1,500

Total month/person = 24month x $1,500 = $36,000

Miscelenios costs $2,000

Total Cost = $38,000

Challenges and risks

- Travel industry resistance from major players that might perceive it as a challenge

- Security and assurance of traveler data is a top priority but also a challenge (eRevMax has a lot of experience in it - but still a key point)

- Potential government regulation related to privacy and handling of official documents

SDG goals alignment (based on AIM Proposer SDG tool - https://cardanocataly.st/proposer-tool-sdg):**:)

Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

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