There is a certain helplessness creeping in around online hotel distribution which is worrying hotels in Europe and worldwide.
Is it time for a global HotelWiki to assist the industry (and consumers) with hotel distribution?
January 25, 2012 By 12 Comments
Practical application of semantic technology and personalization in travel
January 10, 2012 By 9 Comments
Larry Smith of Thematix has previously written several excellent posts in Tnooz about semantic technologies in the travel industry.
Why you need to care about travel technology, semantic web and ontology
January 3, 2012 By 4 Comments
What does this all this mean for the wider travel industry? How do XML schema and ontologies connect? Why does it matter? Should you care?
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Three important things the travel industry can teach the world about APIs
December 19, 2011 By 11 Comments
The travel industry has a tendency to enjoy bashing itself for everything poor and bad its sees happening, sometimes looking outside to bring a fresh perspective.
Open APIs in travel need to grow up
December 14, 2011 By 6 Comments
Open APIs (those that are freely or cheaply and easily available) are great – the travel industry has a long and checkered past with proprietary access to information that has, as most here will argue, stifled innovation.
What are the three big technology issues for the hotel industry?
October 7, 2011 By 6 Comments
Technology enables service. That’s the idea, anyway. In the hotel industry, thousands of companies provide hundreds of applications to help hotels to manage operations and provide better guest service.
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Semantic technology and the travel shopping experience
September 13, 2011 By 21 Comments
In a previous Tnooz article I suggested that internet technology had transformed the travel transaction into a self-service, always on, multiple choice, zero friction vending machine.
Can the latest dip into the global hotel ID swamp work?
August 16, 2011 By 16 Comments
The Travel Technology Initiative recently announced the launch of TTIcodes, an initiative to create “the definitive listing of properties” core information.
Five reasons why the airline merchandising saga is maturing
June 21, 2011 By 6 Comments
Lots of ideas were floated at the annual Datalex User’s Conference in Dublin last week, as a roomful of consultants, airlines, distributors, and technology providers talked about airline merchandising perhaps coming-of-age.
Applying semantic search and ontology to the travel industry
May 20, 2011 By 13 Comments
The TED Conference produces many exceptional ideas and the one by Rory Sutherland explaining “intangible value” could be a beacon for the travel industry.
