Articles tagged “trip planning”

Online Travel

Booking.com’s AI Trip Planner Got an Update. Here’s How It Works

Booking.com has taken more time than competitors to release updates for its AI tool. But it still has some of the same kinks to work out.

Justin Dawes | 3 weeks ago

Booking.com’s AI Trip Planner Got an Update. Here’s How It Works

Tourism

Faster Visas, More Direct Flights: What India-U.S. Tourism Needs – India Report

Travel is growing between India and the U.S. but there is a lot of room for growth. The key will be knocking down barriers and making travel easier.

Bulbul Dhawan | 3 months ago

Faster Visas, More Direct Flights: What India-U.S. Tourism Needs – India Report

Podcasts

AI Trip Planning, Olympic Branding and UAE Gaming

Today's podcast looks at Meta's new AI tools, airlines and the Olympics, and gambling in the UAE.

Rashaad Jorden | 4 months ago

AI Trip Planning, Olympic Branding and UAE Gaming

Travel Technology

What Travel’s Best AI Experts Told Us Yesterday

Today's podcast looks at the current state of hotel tech, the trouble with trip-planning apps, and Marriott's tech transformation.

Rashaad Jorden | 6 months ago

What Travel’s Best AI Experts Told Us Yesterday

Travel Technology

What It Means To Add Expedia’s Travel Assistant Romie to Your Group Chat

You can invite generative AI assistant Romie to join your travel-planning group chat. It’s too early to tell if it will be a welcome guest.

Elizabeth Casolo | 6 months ago

What It Means To Add Expedia’s Travel Assistant Romie to Your Group Chat

Travel Technology

Google Takes Next Step in AI Trip Planning

Google is fully in its Gemini era. That’s what executives repeated as they showcased how AI pulls information from across its products to create detailed trip plans and more.

Justin Dawes | 6 months ago

Google Takes Next Step in AI Trip Planning

Travel Technology

We Tested New AI Trip Planners From Despegar and Kayak: Fewer Errors, Still Buggy

The industry is getting closer to the vision of the comprehensive digital travel agent, but it's still far away.

Justin Dawes | 9 months ago

We Tested New AI Trip Planners From Despegar and Kayak: Fewer Errors, Still Buggy

Startups

Electric Plane, Corporate Retreats, AI Trip Planner: Startup Funding Roundup

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.

Justin Dawes | 10 months ago

Electric Plane, Corporate Retreats, AI Trip Planner: Startup Funding Roundup

News Blog

Tripadvisor Says Its AI Itinerary Users Generate 3X Revenues of Average Users

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 | 1 year ago

Airlines

Qatar Airways CEO Steps Down

Today's podcast discusses the outgoing Qatar Air CEO, Airbnb in South Africa, and Meta's AI travel shortfalls.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

Qatar Airways CEO Steps Down