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TechCrunch+ roundup: Technical due diligence, web3’s promise, how to hire well

TechCrunch

Today, I wouldn’t consider buying a device that couldn’t help me find a restaurant or hotel. 8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence. After technical due diligence begins, no amount of storytelling can cover the secrets buried in GitHub and Jira. Thanks for reading, Walter Thompson.

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How to gain a five star security reputation in hospitality

CIO

Achieving and sustaining compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a daunting challenge for hotels because they handle many complex payment business cases. An accurate data-flow diagram(s) is maintained that meets the following: • Shows all account data flows across systems and networks.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

Altexsoft

Summing up, we can say that today’s travelers no longer want to spend their vacation hopping on and off the sightseeing bus at the packaged group tour or chilling lazily next to the pool with a cocktail at the all-inclusive hotel without ever leaving the premises (well, we’ll be honest, some still do). Real-world examples.

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B2B Travel Platform For Corporate Travel Management

Altexsoft

It’s a systematic approach to handling various travel operations such as hotel bookings, flight tickets, travel policies, and reporting with the aim of cost control, adherence to corporate policies, and employee comfort and safety. Corporate travel management comes with its unique set of needs and challenges. Legacy GDS limitations.

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Fintech giants face uphill battle

TechCrunch

Authenticity is huge, and speaking for myself and my fellow TC reporters, it is very much appreciated and valued — especially considering it’s not as common as we’d like it to be. Hotel payment software platform Selfbook announces a strategic investment from Amex Ventures. And elsewhere. TechCrunch covered its previous raise here.

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Travel Fraud Protection: Key Types of Travel Scam, Protective Measures, and Software to Consider

Altexsoft

percent in 2020 due to pandemic restrictions, in 2021, the industry saw a rise up to 6.1 Besides, due to the specific nature of the industry with high-value one-off payments, a big number of businesses across the world, and rapid customer consumption of services, the travel and hospitality sector is a huge target for fraud.

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Natural Language Processing: A Guide to NLP Use Cases, Approaches, and Tools

Altexsoft

Both in daily life and in business, we deal with massive volumes of unstructured text data : emails, legal documents, product reviews, tweets, etc. ML-based spam detection technologies can filter out spam emails from authentic ones with minimum errors. Low-level vs high-level NLP tasks. Text classification. Spam detection.

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