AI in Travel

There's been a battle between online travel companies and hotels for decades. There will be no truce in the age of AI.

Funding has been tight for travel tech startups, but Canary Technologies hasn't had much trouble.

As destinations navigate growing competition, real-time movement data is becoming essential to inform smarter marketing, planning, and resource allocation. In this talk, Zartico’s chief innovation officer and co-founder, along with its chief operating officer, discuss how AI-powered behavioral insights can close costly data gaps across the visitor journey.

Funding has been slow this year, but B2B travel tech startups are still leading the way these days.

Hilton acknowledges that hotels have been behind the curve on tech. But there are plenty of ways it's using AI to enhance the guest experience - and get more revenue too.

On today’s pod we look at Marriott’s cheaper room push, Apple’s new tools for travelers, and Google’s rapidly changing marketing landscape.

Apple is testing its own version of live translation through calls and texts, but not for face-to-face conversations through wearable devices.

At Skift Research, we think travel leaders need to be a little Google-obsessed. It’s one of the most important drivers of bookings, and our data shows Google is undergoing a real-time AI transformation with massive implications for the industry.

The travel business has unparalleled access to customer data, and AI offers ample avenues to apply it and improve the traveler experience. By creating insights and knowledge, including who to talk to, where to reach them, and what to say to them, AI offers travel marketers unique opportunities to help their brands make better decisions that can drive business growth at scale.

Keep your friends close and their disrupters closer.