AWS for Industries
Author: Jihwan Ko
Jihwan leads a global program that supports travel and hospitality customers in the early stages of cloud adoption to accelerate their cloud journey. Before joining AWS, Jihwan was a corporate strategy manager and industry analyst in technology companies, including Google and Samsung Electronics. At TMON, one of South Korea’s leading ecommerce companies, he created a cross-selling tourism package platform. He also raised $240 million in investment funds from private equity and strategic investors. He was raised in Seoul, South Korea, and has an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a BS in business administration from Hanyang University in South Korea.
Hospitality Industry Cloud Migration Journeys and Best Practices
In 2022, more than 30 percent of travel and hospitality companies started their digital transformation by migrating legacy systems and applications to AWS. However, many customers tell us that they still grapple with the decision of which workloads and applications to prioritize during this migration journey. To address this, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has published […]
Top three paths travel and hospitality companies take to start their digital transformation on AWS
Welcome to 2023! It’s no secret that 2022 was a great year for travel and hospitality companies, with many reporting record quarterly and fiscal year earnings. This financial strength can be attributed to their ability to deliver exceptional customer experiences while optimizing their operational efficiency. However, in 2022, travel and hospitality companies also faced challenges […]
A guide to AWS re:Invent 2022 for first-time travel and hospitality industry attendees
There is less than 1 month to go until Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2022! If this is your first trip to AWS re:Invent, we hope that you are looking forward to a great week of announcements, valuable travel and hospitality sessions, fun after-hours activities, and more. Over the course of the 4-day conference, you […]