Airline pricing is a complex science, but it’s about to get smarter as technology companies reveal new capabilities for data analysis and competitive modelling. Last week, during the Aviation Festival in London, Sabre unveiled the new Sabre AirVision Dynamic Availability and Sabre AirVision Fares Optimizer, next-generation pricing solutions. Sabre…
This is an article from Ritesh Gupta, a writer for TravelDaily China.It appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. It isn’t easy for a hotel company to engage a traveler on an ongoing basis. Travel as a product isn’t consumed daily, weekly or even monthly. Still, when…
This is a viewpoint by Chris Koeneman, senior vice president strategic solutions for MOBI. After legislation came into effect last summer, international travelers were granted a reprieve from international roaming charges—at least while inside the European Union (EU). Thanks to a combination of the “roam like at home” rule…
Sponsored by RateGain. The reason why The Beatles are so popular could be down to the fact that they practiced a lot. That doesn’t sound very “rock’n’roll” but it was a great factor in their success. The 10,000 hour rule When the Fab Four landed in the US in…
British Airways has been responding to a serious data breach which has exposed customers’ personal and financial data, and trying to make amends. But vulnerability of data systems is nothing new, and all travel companies—airlines and others—are prime targets. The breach affected transactions both on ba.com and on the…
This is a viewpoint by Graham Cooke, CEO for Qubit. Competition within the travel industry has never been so intense. It’s now impossible for brands to succeed in such a competitive landscape without a deep understanding of how their customers make their buying decisions, and the journey they go…
The interview schedule for tnoozLIVE@AviationFestival is complete. Presented by JetBlue Technology Ventures, and sponsored by Travelaer, tnooz will be bring you hours of fascinating discussions, interviews and debates… all live, and available following the conference on-demand. Martin Cowen, tnooz Editorial Director will be hosting the live program, conducting interviews, discussions and…
Team-building, relocations and off-site meetings are part of the new strategic direction for Airbnb For Work as it looks to capitalise on its “exponential growth” in providing accommodation to business travellers. A few weeks ago it announced that some 700,000 companies have had employees sign up and book with Airbnb for…
The struggle between privacy and personalisation shows no signs of being resolved, as another survey shows that passengers are reluctant to share data but still want an airline to know who they are. YouGov was commissioned by customer engagement software company Pegasystems to ask British passengers about their digital habits…
This is a viewpoint by Simone Puorto. Washington Post columnist Michael Dirda once wrote that “August is hardly the month to start working your way through the works of German philosophers”, and that we should “save Hegel, Heidegger, and Husserl for the bleaker days of February”. I kind of…