TnoozLIVE – Episode Two [VIDEO]: Big Data Special, Mobile, Search and more

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Big Data – we’re all talking about it, wondering how it will make its presence felt across the travel industry, who is best positioned to capitalise on it?

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TnoozLIVE – next episode: travel tech news and a Big Data special

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What’s hot (or not) in the world of travel tech in recent weeks? What are the most talked about news items? Who is setting the agenda for the months ahead?

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Is it time for a global HotelWiki to assist the industry (and consumers) with hotel distribution?

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There is a certain helplessness creeping in around online hotel distribution which is worrying hotels in Europe and worldwide.

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Practical application of semantic technology and personalization in travel

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Larry Smith of Thematix has previously written several excellent posts in Tnooz about semantic technologies in the travel industry.

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Why you need to care about travel technology, semantic web and ontology

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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

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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.

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Open APIs in travel need to grow up

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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.

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What are the three big technology issues for the hotel industry?

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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

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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.

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Can the latest dip into the global hotel ID swamp work?

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The Travel Technology Initiative recently announced the launch of TTIcodes, an initiative to create “the definitive listing of properties” core information.

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