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Mike Putman and the trouble with an empty room
From a South Carolina travel agency to booking systems built for AI, Mike Putman keeps returning to the same practical question: how do you turn a promise of travel into a trip that actually works?
Blanca Menchaca and the trouble with one map
From Mexico to Singapore, Blanca Menchaca built a career around the differences a global travel business can overlook. At BeMyGuest, those differences became the work: helping Asia’s tours and attractions reach the people who want to book them.
Opsigo
Opsigo is a Jakarta-based travel technology company that helps travel agencies and corporations run business travel end to end. Founded in 2014, its cloud platform bundles an online booking engine, a corporate travel-and-expense management system (Opsicorp), and a mid-to-back office finance engine (Opsifin). Opsigo aggregates content from more than 200 airlines and 300,000+ hotels, connects 40+ Indonesian travel agencies, and processes over IDR 1 trillion in transactions per month, positioning itself as the digital backbone for a market where conventional agencies still dominate.