Back to school with Big Data – how the web defines it

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Is Big Data just a large collection of data sets, or is it a wider level a process to provide a better understanding and take advantage of products or customers?

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ZapTravel attempts semantic travel metasearch, with activities upfront

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Its elevator pitch is that it’s “a smart “Kayak” for tailored deals when you don’t know where or when you want to go.”

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Expedia starts testing natural language travel search Big Data-style

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It’s not just startups trying to capture the mood for developing natural language and semantic search in travel – Expedia is quietly working on its own platform.

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Semantic search will be standard across online travel by 2020

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Technology continues to push the travel, tourism and hospitality industry forward and make it more dynamic than ever before. But the next phase is where it gets REALLY exciting.

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CheapAir unveils semantic search for booking flights with natural language queries

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CheapAir.com has begun beta-testing a semantic search tool that allows users to pose natural language flight queries with airport codes and dates in various formats.

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Semantic web: context for the rest of us

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Semantic web and its impact on travel was the focus of the opening session of the OpenTravel Advisory Forum in sunny Miami

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What happens when you apply semantic search technology to hotel websites?

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A hotel is dynamic — a veritable revolving door of people and activities. Yet most hotel websites are dynamic only in the booking process.

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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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Using semantic technology to create better consumer profiles in travel

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It took me about 15 years from when I started travelling for business and pleasure to appreciate the value of a professional travel agent.

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