Category Archive for "Travel Industry"

Time for travel companies to say what they mean to Google

[This article was originally published in Tnooz on August 1, 2012] A year ago, Google, Bing (Microsoft) and Yahoo announced Schema.org: a taxonomy that would allow webpages to

Thematix Releases Draft Extensions to Schema.org

Thematix has released a draft of extensions to Schema.org that would enable hoteliers to better describe their offerings to search engines.  The

The Semantic Concierge Headlines OpenTravel Alliance Conference

Thematix was pleased to help facilitate a discussion among progressive travel providers at their recent annual OpenTravel Advisory Forum in Miami, Florida.

Semantically Dynamic Hotels

[This post by Thematix Partner Larry Smith originally appeared in Tnooz on February 28, 2012] A hotel is dynamic — a veritable

XML Travel Schema and Ontology

[This post originally appeared as “Why you need to care about travel technology, semantic web and ontology“ in the January 3, 2012 edition

A Semantic Personality

[The following article was written by Thematix partner Larry Smith and first appeared in Tnooz on December 8, 2011] It took me

In the Schema of Things

[As published on October 11, 2011 in Tnooz] In June of this year, Google, Bing and Yahoo jointly announced – with little

Semantic Technology and the Travel Shopping Experience

Republished here in its entirety is the latest article published in Tnooz by Thematix’s Larry Smith In a previous Tnooz article I

ROUND TRIP: FROM COMMODITY TO (IN)TANGIBLE VALUE

The TED Conference produces many exceptional ideas worth sharing and the one by Rory Sutherland explaining “intangible value” could be a beacon