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AI-Powered Pathfndr Announces a Slew of New Features

2022-10-15 by Phil Butler

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Pathfndr, billed as a No-code, Artificial Intelligence-powered Travel Operating System, announces a slew of innovations for travel advisors.

Tags: Big Data, Bookings, bookings engine, busses, cars, data, hotels, local expereinces, OTA, OTAs, Pathfndr, semantic search, transportation, travel agents, travel choices, travel search, travel startups, travel tech, travel technology, Varun Gupta

D-EDGE and PayPal for Secured Payment at Booking Time

2019-05-28 by Argophilia Travel News

ospitality technology provider, D-EDGE has announced a partnership with PayPal to make prepayment the norm in hotel bookings.

Tags: booking payments, Bookings, D-EDGE, data, hotel bookings, hotel tech, hoteliers, payments, PayPal, secure payments

dnata Invests in AI by Aquiring Majority Stake in bd4travel

2018-11-30 by Argophilia Travel News

dnata

One of the world’s biggest air services providers, dnata has announced having acquired a majority stake in bd4travel (Big Data for Travel).

Tags: AI, air services, arilines, artificial intelligence, bd4travel, data, dnata, dta, OTA, OTA's, passenger data, travel data, Travel Trends

Skyscanner and ForwardKeys Team-Up On Behavioural Analytics

2018-06-20 by Argophilia Travel News

Skyscanner logo

Skyscanner is excited to be partnering with ForwardKeys to deliver two new behavioral analytical techniques within ForwardKeys’ Flight Searches tool, branded ‘Travel Willingness’ and ‘Catchment Area’, which aim to provide insights into macro traveler trends.

Tags: behavioral analytics, Behavioural Analytics, Big Data, data, ForwardKeys, Laurens van den Oever, Skyscanner, tourism tools, travel technology, travel tools, Travel Trends, traveler analytics

SnapShot Launches the First Independent Hospitality Data Platform

2018-06-14 by Argophilia Travel News

Snapshot

SnapShot launched its third and most significant phase as a company, deploying the first hospitality data platform independent of brand or software providers.

Tags: Carson Booth, data, data platform, David Turnbull, hotel data, hotels, Independent hotels

State of Hotel Tech: Shop Before Buying

2017-01-28 by Phil Butler

Virtual reality shopping

The day may come when a hotel guest expects and gets a real Orwellian experience out of their stay. At least this is a dreamscape that could take place if unbridled tech geeks are put in charge.

Tags: analytics, AR, CheckRobot Inc., data, digital tools, hospitality, hotel tech, hotels, IoT, Plateno Group, technology, VR

Adara Introduces Traveler Spending Scores

2016-03-31 by Phil Butler

Richie Rich

Marketing data company Adara has just released “traveler value score”, a tool that estimates an anonymous subject’s customer’s capacity to spend on travel and lodging. The news tool can help hoteliers pitch rooms and services more precisely, thereby elevating or optimizing revenues, according to the company. While the potential for filtering spending potential seems fantastic, there may be some stumbling blocks.

Tags: Adara, Big Data, data, hotel data, traveler data

Using Big Data for Breakfast

2016-02-10 by Phil Butler

For a few years now digital experts have discussed the importance of “personalization”, the so-called “guest experience.” While the concept is not a new one, like so many marketing or “buzz” terms, the reality of providing real customer value is often lost in the shuffle. Is Big Data really so useful? Can your business leverage […]

Tags: analytics, Big Data, Brian Solis, data, DigitalMeteo, instagram, IoT, weather

The Uniquely Compelling Appeal of Big Data

2016-02-04 by Phil Butler

Five years ago the world-wide-web was horrified at the concept of usable user data. Today every business from high fashion to the local laundry-mat wants to know how to convert customers via predictive intelligence. Technology is gearing up to meet a Big Data conundrum, as marketers wring their hands awaiting the golden ring that signifies an R-O-I bonanza. But at this stage of trend analysis, most experts agree that the analytics ship has not yet arrived. Here’s a succinct look at where we really are.

Tags: AI, Big Data, data, guest data, hotel analytics, hotel tech, IBM, IBM Watson, McKinsey & Company

A Hotel Distibution Tech Infographic from SnapShot

2015-08-10 by Liliana Steffens

Understanding the technology in the hotel distribution space can be challenging, so many players and so much technology. A visual representation of this technology can help grasp the landscape and “fit the pieces into the puzzle.” Part of working on Hotel Demand Management, and its many layers, meant getting a good grasp of the segments, […]

Tags: analytics, Big Data, booking channels, data, hotels, infographics, travel tech

European Commission Turns Cold Shoulder to More Exlusionism

2013-04-29 by Phil Butler

László Andor in Hungary - Courtesy EU Commission

Last week the European Commission turned a cold shoulder to ideas of permanently banning certain EU nationals entry, and the subsequent negative impact certain rules might have on overall tourism. A Commission spokesman reportedly accused ministers of misrepresenting figures showing immigration problems.

Tags: biometric, Bulgaria, data, data privacy, EU Commission, Exclusion, Georgia, Gypsies, migration, North Africa, personal data, refugees, Roma, Roma fears, romania, Schengen II, Schengen zone, SIS II, UK Roma, visas

Can Swipp Whip Facebook and Swipp Market Intel Into Shape?

2013-01-25 by Phil Butler

Robert Scoble and Sergey Bring Swipped

CEO and co-founder Don Thorson has been “Swipping” his team’s startup into shape, according WIRED’s Ryan Tate, actually “quietly honing its social search system” until BANG. Even Tom Foremski admires the team behind the data/social/whatchamakawlit Facebook ankle biter.

Tags: Big Data, contextual web, Darrell Etherington, data, Facebook, marketing intelligence, Mountain View, Robert Scoble, Sergey Brin, TripAdvisor




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