Category: Travel and Hospitality

ONE Order, as defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), is an industry-led initiative intended to simplify airline reservation, delivery, and accounting systems. It works to gradually phase out the current booking, passenger name records (PNRs), ticketing records, etickets, and electronic miscellaneous documents (EMDs). As part of this directive, IATA has documented the messaging standards, […]

  When I tell people that I work in airport technology, they often respond with a story about a recent experience with a delay or disruption at an airport that they think can be solved with technology. Despite the issues in airports last year (caused mainly by a lack of staff for baggage handling and […]

In the travel and hospitality (T&H) industry, organizations need to constantly adjust the products that they offer and the prices that they charge. Optimizing a product pricing strategy for T&H companies is critical to their ability to provide value for guests and travelers and maximize profitability. Using Product Offerings & Pricing solutions on Amazon Web […]

A recent survey of corporate travel managers and meeting planners across the United States, Canada, and several European countries reported that 55 percent of company respondents said their organization has a company-wide carbon emissions reduction target. However, only 9 percent have a target for company-hosted meetings and events. The study published by the Global Business […]

Have you ever struggled to find your gate once at the airport? Sometimes, the information displayed on applications that are produced by third parties can differ from the data displayed upon the flight information display screens (FIDS) that are located within airport terminals. This can cause confusion on the day of travel, especially if gate […]

Travel and hospitality companies need to remain efficient, profitable, and customer obsessed as they deal with today’s uncertain and dynamic market challenges, from supply chain challenges to capacity constraints to economic uncertainty. One way travel and hospitality companies can increase profitability is through improved forecasting, but many are still looking for tools to optimize forecasts […]

“Can you imagine if we all moved to the cloud?” It sounds like a perfect tagline for an Amazon Web Services (AWS) commercial, doesn’t it? Shawn Seaton, Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture and Distinguished Cloud Architect for Choice Hotels, posed this question to the audience at AWS re:Invent 2022 during the session, Transforming hospitality for the […]

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 […]

No matter your business, events likely have a major impact on your demand. Using various solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), companies can gain access to high-quality and enriched event data that helps them analyze what’s happening in the real world at a massive scale. This in turn can help them make decisions around staffing, […]

DataArt recently achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Travel and Hospitality Competency Partner status. I sat down with Alexander Shchedrin, vice president, DataArt Travel and Hospitality practice, to learn how DataArt is helping travel and hospitality companies optimize the AWS Cloud and data. 1) Congratulations on achieving AWS Travel and Hospitality Competency Partner status. Please describe […]