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The only household name in aerospace in this list is Boeing, the second biggest R&D spender in the travel industry. Then there’s the airline industry software giant Amadeus, the largest software R&D spender in travel, at around $605 million in 2012, and its investment has been rising at a rapid pace over the last three years. Among [...]

Juniper released its top 10 tech trends for 2014 and here’s a quick overview: Cities will get smarter Cities will get increasingly smart as sensors and cloud-enabled apps connect transportation, metering, healthcare, lighting, and environment data, and make it actionable.See what Sensity is doing, building a billion-node planetary network of sensors — in street lights. Also, see what IBM [...]

For me, as a Xoogler (former Googler) and an entrepreneur focused on connectivity, Mike Cassidy is a permanent reference.His recent project, GoogleX’s Project Loon, which aims to extend Internet to the five billion humans without it by using an army of air balloons equipped with wireless Internet, speaks loud and clear about his ambitious vision and his [...]

Skyscanner, el comparador de vuelos, hoteles y alquiler de coches de referencia mundial, ha realizado un estudio analizando millones de vuelos comprados durante los últimos tres años, para que los viajeros puedan determinar el mejor momento para reservar un vuelo, así como las fechas en las que puede resultar más barato volar desde cada país. [...]

The new generation has only known an internet enabled world and will rely heavily on technology, particularly robust connectivity and mobility in order to do their jobs. With technology playing such a large role in their upbringing, they are not used to being confined by IT and will require their new employers to embrace new [...]

Who is Adam Goldstein   Adam: I think the term Big Data is so vague these days as to be nearly meaningless. Travel companies have always been early and massive adopters of analytics tools—whether for loyalty, yield management, or marketing. I believe this trend will continue. But because it’s been happening so long anyway, I don’t [...]