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Travel Technology
The industry is getting closer to the vision of the comprehensive digital travel agent, but it's still far away.
Justin Dawes | 2 months ago
Startups
Multiple travel startups raised nearly half of a billion dollars a couple of weeks ago. It's a bigger group again this week, but they're all smaller numbers this time.
News Blog
Hidden in Tripadvisor's latest earnings from earlier this week was some updates on its AI-based trip planning feature that it launched in July, along with some concrete numbers on performance of AI-assisted travel planning. In the earnings call, CEO Matt Goldberg said that the company has seen much higher conversions (and revenues) from people who…
Rafat Ali | 6 months ago
Airlines
Today's podcast discusses the outgoing Qatar Air CEO, Airbnb in South Africa, and Meta's AI travel shortfalls.
Rashaad Jorden | 6 months ago
Three tech-enabled property managers — typically less affected by increasing short-term rental regulations — have announced fundraises recently.
Justin Dawes | 7 months ago
Few of these features seem to have been designed with travel front-of-mind, except for the corporate booking tool — that's getting close to what travelers are asking for.
Online Travel
EG Labs, which would provide a way for consumers to provide feedback for Expedia Group product betas, is itself a test. It seems as though an active feedback loop would provide more insights than merely observing user behavior.
Dennis Schaal | 7 months ago
ChatGPT Plus is ahead of Google Bard on the timeline of tech releases, but Bard seems to be ahead with usability.
There are too many AI trip planning tools to choose from, but many will disappear as time goes on.
Justin Dawes | 8 months ago
While the ChatGPT Plus platform is not reliable even when plugged into real-time data from travel websites, the setup bring users another step toward the future of travel planning and booking.
