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GfK and ForwardKeys join forces to deepen insights into global travel and hospitality sector

The partnership is aimed at jointly developing solutions for the industry and bundling each other’s data-science capabilities.

NUREMBERG – Leading global market research firm GfK and provider of travel intelligence ForwardKeys announced during the ITB travel trade show in Berlin that they will bundle their travel and hospitality knowledge for a more holistic view of the travel supply chain.

With this partnership, GfK and ForwardKeys will address the market‘s need for more comprehensive, accurate and granular data so that their customers can make better informed decisions about planning and reaching the right audiences for their services.

“In this highly fragmented industry, fact-based decision making is becoming mission critical,” said Laurens Van Den Oever, GfK’s Global Lead for the Travel & Hospitality industry. “Serving and understanding today’s (digital) traveler means our clients take more risks than ever to provide the right service.”

The partnership is aimed at jointly developing solutions for the industry and bundling each other’s data-science capabilities. The companies will merge their expertise on monitoring travel booking behavior and gaining consumer insights across the increased number of channels consumers are using nowadays to plan and book their trips and holidays.

“Evidence based decision making is becoming a requirement in business practices in the travel industry and peripheral businesses – there is a need for live, actionable, tactical, reliable, and forward looking information on traveler trends. Our solutions start by answering some very fundamental questions: What is the potential of the market? What will travel demand be in the coming months, and for each destination around the globe? What are the events that are triggering that demand?” said Olivier Jager, Founder of ForwardKeys.

The Spain-based company focuses on big data and business intelligence for the travel industry, drawn from anonymized and aggregated global Air reservation information. ForwardKeys’ core areas of expertise are complementary to GfK’s, with the result that more in-depth and meaningful insights into the dynamic and fast growing tourism market are possible.

“I’m very excited we can solve another piece of the puzzle by providing an additional layer of relevant insights,” Van Den Oever added. “This partnership strengthens GfK’s strategy of integrating data from very different sources to turn them into smart business decisions. GfK and ForwardKeys complement each other and serve to fill the void that no one else has been able to fill to date, and present a complete picture of the entire tourism market on a global scale. We take another step forward in supporting our clients within the travel industry to even better understand the future demands of their audiences and to align their strategy accordingly.”

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