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In the green room at Phocuswright with... Jeff Katz
By PhocusWire
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September 18, 2018
The founder of Orbitz, CEO of Swiss, senior executive at American Airlines and Sabre - Katz has seen and done it all, and now he joins us for an executive roundtable on corporate travel at The...
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eDreams Odigeo taps AI to learn about customers and improve the experience
By Linda Fox
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September 17, 2018
eDreams Odigeo talks up success of artificial intelligence to create a more personalized experience for travellers.
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Is the travel industry ready for a new wave of disruption?
By PhocusWire
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September 13, 2018
"Disruption" has become an ever-present word in the popular vernacular when talking about changes in the digital travel economy.
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Trainline's voice app uses Twitter data to communicate rail disruptions
By Mitra Sorrells
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September 13, 2018
Train operators are the first to know about service disruptions, and now independent ticket retailer Trainline is tapping into that knowledge to keep commuters better informed.
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In The Big Chair - Jason Bryant of Nor1
By Mitra Sorrells
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September 11, 2018
Founded in 2004, Nor1 provides data-driven pricing and merchandising products used by hotels and resorts in more than 100 countries. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices around...
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WEBINAR REPLAY: Fighting fraud and optimizing user experience in travel
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August 29, 2018
Protecting against digital fraud is one of the darker elements that travel brands have to understand and handle on a daily basis.
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Fetch.AI leverages smart ledger tech to personalize hospitality offerings
By Jill Menze
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August 16, 2018
Smart ledger technology company Fetch.AI has developed a “decentralized digital world” to bring advanced personalized offerings to travelers at hotels.
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How an autonomous vehicle startup unicorn took a wrong turn
By Joshua Brustein and Mark Bergen - Bloomberg
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August 15, 2018
Quanergy Systems found itself in the center of a sudden frenzy over self-driving cars in 2014. It makes lidar, which bounces lasers off objects to help autonomous cars know what’s nearby.
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The evolution of the Lufthansa Innovation Hub - internal projects, partnerships and investments
By Linda Fox
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August 6, 2018
Founded in early 2014 as a standalone subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, the Innovation Hub has evolved in focus as well as in its internal projects, partnerships and investments.
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Creating customer win-back marketing campaigns with machine learning
By John Carney - OpenJaw Technologies
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July 26, 2018
It is up to 50% easier to sell to existing customers than to win new customers. A 5% increase in customer retention can increase a company’s profitability by 25%, or more – sometimes up to 95%.
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Q&A: Data, context and the impact of Amazon on air travel
By Mitra Sorrells
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July 26, 2018
According to the World Bank, the number of international travel departures across the globe has more than doubled in the last two decades, from about 650 million in 1996 to 1.45 billion in 2016.
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How integrating AI in hospitality impacts operational dynamics
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July 26, 2018
This is a viewpoint from Mitul Makadia, founder of Maruti Techlabs. Over the past couple of years, changes within the technology space have brought forward a paradigm shift and disrupted a myriad o
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Reimagining customer experience, part 3: Airport innovations
By Mitra Sorrells
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July 23, 2018
For part three we take a look inside airport terminals where a variety of innovative work is being done to improve and ease the process of air travel.
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VIDEO: Lessons in digital travel from Asia
By PhocusWire
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July 23, 2018
The best way for travel businesses in the west to understand the nuances and issues associated with operating in Asia Pacific is to learn from those at the sharp end.
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Travel startups - pick your battles against the powerful wisely
By Alex Bainbridge - Autoura
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July 19, 2018
The Phocuswright Conference in November this year comes at a point in the travel and hospitality industry life-cycle where challenger startups from 15-20 years ago are now the global incumbents.
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