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It’s High Time Airlines Got Personal

BCG

Airlines need to get personal with their customers. If other companies can offer a customized experience, why can’t a hotel or an airline? As we wrote earlier this year, personalization is a powerful tool for travel companies looking to protect their place in the value chain. Article Wednesday, August 31, 2016.

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TCIP #016 – Malaysia Airlines Crisis Management with Jonathan Hemus

Melissa Agnes

Malaysia Airlines has suffered through two devastating and traumatic crises this year. These are two major crises, ultimate nightmares for any airline, and Malaysia Airlines faced both within months from one another. How culture, both organizational and national, impacted Malaysia Airlines’s crisis communication.

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Flying High: How to Build Travel Rewards as a Consultant

Tom Spencer

In this article, we will explore a variety of rewards you might be able to gain on airlines, hotels, rental cars, and credit cards. Airlines Unless you plan to drive to your consulting projects, which does not happen too often anymore, you will likely be flying. It is best to look for a nearby airline hub.

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Consolidation in Europe’s Airline Industry

BCG

Over the past 15 years, Europe’s full-service airlines have flown through turbulent skies as they generally failed to adapt to an increasingly price-competitive short-haul market. The financial, regulatory, and political barriers to various strategic scenarios will determine the exact nature of each airline’s options.

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What You Don’t Know About Malaysia Airlines and How They’ve Handled the Crisis of Flight MH370

Melissa Agnes

As part of my contribution to the Agnes + Day team I have the opportunity to share with you developments around the world relating to protecting the privacy of all people when they either voluntarily or out of necessity, like purchasing an airline ticket, provide their personal and private information via digital platforms.

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The Price is Right: Decoding the Art of Product Pricing

Tom Spencer

From entrepreneurs putting a new product on the market to executives at a public company revamping a product line, effective pricing is a key pillar of any successful sales and marketing strategy. In an ideal world, companies would be able to set prices through price discrimination , which means charging a different price to each customer.

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Venezuela Strengthens Currency Controls in Impossible Mission to Stop Capital Flight; Airlines Collapse; End of the Line

MishTalk

In an effort to get money out of Venezuela, airline ticket sales had been booked solid for months. One airline cancelled all flights. Venezuelan bonds plunged to the lowest in more than two years after the government announced the latest partial devaluation of the bolivar, this time for airlines and foreign direct investment.