Articles tagged “travel planning”

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Hotels

Understanding Traveler Plans, Preferences, and Priorities for 2024

With travel demand holding steady into the new year, Global Hotel Alliance’s new member survey uncovers the most popular destinations for 2024, the factors motivating travelers to visit them, and the hotel loyalty benefits they value most.

Global Hotel Alliance + Skift | 4 months ago

Understanding Traveler Plans, Preferences, and Priorities for 2024

Travel Technology

Meta, Microsoft, AWS: Big Tech Reveals Travel-Related AI Projects

As the big tech companies reveal what they've been working on in travel, it raises questions about the longevity of small companies that have been working on similar projects.

Justin Dawes | 6 months ago

Meta, Microsoft, AWS: Big Tech Reveals Travel-Related AI Projects

Travel Technology

Google Updates Bard With Travel Info to Rival ChatGPT Plus – We Tested It Out

ChatGPT Plus is ahead of Google Bard on the timeline of tech releases, but Bard seems to be ahead with usability.

Justin Dawes | 7 months ago

Google Updates Bard With Travel Info to Rival ChatGPT Plus – We Tested It Out

Travel Technology

We Tried the Travel Plugins on ChatGPT Plus: What Worked, What Didn’t

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.

Justin Dawes | 8 months ago

We Tried the Travel Plugins on ChatGPT Plus: What Worked, What Didn’t

Travel Technology

AI Travel Tools Are Getting Better: We Tested Two

Some generative AI tools for travel booking are getting more impressive, and some are not.

Justin Dawes | 9 months ago

AI Travel Tools Are Getting Better: We Tested Two

Online Travel

Trip.com Releases Upgraded Trip Planning AI Chatbot

Trip.com beat its biggest competitors in the West with the release of a generative AI chatbot early this year, and the company beat them again with its first major chatbot upgrade.

Justin Dawes | 9 months ago

Trip.com Releases Upgraded Trip Planning AI Chatbot

Travel Technology

The AI Travel Booking Tools Keep Coming. Not All Will Succeed. 

A lot of generative AI-based travel planning and booking tools are coming out. Which ones will last?

Justin Dawes | 10 months ago

The AI Travel Booking Tools Keep Coming. Not All Will Succeed. 

Tourism

Chinese Travel Boom – How to Profit: New Skift Research

Chinese travelers are eagerly embracing new travel opportunities as restrictions ease, with a strong desire to explore their dream destinations and engage in unique cultural experiences.

Varsha Arora, Skift Research | 10 months ago

Chinese Travel Boom – How to Profit: New Skift Research

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 | 11 months ago

Google’s New Generative AI Tools for the Travel Sector

Startups

Skift Podcast: Surviving as a Travel Startup in an Age of AI

Is ChatGPT a gift or a threat to travel startups? Two travel insiders sit down to talk listeners through the possibilities.

Rafat Ali | 1 year ago

Skift Podcast: Surviving as a Travel Startup in an Age of AI