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...

Are miles a liability for frequent flyer programs? At the end of 2015, members of the American Airlines AAdvantage program had over 853 BILLION frequent...

Do you understand your customers? How do airlines identify customer needs? How can loyalty programs use that data to improve customer loyalty? Understanding your customers is more...

How airline loyalty programs use big data to drive new revenue The past few years have seen a wave of travel companies member accounts compromised...

Hacking American Express? Wait, what? Banks and card providers like American Express are increasingly becoming more reliant on predictive analytics, merchant and transactional data to...

Measuring loyalty success through share of wallet tracking is more powerful than traditional metrics. What would your frequent flyer program do if the most valuable...

There’s no question short-term rentals made a splash around the world this year — mainly from the likes of Airbnb — even amidst the...

AirBnB & Noise data: How the data handshake improves customer experience Data's value increases when it's shared, and you can make money by selling it....

Your Uber rating may be important, but what if it were possible for Uber to predict your credit rating more accurately than banks? What places...

Creating a new airline loyalty status tier - part two In the previous paper, creating a new airline loyalty status tier - part one, we...

The rise of predictive analytics has brought many benefits to marketers. The tremendous amount of both real-time and historical data available about customer behaviour...

It's often thought that loyalty programs are designed to reward customers with special offers, treats, and discounts in the hope of retaining their business...

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...