personalization

Q&A: Corporate Travel Veteran Maureen Brady On TMC Economics
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Q&A: Corporate Travel Veteran Maureen Brady On TMC Economics

New York — Maureen Brady in August stepped down from her role as chief commercial officer in North America at Corporate Travel Management after five years with the company and more than 30 years at seven other TMCs of various kinds. She’s taking a career break — not using the “R word” yet — and…

SkyLink's Atyab Bhatti

Op Ed: Atyab Bhatti On Getting *A Little* Technical With AI, Part Two: Personalization

SkyLink CEO and co-founder Atyab Bhatti is back with another slightly high-tech posts about artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence is changing the way we approach personalization across industry verticals, including corporate travel. By leveraging generative AI, organizations can provide personal, delightful experiences for their travelers, enhancing satisfaction while meaningfully reducing costs. Machine learning is an AI…

lowest logical fare policies
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The Evolution Of Lowest Logical Fare Policies

The concept of “lowest logical fare” has always been open to interpretation. Traditionally, it’s the cheapest, in-policy fare returned when the traveler or travel agent searches in a booking system. But various market dynamics are making it harder to pin down, prompting industry professionals to reconsider it. New challenges in point-of-sale shopping comparisons due to…

Ben Vinod, author and COO of Charter and Go
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Are You A Travel Industry Wonk? There’s A Book Coming For You

A comprehensive history of travel distribution is hard to find. If you have the spare time, you could plod through the archives of industry trade publications and professional groups. Or you might pick the brains of industry elders; hopefully, they charge you. Revenue management pioneer Ben Vinod aims to help with a book due this…

Kurt Ekert, Sabre
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Q&A: Sabre CEO Kurt Ekert On Content, Pricing And Artificial Intelligence

The Company Dime co-founder Jay Campbell last week interviewed Sabre CEO Kurt Ekert via videoconference. Among other issues, Ekert talked about supplier content fragmentation, global distribution system pricing, AI, technology modernization and, yes, NDC. A lightly edited transcript follows. Some travel managers look back fondly at a period a few years ago when it seemed…

Dispatch 9
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Dispatch 9

Reaction: Responding to Scott Gillespie’s Op Ed on how today’s corporate travel market demands “long-sighted travel policies” prioritizing value and sustainability over traditional cost-cutting, readers generally agreed with the need for change. Microsoft’s Eric Bailey echoed the goal of reducing emissions and minimizing low-value trips but suggested different methods. He recommended carbon taxes and budget…

Brandon Strauss

Op Ed: Brandon Strauss On A Skeptic’s View Of Generative Artificial Intelligence 

Brandon Strauss of CapTrav and KesselRun Corporate Travel Solutions explains why he’s in “watch and learn” mode when it comes to generative artificial intelligence.  Claude Shannon, a computer scientist and founder of information theory, published “A Mathematical Theory of Communication” in 1948, which defined how messages are carried from sender to receiver. This theory became…

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