Jour : 7 août 2025
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✈️ Indirect Distribution: The Hidden Engine Behind Airline Profitability | Koen Karsbergen | 22 comments
✈️ Indirect Distribution: The Hidden Engine Behind Airline Profitability Most airline executives focus on network planning, pricing, and partnerships, but how those offers reach the passenger is often overlooked. That’s where indirect distribution comes in. And this Quick Reference Guide is your strategic decoder. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Indirect distribution isn’t just a…
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Uproar over US job erosion as Miami hotel uses remote receptionist — ‘from India?’ – CNBC TV18
A Miami hotel has landed in hot water after a viral video showed a virtual check-in experience that’s cased a stir all over internet. At the centre of the uproar: A La Quinta by Wyndham guest being greeted not by a local front desk clerk, but by a remote employee, allegedly based in India.Originally posted…
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Travel is shifting from « where to go » to « what to do there. » | Bobby Demri | 16 comments
Travel is shifting from « where to go » to « what to do there. » The global experiences market is projected to top $3.1T in 2025. But only $1.3T comes from tourist spend—and just 25% of that is structured and paid. Most of the category remains offline, unbooked, or unmonetized. The mismatch isn’t demand—it’s infrastructure. 60% of global…
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Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than it seems
The obvious benefit to working quickly is that you’ll finish more stuff per unit time. But there’s more to it than that. If you work quickly, the cost of doing something new will seem lower in your mind. So you’ll be inclined to do more. The converse is true, too. If every time you write…
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Summer is the season for inspiration. | Sébastien FELIX
Summer is the season for inspiration. That’s why we released SOCIETIES Quarterly #3 early, to fuel your imagination while the world slows down. Whether you’re by the beach or between meetings, this is your creative reset. Inside, we explore 34 new frontiers of design, hospitality, tech, and culture: • How Jacquemus is transforming Riviera glamour…
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How Marketing Mix Modelling Works
If you’ve just found out that marketing mix modelling can’t actually measure advertising’s full ROI then don’t panic. Econometricians know that already and most will freely admit it. It’s not a secret. Nothing else can measure full ROI either. The most useful thing you can do with that knowledge is to avoid the ROI measurement…
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What if most of your Meta results would’ve happened anyway? | Peter Buckley posted on the topic | LinkedIn
What if most of your Meta results would’ve happened anyway? Sounds uncomfortable. But it’s the right question. Because every serious marketer eventually asks: 👉 What is Meta actually driving? 👉 How many of these sales would’ve happened anyway? Just because someone clicked or viewed an ad then bought doesn’t mean the ad caused the sale.…
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Travel Tech Essentialist #180: Taste
Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done, and then try to bring those things into what you’re doing. — Steve JobsSpecial thanks to Propellic for sponsoring this edition of the newsletter:Curious how AI is revolutionizing travel bookings? Discover the strategies…
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Taste Is the New Intelligence
Rick Rubin in September 2006 — Photo by jasontheexploder, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) We’re drowning in content. Every platform, every scroll, every second—more inputs, more noise, more things trying to hook your attention. The old metrics of intelligence—who memorized the most, who spoke the loudest, who finished the book first—don’t mean much here.…
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The Future of Travel Booking: AI Powered, Instant, and Hyper Personalized
In this high-impact Live session, powered by HyperGuest, leading voices in hospitality tech came together to dissect the disruptive influence of AI on the travel booking journey. From conversational interfaces to autonomous inventory management, we examined how AI is reengineering B2B hospitality distribution from the ground up.Drawing insights from a distinguished panel of experts and…