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Empowerment… or what it is like to be a young leader in travel
By Aurélie Krau - Festive Road
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April 16, 2019
I’m a millennial – and proud to be! Being a Young Leader in Travel in these digital times is an amazing asset....
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Why travel marketers are embracing visual storytelling
By Stephen Taylor - Sojern
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April 11, 2019
Visual storytelling is evolving and serves as an important and effective strategy for digital marketers in travel....
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Lessons learned from a failed Amazon Alexa deployment
By David Berger - Volara
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April 10, 2019
The success of Amazon Alexa for hospitality depends largely on how it is deployed, argues Volara CEO David Berger....
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Marketing buzzwords are powerful ... if you know the customer
By Matt Walker - LikeWhere
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April 10, 2019
"Local," "experience," "platform," "storytelling" - many words in travel marketing are ceasing to communicate value both internally and to the customer....
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Get chatting: Preparing hotels (and travelers) for automated messaging
By Aleksei Udachny - ReviewPro
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April 5, 2019
To keep up with expectations, hoteliers are learning to embrace certain forms of automated messaging (and discovering other ways it can benefit them and guests)....
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Customer data platforms in travel: Worthy of the hype?
By Valerio Fuschini - Carlson Wagonlit Travel
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April 4, 2019
With the increasing competition for customers, TMCs are crying out for cross-functional windows into traveler data, but are customer data platforms the answer?...
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How smaller travel brands can ride the personalization wave
By Matt Langie - Adara
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April 2, 2019
Personalization is great for a global airline, or even a regional cruise line. For most smaller travel brands, even regular personalization can seem out of reach. ...
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It's time to decide - standardize technology in activities, or not?
By Stephen Joyce - Rezgo
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April 1, 2019
The sector is perhaps too far down the path with connectivity to be saved by standards, but a focused effort by both the supply and demand side of the sector can prevent some of the associated pain....
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Dear, airlines - are you new distribution compatible?
By Ian Heywood - Travelport
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April 1, 2019
The 16.1 standard for NDC will only get you so far. You can just about book an airline seat with it. But not much else. So it is not much use to anybody. ...
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Tours take center stage in traveler planning, spend and experience
By Anne Failing - Arival
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March 29, 2019
A research study was undertaken to determine key trends and drivers around tour takers’ needs and behavior and to identify the primary factors shaping the evolution of tours and touring....
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Airlines leave millions in profit on the table - and they don’t even know it
By Kenny Totten - Bacarai
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March 28, 2019
Nearly all group airfare is still sold offline, in a labor- and time-intensive fashion. Innovation will improve the customer experience and bring in more revenue for airlines....
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Women's Leadership: Out with soft skills, in with strategic skills
By Kirsteene Phelan - Rome2Rio
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March 26, 2019
The use of terms like "soft skills" in business is a disservice to all in online travel, particularly to women. Here's why it's time to redefine the skill set....
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Rental car companies need to evolve now, or they will die
By Rob Cosentino - Epsilon
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March 22, 2019
Similar to other industries, there is a need for evolution by both traditional car rental companies and rideshare services to stay competitive....
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Why does the financial community not value digital innovation at airlines?
By Lennart Dobravsky - Lufthansa Innovation Hub
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March 20, 2019
Lufthansa Innovation Hub used AI to analyze the major themes discussed by Wall Street and top management executives of five major airlines during earnings calls between 2015 and 2018....
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The effect of IPOs on transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft
By Dave Kilduff - Windy City Limousine & Bus Worldwide
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March 19, 2019
There's good disruption and bad, and plenty of corporate travel buyers will argue whether the disruption in ground transportation by transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft has been good or bad for their travel programs....
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