Big Data and the hospitality, travel and tourism industry

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In a position paper, the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals shows how vital it is for the travel industry to effectively manage the millions of records about travel behavior that the industry generates each day.

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SITA doubles the speed of data exchange to help airlines over the Olympic peak

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Heathrow is expecting to manage an additional 80,000 passengers over the next fortnight as London 2012 kicks off this evening

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PaxIS row grows as IATA goes for opt out consent over data inclusion

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The International Air Transport Association moved to appease the travel sector last week with a letter requesting consent to include data such as agency code, sales information and office locations in the PaxIS system

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Social media considered valuable resource for data collection on new travel products

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Interesting results from a survey conducted by EyeforTravel to identify trends in data sourcing shows the influence of social media when consider product strategy.

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Five nasty surprises for folk entering the tour and activity sector

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There are three very different types of people that join the so-called hot sector of the industry at the moment: tours and activities.

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Why data is the next game-changer in travel

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Data is big, and getting bigger. The more we track and log, the more storage is needed to warehouse it, and the more CPU horsepower is needed to mine it to answer questions posed by the business.

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