GENERATING A SETTING RECOMMENDATION FOR A REVENUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

摘要

Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating a setting recommendation to configure a revenue management system of a travel provider. The setting recommendation may be generated by collecting data from a articles provided by data sources associated with a given market. Each article may be compared to a filter in a set of filters to determine whether the article meets a criterion of the filter. If an article meets the criterion of a filter, the article may be parsed and data may be selectively collected for use in forecasting a future event regarding the given market. A recommended action may be generated based on the future event. Information regarding the recommended action, the filter, the article, and the future event may be provided in a setting recommendation for use in updating a system setting in an effort to address the effect of the future event.

主权项

1. A method of generating a setting recommendation to configure a revenue management system for a travel market of a travel provider, the method comprising:
accessing a data source database to retrieve a plurality of data sources, wherein each data source in the plurality of data sources is associated with the travel market or a market encompassing the travel market in the data source database; accessing a filter database to retrieve a filter from among a plurality of filters stored in the filter database, wherein each filter in the plurality of filters includes a filter criterion and a potential market effect; performing an electronic search of the plurality of data sources to retrieve a plurality of articles associated with the plurality of data sources; applying the filter to the plurality of articles to extract an information item from an article in the plurality of articles, wherein the article meets the filter criterion of the filter; performing a database access to identify a recommended action associated with the potential market effect of the filter therein; and generating a setting recommendation based at least in part on the information item, wherein the setting recommendation includes the recommended action.