HATPro standard open for public comment

The journey to HATPro began over two years ago with a question: What if people could express their preferences once—and have services adapt to them automatically, across providers and platforms? We welcome your feedback

HATPro standard open for public comment

What is the Hospitality & Travel Profile?

The Hospitality & Travel sector is entering a new era — one shaped by AI, connected experiences, and growing demands for privacy and personalisation.

To enable this future, we need a new kind of profile: one that travellers control, that works across suppliers and intermediaries, and that supports smart, secure, decentralised interactions. The Hospitality & Travel Profile (HATPro) makes this possible.

With HATPro, travellers can privately express their preferences and requirements. AI assistants and service providers can respond with personalised, relevant offers. And everyone involved retains full control over what information is shared — and when.

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How this standard came about

The authors and contributors have hundreds of years of combined senior level experience in the hospitality, travel, and technology industries.

Nearly two years of the work was conducted under the umbrella of the Decentralized Identity Foundation’s (DIF) Hospitality and Travel Special Interest Group, whose co-chairs are Nick Price and Gene Quinn, and then by its spinoff, the DIF Hospitality & Travel Working Group, which is co-chaired by Douglas Rice and Neil Thomson.

Primary authors and major contributors were Alex Bainbridge, Bill Carroll, Douglas Rice, and Neil Thomson.

Other significant contributors included Buddy Altus, Kabir Maiga, Gee Mann, Gene Quinn, Will Seggos, Makki Elfatih, and Aniket Upganlawar.

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