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In the last decade the Travel & Tourism industry faced revolutionary challenges that are still transforming all its sectors. The report \u201cReinventing rail in Europe \u2013 The battle for the customer<\/a>\u201d released by Amadeus<\/a> in October describes how rail doesn\u2019t have to escape to this change and to reengage with the costumer.<\/p>\n

Competition is fierce, both inside the sector where new operators are challenging the incumbents along with expected new virtual rail operators, and outside, such as air, long-range bus services and car sharing.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the rail operators should reinvent themselves with a customer-centric approach, like it happened in the early 2000 to the telecom industry.<\/p>\n

Technology is the main enabler in the costumer revolution to develop faster, safer and more comfortable services. While new infrastructure like High Speed Rail (HSR) are vital, keywords are personalization<\/b>, where data-driven insights can provide appealing experiences, mobile<\/b> and merchandising<\/b>, if inspired by brands like Airbnb<\/a>, Netflix<\/a> or Uber<\/a>. Customers demands and expects services that work for them.<\/p>\n

Political issues, national fragmentations and infrastructure are barriers that the rail sector should face to improve its performances.<\/p>\n

Rail stations must be part of the same process of focusing on the customer and \u201cwill become destinations and lifestyle centers<\/i>\u201d as described by Arup in \u201cFuture of Train 2050\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The battle for the customer is ongoing and there is so much to do to gain customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and revenue growth.<\/p>\n

Eurostar<\/a> was awarder Europe’s Leading Passenger Rail Operator 2016 at the World Travel Awards Winner Shield 2016<\/a>, overcoming Deutsche Bahn<\/a>, Russian Railways (JSC Federal Passenger Company)<\/a> and SNCF<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At Twissen<\/b> we observed that there is room for alliances and for developing dynamic packaging, just like Eurostar<\/a> and Lastminute.com<\/a> have already experimented.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a growing competition \u2013 like the budget bus travel boom in France reported by Skift<\/a> \u2013 but also growing interest, such as the Interrail passes<\/a>, investments in infrastructures and new platform, such as GoEuro<\/a>, the Berlin (Germany) based airline, bus, car and rail booking site that according to CB insight<\/a> in October raised $70 million in funding ($145 million to date).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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