Wednesday, July 9, 2025

How hotels can use data to generate new revenue

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

Measuring Loyalty – Tracking passengers who fly with competing airlines

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...

3 Charts Showing Growth of Short-Term Rentals vs. Hotel Online Bookings

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

Are Predictive Analytics In Marketing Helping The Wrong People?

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...

Predicting Loyalty Churn – Cathay Pacific Marco Polo [Case Study]

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...
Qatar Airways

Leadership Interview: Qatar Airways & Mastercard on Monetizing Data

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

What are actionable insights?

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...
shadow member loyalty

Shadow Loyalty Members – The Revenue Hiding in Plane Sight

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

Monetizing Data: How Much is Airline Loyalty Data Worth?

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...

How airline loyalty programs use big data to drive new revenue

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...

Creating a 360-degree customer view using big data

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...

Dark Data: The billion dollar opportunity

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...

How Airlines Measure Loyalty

For years, the airline loyalty industry has been debating over what the definition of a high-value customer is. One that spends big on airline...

How Big Data Helps Boost Marketing Conversion Rates

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

Stop Chasing Millennials. Instead, use data to drive marketing

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...
Loyalty and Revenue Management

Loyalty & Revenue Management – The Super Duo

"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...
new loyalty status tier card

Creating a new airline loyalty status tier – [Part One]

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...

Commercializing frequent flyer program member data

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

Leadership Interview: Managing Liability, Engagement & Redemptions

Some of the hot topics in the loyalty industry right now are Managing Liability, Member Redemptions & Member Engagement. How important is it for Loyalty...

Talking Data with Hilton: Jonathon Wardman, Vice President CRM

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...

Can Uber predict your credit rating more accurately than banks?

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...

How Big Data Is Driving Loyalty Program Revenue

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...

5 Simple Ways Hotels Use Data To Increase Revenue

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...
Use data intelligence to understand your customers

Using data intelligence to understand your customers

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...
Minding the Machines

Leadership Interview – Building Data Science Teams

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Jeremy Adamson, who is the author of the recently launched publication, titled Minding the Machines -...
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