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The future of travel and tourism: safe adventures, real-time guidance, and new frontiers

Trends in the Living Networks

Last week, as part of the ongoing weekly future series on the Morning Show, I spoke about the future of travel and tourism. A massive rise in sustainable tourism , with low impact hotels and activities and the opportunity to observe rare species. Click on the image below to watch a video of the segment.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft names lead independent director; startup vet Rebecca Lovell joins Greater Seattle Partners

GeekWire

She also spent nearly five years at the City of Seattle’s Office of Economic Development, and was executive director of the Northwest Entrepreneur Network and GeekWire’s chief business officer. Lovell starts the job March 20. E8, which invested almost $9 million in 2022 in early-stage startups, is seeking a new executive director.

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Tech Moves: VMware exec joins Darktrace; Zillow hires Twitter marketing leader; Oregon Venture Fund adds partner

GeekWire

Yeo was previously chief information officer at Barracuda Networks and held executive roles at Upwork, Tout.com, Meebo and LoudCloud. — Bryce Hein is now chief marketing officer at San Francisco-based computer and network security company Sysdig. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. He departed ExtraHop in August.

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Astronomers set up a new center to address issues raised by SpaceX and Amazon satellite networks

GeekWire

SpaceX has already launched more than 2,000 satellites for its Starlink network, and aims to have tens of thousands in orbit eventually. And on the community engagement front, astronomers are collaborating with stakeholders ranging from photographers and tourism professionals to environmentalists and indigenous groups.

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When natural disasters strike Japan, ?ita University’s EDiSON is ready to act

CIO Business Intelligence

We have high hopes that the EDiSON initiative will become a platform that will lead to the improvement of disaster resilience in Japan and the world,” says Shinya Honda, Chief Manager of the Advanced Technology Challenge Division, Commerce, Industry, Tourism, and Labor Department, Oita Prefecture.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

For example, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, which has a network of hospitals and about 2,600 beds, is deploying over 150 AI and VR/AR projects this year across all clinical specialties. Australian experiential tourism company Journey Beyond recently revamped its contact center as part of a customer experience transformation.

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Boeing sinks more money into electric air taxi project it’s co-developing with Kitty Hawk

The Verge

In addition to the newest founding announcement, the company made a deal last year with helicopter tourism-turned-urban mobility company Blade to own and operate a fleet of 30 aircraft on its network. Wisk hasn’t let the lack of regulatory approval get in the way of its business dealings.