OpenAPI Initiative Update
Announcing Arazzo, the new specification from OpenAPI to define API workflows
APIs are just a digital truck
You may in fact deploy some great APIs, it’s still going to mean high labor costs to someone else just because you are different.
Travel standards that benefit the community needs a new funding model from the community
Community standards make travel retail work. Various organizations like OpenTravel, IATA, HTNG (now part of AHLA), the UIC, and others have provided the language by which travel organizations can work …
What’s Game Theory got to do with Selling Travel?
As explained in Wikipedia, “Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions among rational agents. It has applications in all fields of social science, as well as …
The answer to the IT labor shortage in travel is through community efforts
Jumping into our time machine, back to the days of ACP/TPF, most airlines and eventually car/hotels (and banks) gathered around a booking solution from IBM (ACP/TPF) and Unisys (USAS). This …
New Impetus to Replace Legacy Systems
Companies have been trying, and oftentimes failing, to get rid of legacy systems for decades. It was mostly an economic attempt to remove costs, but costs were often higher even …
APIs and the Long Tail of Travel Content
In theory, APIs should be unlocking travel activities or “things to do.” There should be ubiquitous travel apps that not only have solutions for how to get there, but what …
Standards Silos Hurt the Travel Industry
Travel products such as air, car, hotel, cruise, restaurant, golf, tours, etc. are overwhelmingly purchased on an individual basis. Some trips only require one type of travel product, while most trips …
The Value in Industry Interoperability Efforts
Question! What is the value in participating in industry interoperability efforts? Does one only consider existing value such as message standards, or potential future value as well? Our thoughts: Through community …
OpenTravel Architectural Committee: Call to Action!
Call to action! Be a part of a team of engineers and architects as part of the new OpenTravel architectural committee, pulled together by Technical Leader Stu Waldron. All to reboot OpenTravel, the …