Much has been written and said on the topic of big data and data itself. Over the last years, the cost of data storage has decreased dramatically from about $7 to 10 per GB in the year 2000 to less than $0.03 per GB today. Today, the holy grail is no longer the size of the storage and the focus has moved to speed.
Pierre Marechal
Pierre Marechal is the co-founder and Director of RevUp, a company specialized in supporting hotels in their strategic, revenue management and distribution efforts. Pierre has over 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Prior to RevUp, he was the Vice President Commercial Services for Travelodge Hotels Asia and the Regional Director of Revenue Management at Starwood Hotels and Resorts, where he has successfully led the region to achieve unprecedented gain in market share. Throughout his career, he has worked in nine different countries across Europe, Oceania and Asia; he is fluent in four languages. Pierre is an avid reader and a passionate scuba diver.