Using Big Data For Travel Management

May 5, 2017

Like many industry sectors and professions, travel and travel management are working to move past the buzz and hype of the ‘Big Data’ headlines to assess the potential challenges, impact, and benefits it could have on this space. Many are excited by the ability to combine and my data left behind from searches, mobile, payment transactions, sensors, tweets and social media, global positioning system and more to find the useful nuggets.

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WebBeds is the world’s second largest accommodation supplier to the travel industry operating its B2B travel business through; Sunhotels, JacTravel and Totalstay (Global & Europe), FIT Ruums (Asia) and Lots of Hotels (Americas, Middle East and Africa). WebBeds provides our global network of travel trade partners with the choice of 250,000 hotels in nearly 10,000 destinations.

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