Tag: data science
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IA en hotel tech: mucho ruido y pocas nueces
En casi todos los webinars en los que participé desde el año pasado, e incluso en un par de ponencias del reciente TechnoHotel Forum de Barcelona, no faltó quien trajera a colación el argumento de la inteligencia artificial en contexto hotelero. Todos utilizaron además el ejemplo del sistema de recomendación de Netflix como claro ejemplo…
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AI in Hotel Tech: Much Ado About Nothing
In almost every webinar I’ve attended since last year, and even in a couple of presentations at the recent TechnoHotel Forum in Barcelona, there was always someone bringing up the argument of artificial intelligence in the hotel context. They all used the example of Netflix’s recommendation system as a clear and “applicable” example (how they…
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Using AI to forecast sales and demand
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 overstating. Well, I shouldn’t be demonstrating anything, as anybody working in airlines and large hotel…
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Open letter to HR Departments looking for Data roles
Dear Recruiters in the Travel Industry: My very limited experience with corporate employment strategies suggest that whatever request falls down on your desks, it comes from highly paid managers who should know their stuff. Thus, I guess it’s nonsense to expect from you a minimum knowledge about whatever is being thrown in the job ad… Although…
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Porqué los Operatores Turísticos necesitan Comparadores de Tarifas?
Por una cuestión de supervivencia! Hace años, un hotelero independiente me hizo la misma pregunta, solo que vinculada al negocio de alojamiento. No podía creer lo que escuchaba en este momento; desde entonces aprendí que en nuestra industria, aunque las noticias y los términos de moda viajan rápido, la comprensión y la implementación real de…
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8 Reasons Why Tour Operators need Rate Comparison Systems
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 in our industry, actual comprehension and implementation of new things slows down to a sluggish…
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Practical Data Science for the Travel Industry
Are you an Excel jockey? Do several reports sit on your desk every day? It’s time to update your act and adopt the latest technology. Years ago, I used to think that “Data Science” was a fancy new term for my old, trusted Statistics. Boy, was I wrong! Actually, stats are a component of the…