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July 27, 2023
What Top Gun can teach us about the future of airline retailing
Few movies have stood the test of time as well as Top Gun, and while I’ve let go of my childhood dreams of becoming a fighter pilot, I’m now focused on technological advancements in air travel...
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July 14, 2023
Skift webinar recap: Are airlines ready for a new era of retailing?
Airlines are at a critical crossroads. They need to cut costs in the face of operational challenges such as staffing, rising fuel prices, and other disruptions – but in order to chart a path toward increased...
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July 14, 2023
What is modern airline retailing and how can Google Cloud Platform help airlines deliver it?
As traveler needs and expectations have evolved, there’s a need for airlines to identify smarter ways of working that increase profitability. The answer: a more modern airline retailing model enabled by offers and orders. To achieve...
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March 8, 2023
How airlines use artificial intelligence to unlock new revenue opportunities
Sabre in conversation with Air Serbia Sabre’s Bhaskara Guntreddy, Vice President Product Management, Offer Optimization, sat down with Jiří Marek, Chief Executive Officer of Air Serbia to discuss how personalized travel retailing is bringing new revenue opportunities to the...
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February 3, 2023
Necessity is the mother of invention
I’ve always been fascinated by technology, even from a young age. I grew up in Eastern Europe, in what was then Czechoslovakia, and as a teenager at boarding school I loved nothing more than spending my...
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January 31, 2023
Choice: why more is sometimes less
In our airline strategy paper, we explored how Sabre’s end-vision is to provide airlines of all sizes with a flexible offer and order ecosystem that intelligently enables them to retail and distribute a broad choice of tailored offers across any channel....
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January 10, 2023
Winner winner chicken dinner! How data science and experimentation can help airlines beat the odds
We’ve all heard the saying ‘the house always wins’. In a casino, the games are designed so that the house (i.e., the casino owners) will always net a profit, regardless of the successes of the patrons....
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November 21, 2022
3 lessons from Star Wars that point to the future of travel retailing
Few movies have achieved iconic status and stood the test of time quite as well as Star Wars. In fact, the Star Wars franchise, created by George Lucas in the 1970s, is one of the most...
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October 26, 2022
How the right equipment holds the key to optimal performance
…and how it’s essential to airlines seeking to become advanced retailers Many cyclists, myself included, are (willing) victims of the mentality that the right number of bikes to own is n+1. In other words, I always...
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October 12, 2022
How experimentation delivers results for athletes
…and how it can help airlines achieve their retailing ambitions I recently wrote about intelligent technology and its role in the airline industry, I looked at how the practical application of data science using Google Cloud’s BigQuery...
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September 22, 2022
How data helped me conquer the Leadville Trail 100 MTB
…and how it can help airlines become advanced retailers The tipping point I’ve worked in the travel industry for more than 15 years, witnessing first-hand many ups and downs and supporting customers through critical technology projects....
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September 8, 2022
5 reasons why LCCs are best placed for advanced retailing
For many organizations and industries, the word ‘change’ often carries with it a negative emotional reaction: fear, anxiety, resistance. We understand that Low-Cost Carriers are often the exception that proves the rule – embracing change and...