Q&A: The potential of decentralized Digital ID in travel
Nick Price has spent much of his career designing and implementing technology solutions and strategies for hotels. He was CEO and CTO of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group for 12 years and then founded NetSys Technology, focused on digital enablement of hospitality brands.
Nick Price has spent much of his career designing and implementing technology solutions and strategies for hotels. He was CEO and CTO of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group for 12 years and then founded NetSys Technology, focused on digital enablement of hospitality brands.
Since February he has also been the informal chair of the Hospitality and Travel Special Interest Group (SIG), a subset within the Decentralized Identity Foundation, an organization creating technical specifications and reference implementations for decentralized identity and working with industries for commercial applications of such technologies.
The Hospitality and Travel SIG meets weekly online – representatives of more than 35 companies globally regularly participate – to advance the adoption of self-sovereign identity and its associated blockchain-based decentralized technology.
PhocusWire spoke with Price to get an understanding of the potential for this technology to impact the travel industry – an impact he describes as “profound” and “once-in-a-generation disruptive.” The conversation has been edited for brevity.