Sometimes, a few lines of code can replace expensive and complicated software...
Smart trick to work on several projects at once with Pentaho
How to profit from hotel's data? use insights to overcome common hurdles and discover the key to unlocking your data's full potential
Ditch reports, and uncover real-time insights for profitable decisions.
Guess what: the basic component to achieve BI success is not a piece of software...
A personal and unconventional opinion on travel companies demises
The 3 key drivers to adop BI in any travel-related company, for guaranteed success
In a previous article about predictive analytics >> that only a couple of close friends read, I stated that such procedure can actually convert data into money. This time, I bring a practical study case to demonstrate that I was not
In late 1997 I was helping some Egyptian DMC streamline operations, when terrorists stroked at Deir el-Bahri, the heartbreaking Luxor Massacre. About a year later, not one but two hurricanes (Mitch and George) broke havoc in the Caribbean, where I
Although the term has been lingering in academic and science fiction settings for over 70 years, it seems to me everybody realized two days ago that AI is the new magical panacea that will end profitability issues overnight, replacing “big
Don't you pity those morons that want to show off with misused tech lingo?
Got a booking engine? Probably you're losing money because you're not analyzing its hidden data
Not easy, but not as difficult as it may seem. Give it a try, you need data culture!
True story: sick and tired of failed relationships, I decided I had enough of the random encounter method (so called destiny) and opted for a matching algorithm instead. You see, I’m a scientist at heart, much more rational than emotional.
In the late nineties, I was able to persuade a handful of Caribbean hoteliers to adopt my ludicrously simple and cheap online booking engine. Among those pioneers, the GM of Couples Tower Isle: He even went to suggest to check
The owner of the big OTA chuckled at my question. “Every morning we have an entire team checking competitors’ rates and adjusting ours”, he said. “Dynamic pricing is essential today. It was a logical process for us”. Of course, it
A question of survival Years ago, an independent hotelier posed the same question to me, only linked to the accommodation business. I couldn’t believe my ears at the moment; since then I learnt that, although news and buzzwords travel fast
A short guide to spot them before it’s too late
Still using Excel to run your travel business? Can’t get rid of the telex and Palm Pilot, either? Come on, modernize your stack!
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