Big Data

Loyalty game mechanics can be a massive revenue driver for both airlines, and their frequent flyer programs. Getting to the advanced state of leveraging from...

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

How does a business set a realistic return on investment (ROI) expectation for analytics? This question often comes up from customers I talk to...

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...

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...

“Instant Gratification 2.0” is how the Priceline Group is defining how tech will influence travellers as they look for and interact with travel brands. The...

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...

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...

Recently, we learned that hotel big data start-up, StayAngel had closed its doors.  This is a piece written by the Founder, Mark Ross-Smith, on why...

Airline big data, combined with predictive analytics is being used to drive up airline ticket prices. As airlines and their frequent flyer programs gather more...

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...

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

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...

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...

I recently shared an article on how airlines are using information to individually price airfares and extract maximum value from passengers which was thought...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Airline loyalty breakage is growing discussion point for many frequent flyer programs Len Llaguno - Founder and CEO of SnapShotML, firm providing a financial measurement...

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

Hotel revenue management and use of analytics for room sales have remained virtually unchanged for decades since the early 1980s when hotels started looking...

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....

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...

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...