What most people experience as a trip is, in reality, the coordinated output of dozens of independent technology systems that were mostly built separately, by different companies, for different purposes, and asked to work together after the fact. Pick a trip. Any trip. A long weekend, a conference, a family vacation. It doesn’t matter where…
Walt Disney World employs roughly 80,000 people, making it the largest single-site employer in the United States and one of the largest concentrated workforces anywhere in the world. It operates through a dedicated district that manages its roads, power and water utilities, transportation systems, information management, and emergency services. It coordinates with county governments, federal…
Central Florida sits at the intersection of two enormous economies that rarely talk to each other. One is tourism. Visit Orlando puts the regional hospitality economy at roughly $100 billion annually — hotels, restaurants, attractions, conventions, and the vast operational infrastructure that makes all of it run. Tens of millions of visitors a year. One…