Arise is an open decentralized network for hotel room inventory and rates. Our network, built on blockchain technology, lowers the barriers to entry for new players to innovate in the travel space. Hotels currently pay $25B a year in commissions to online travel agencies to fill their hotels. We give hotels more options to distribute and sell their room inventory at a lower commission rate. The co-founders have eight years of experience building and selling travel technology and see a massive opportunity for disruption of this industry.