Airline Digital Transformation based on NDC and Real-Time Data
Airlines want to embrace digital retailing and take back ownership of their customer relations from beginning to end, but to do this they need to transform how they sell to…
Hotel Distribution Analytics – Made Accessible for the Smaller Budget
There is a new 'as a Service' on the scene to help online travel companies simplify technology and get the most out of their mountain of search and booking data.…
Benefitting from NDC — the full circle
IATA is busy laying the foundations for a new distribution model with new standards and processes all designed to help airlines regain control of the selling of their inventories and…
Leveraging XML Shopping Data
Executive Interview with Jonathan Boffey which first appeared on the Airline Information website and is written by their correspondent, Ritesh Gupta. An omni-channel approach, with consistency across all channels, is…
Using Data to join the Dots in a Brave NDC World
N-D-C. There I have used the magic three letters on line one. Three letters which will soon be consumed and superseded by IATA’s One Order but that story is for…
The expanding role of search analytics in airline merchandising
Part 1 -- To be successful in selling the right products or services at the right time to the right travellers, it’s increasingly critical for airlines to harness the power…
Drilling Down on Airline Shopping Intelligence
Part 2 -- To be successful in selling the right products at the right time to the right travellers, it’s increasingly critical for airlines to harness the power of modern…
NDC Standards – the route to industry success
In a recent article on Airline Information’s Ancillary blog (a great place for an insightful read on the topical challenges airlines face in growing ancillary revenues), the writer, Ritesh Gupta,…
API Design – Unlocking the Value of your Data
In recent years the travel industry has witnessed an explosive growth in APIs (application programming interface). This reflects the rise in online portals selling travel products. These portals help end…
Look to Book is Out, Revenue Per Search is In
Online travel is bigger than ever. There are some 148.3 million travel bookings¹ made on the internet each year worth US $524 billion². Travel shoppers do not book the first…