Hot 25 Startups 2019: Arise TravelInterview / StartupsBy PhocusWire | November 12, 2018Share Hot 25 Startups 2019COMPANY: Arise TravelMARKET TREND: Blockchain hotel techLOCATION: 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: 2017Team size: 4Funds raised: $500,000Website: Arise TravelNEXT: AscapeBACK: Airlines TechnologyMore from the Hot 25 Startups 2019See the full list and analysis. Hot 25 Startups 2019