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Travel Technology Solutions is a portfolio of user facing and business technologies that generate benefits, conveniences, efficiencies and revenue opportunities for both ends of the spectrum. TTS platforms cater to the high velocity travel and insurance categories with a pair of mobile travel apps, an AI driven travel training platform and a machine learning data analytics technology: * hospit-AI-lity – Next Generation Travel Training, Next Generation Travel Business Benefits * ClimAIteTRACK – Data Driven Climate Assessments for Better Business Decisions * medTOUR+assist – Elevating Medical and Wellness Travel, One Trip at a Time * PokkeTTREK – Benefits for Travelers and Travel Businesses Founded in 2023 by D Edward Levy, TTS positions solutions with the bottom line as a key priority and develops tech that drives revenue, extends benefits and generates opportunities. As each category has its own nuances, TTS highlights the current landscape and opportunities of the sectors the technologies cater to. ## Travel Returns to Positive Growth The travel industry finally returned to growth in 2025 with an estimated 1.52 billion international travelers, marking a 4% uptick over 2024 and finally exceeding pre-pandemic traffic and volumes. Passenger traffic in Q1 of 2026 was up 2% over the previous year’s quarter and showed impressive resilience in spite of regional conflicts and political uncertainty. France, Spain and the United States rounded out the top 3 destinations for global travel with over 100 million inbound visitors heading to La Republic (UN Tourism). The World Travel & Tourism Council estimates the travel market worth at $12 trillion (USD), marking a fast and aggressive recovery from COVID-19 lockdowns and potential economic uncertainty. The return to growth for the industry also positively impacted the jobs landscape with 376 million travel positions globally and more impressively, 1 in 9 jobs globally were travel related. With travel back on an upward trajectory, understanding individual traveler preferences and behaviors becomes even more important as travel providers look to maximize each and every guest and client interaction. ## Climate Change Drives Business Change The debate regarding climate change continues inside the political realm but there is no argument from the business world when it comes to the negative impacts of the worsening environmental landscape. Research from the Business Breakthrough Barometer 2026 by the WBCSD indicated that 47% of companies suffered through higher operational costs directly related to climate change. Another business survey pegged climate change as the 6th most critical global business risk according to Allianz Commercial. The insurance industry perspective also takes climate change seriously with losses close to $42 billion (USD) in only the first 6 months of 2026. Severe damage caused by storms alone caused more than half the cumulative total at $28 billion (USD) globally (Swiss Re). Longer term trends show that natural catastrophic losses are climbing at a steady 5-7% annually, impacting costs, profitability and ultimately, the bottom line insurers and the industry as a whole. On the ground, forecasts call for a below average hurricane season in the Atlantic but individual storm severity and intensity is slated to increase. Consistently rising global and ocean temperatures, on the other hand, are exponentially increasing the chances of catastrophic wildfires across the globe. ## Mobile Device Preferences The travel industry saw 2 major upheavals over the last 30 years: 1. Commercial and household access and usage of the internet. 2. The mass adoption and embracing of data connected mobile devices such as smartphones. Both technologies have essentially changed the way the travel business is conducted and every year the industry sees more activity through these channels. A study from the ITA suggested that 54% of all travel searches were conducted on a mobile device while 41% of travel transactions were completed on a smartphone. Travel research and purchasing as key components to the overall experience and today’s mobile and payment technologies allows for fast and secure transactions but what is interesting to note is the usage of mobile phones during the actual trip. A survey by BankMyCell from their Digital Detox study found that 92.5% of respondents took their smartphones on leisure trips and vacation in an effort to stay connected while on the go. Another 76% from that study consider their smartphones the most important travel accessory and a must have tool while on trips. Furthermore, BankMyCell discovered that leisure travelers check their devices 1-5 times per hour and some in the group check their phones 7-10 times per hour. Disconnecting may be the main goal for vacationers, but today’s highly functional smartphones are looked upon as a lifestyle device such as one’s wallet or purse. Continued evolution of data enabled mobile devices will only make them more desired as a must have travel accessory. ## TTS Tech for Users & Businesses This is an exciting era for the travel and insurance categories and while challenges remain, technology can help both users and businesses navigate the current landscape. With a strong focus on benefits, efficiencies and opportunities, TTS tech aims to cater to both travelers, travel businesses and insurance companies to help drive those in demand conveniences, benefits and most importantly, revenue. From user facing mobile travel applications to advanced travel training technology and innovative data analytics and climate assessment, TTS platforms offer benefits to both ends of the user/business spectrum with an eye on increasing profitability and generating efficiencies. Trials of all 4 platforms are online at the Evaluation Portal and more information is available through the Investor Pitch Deck or the individual Platform Pitch Decks that are available through TTS Media. Visit TravelTechnologySolutions.net for details and access to the Investor Media Kit.