Articles tagged “maps”

Travel Technology

Apple’s Siri Is Getting Better AI. How That Works for Trip Planning

Generative AI is going directly into the iPhone. It helps with travel a little right now, but that's only the beginning.

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Apple’s Siri Is Getting Better AI. How That Works for Trip Planning

Online Travel

Google Adding Features to Maps and Search to Promote More Sustainable Travel

Google just a few weeks ago shared updates about AI-powered travel features in some of its products. Now it's adding more.

Justin Dawes | 5 months ago

Google Adding Features to Maps and Search to Promote More Sustainable Travel

Online Travel

Google’s New Travel AI Tools Want to Plan Customer Trips

Google is the among the tech giants investing in a reimagined, AI-powered future of travel planning and booking. How can the smaller companies compete?

Justin Dawes | 6 months ago

Google’s New Travel AI Tools Want to Plan Customer Trips

Experiences

Google Upgrades Maps With Photo-First Searches of Things to Do

Google's push to visually immersive search on its maps app may boost the discoverability of hidden-gem tours, activities, and museums.

Selene Brophy | 11 months ago

Google Upgrades Maps With Photo-First Searches of Things to Do

Short-Term Rentals

Vrbo Kicked Out ‘A Large Number’ of Hosts for Cancelling Guest Bookings

When online travel agencies trot out statistics on their numbers of properties, is it a vanity thing or something more strategic? If you take Vrbo at its word, it's going for quality over quantity.

Dennis Schaal | 11 months ago

Vrbo Kicked Out ‘A Large Number’ of Hosts for Cancelling Guest Bookings

Startups

Mindtrip Raises $7 Million for AI Trip Planner: Startup Funding Roundup

AI trip planners, alternative jet fuel, the metaverse, next-generation chargers for airline passengers: There is a big variety of travel tech startups raising money lately.

Justin Dawes | 1 year ago

Mindtrip Raises $7 Million for AI Trip Planner: Startup Funding Roundup

News Blog

IDEAS: Tourism Cares Launches Meaningful Travel Map

Tourism Cares, a non-profit dedicated to advancing sustainable tourism has unveiled its new Meaningful Travel Map. The interactive map, which has been designed to connect travel professionals with ‘sustainable, community-led enterprises, products, services, accommodations and tours that can be added to itineraries,’ has been launched to commemorate the organization's 20-year anniversary. You can view the…

Adam Stacey | 1 year ago

Startups

CleanJoule Raises $50 Million for Sustainable Jet Fuel: Startup Funding Roundup

CleanJoule wants to make jet fuel from agricultural waste, while Atly is building an app that's a cross between a mapping tool and social media.

Justin Dawes | 1 year ago

CleanJoule Raises $50 Million for Sustainable Jet Fuel: Startup Funding Roundup

Online Travel

Google’s New Generative AI Tools for the Travel Sector

Google may be behind OpenAi regarding generative AI, but it's getting closer to catching up. Interestingly, it used a few travel-relevant examples when demonstrating its latest batch of capabilities.

Justin Dawes | 1 year ago

Google’s New Generative AI Tools for the Travel Sector

Online Travel

Google Travel Helped Nudge Advertising and Search Revenue Into Positive Territory

Alphabet officials didn't mention ChatGPT, Bing or Microsoft during the company's first quarter earnings call. But like modern-day bards, they gave an impassioned defense of their abilities to meet the artificial intelligence challenge.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Google Travel Helped Nudge Advertising and Search Revenue Into Positive Territory