Big Data

Ctrip is acquiring Skyscanner for numerous reasons but a big plus is its razor-sharp focus on data. Senay Boztas reports from EyeforTravel’s Amsterdam Summit...

Every data company boasts its ability to provide actionable insights. Is this term more than marketing? Business Intelligence vs actionable insights Companies need to track their...

Creating a new loyalty status tier can make or break loyalty program economics. From both internal and public perception - new loyalty tiers are exciting! They...

Complicated revenue management drives unsatisfactory results, but it doesn’t have to be that way, writes Tom Bacon. Let me start this story with a quote...

With a 360-degree customer view, your company will drive up profits. How valuable would it be to know everything about your customer's interactions with your...

Audience Fragmentation, also known as behavioural scoring or propensity scoring, is a popular method of descriptive analytics which aims to calculate the likelihood of...

  In a recent blog post we discussed the importance of data quality. In this post, we provide you with seven ways you can improve...

Successful data-driven airlines typically attribute value of the airline loyalty data they collect within the loyalty program based on the commercial application of that...

Ride-sharing company Uber acquires a new startup. This time Uber is venturing into the world of artificial intelligence by creating Uber AI Labs, a new...

How hotels use data to drive new revenue In 2017, it's clear that the hospitality industry needs to prepare for even more disruptions that will...

Some companies continue to chase millennials. Instead, using data to drive marketing could have much more effective results while reducing costs. It is amazing how...

Take a moment to consider the following: Who are the most valuable passengers to the airline? How do the airlines track and measure total...

Jeff Smisek once liked to describe United Airlines as a "technology company with wings." What the former CEO didn't say was that United was...

This month in Talking Data, Travel Data Daily spoke with Jonathon Wardman, Vice President CRM at Hilton about hotel guest data, how Hilton is leveraging...

Exclusive Interview: Over recent years, Asian hoteliers have witnessed a huge influx of data delivered by online reviews, social media and the ever-increasing number...

"Show me the money!" That's what Jerry Maguire says to keep his Client in Cameron Crowe's 1996 film starring Tom Cruise in which Jerry, a...

How can airlines, hotels, and travel companies leverage dark data capabilities? Every organization collects, stores and retains portions of dark data. It's the digital equivalent...

Big Data in loyalty programs is being used to learn detailed profile metrics on our customers and use predictive semantics to identify triggers of...

As airlines and MRO providers embrace data analytics to help drive efficiencies, their organizations must first ensure they have basic protocols in place to...

Data monetization -- the new loyalty buzzword?! Earlier this week I spoke with top industry experts on loyalty data monetization,  Christian Hylander from Mastercard and...

TravelDataDaily caught up with the Chief Marketing Officer at HotelQuickly, Christian Mischler to talk about being a data-driven technology company, and how their business is...

In today’s mobile-first world, people turn to their phones regularly to help make travel decisions. In a new report, Google shares insight into the...

Cathay Pacific Marco Polo loyalty program changes in 2015 could have cost the company over $1B in lost revenue Big data can now predict when...

Step by step guide on segmenting frequent flyer member databases. Want to dive deeper than traditional segmenting? Check out my other article on Propensity Modeling...

Extend elite status or Not to extend elite status? That's the million-dollar question circling around the travel loyalty industry lately. The unprecedented grounding of aircraft,...