There is an overall push in India to enhance air connectivity to smaller regions across the country. An increase in number of airports, increase in disposable income, and heightened interest in travel have given airlines the confidence to invest in expansion of their domestic operations. This is leading to Indians traveling more, domestically and internationally.
Reliable, accessible guest data is like gold for hotels interested in the next generation of customer service. More deals that can capitalize on that are likely on the way.
Considering Booking Holdings' close relationship with Google historically, it's no surprise that Priceline went with Google Cloud for its generative AI integrations. Now, who's next?
Any changes the next wave of artificial intelligence might bring will not be instantaneous. Booking Holdings has time to act to sustain its current position in online travel.
Conversational search is an exciting space in travel, even for the somewhat tedious side of travel and expenses management, which now sees the virtual assistant role extended into a data analyst. Navan is offering predictive travel budget solutions.
How does AI change travel? How can these tools drive hotel efficiency, handle airline customer service, and reshape the way we search for and book travel? Skift dives deep into these discussions and more.