Articles tagged “sdais2025”

Answers to questions like how do companies envision leaning into AI and how can it disrupt business will determine what initiatives the travel industry gets behind.

AI may provide new tools to help solve problems, but that doesn't change what travel tech investors are looking for in startup founders.

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

The boutique hotel that figured out how to make tiny rooms feel luxurious is about to find out if corporate ownership kills cool. CitizenM's CEO Lennert De Jong believes Marriott's approach to tech and service are very promising.

Hotels are seen as being behind on AI. But we’re beginning to see more experiments and how tech can improve service.

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.

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.

The takeaway is to start small: “You don’t have to build the most transformative thing overnight.”

Hotel groups won't be content to just run hotels anymore, says Mit Shah, a hotel real estate investor. Soon they may offer student housing, adult active communities, and other "branded living" services thanks to the data-crunching potential unlocked by AI.

Generative AI is becoming more accessible in several ways: At large businesses, costs per transaction are falling, and voice-to-voice interactions may provide an ease of use that brings AI to the masses.