Big Data

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

Today, the marketing industry is permanently connected to technological innovation. The many new resources and techniques continuously entering the marketplace mean that advertisers have...

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

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...