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Articles tagged “trip planning”

Startups

Nezasa Raises $4.7 Million for Tour Operator Software: Startup Funding Roundup

Nezasa wants to make life easier for travel operators, and Electra is designing a plane to take off from a 150-foot runway.

Justin Dawes | 9 months ago

Nezasa Raises $4.7 Million for Tour Operator Software: Startup Funding Roundup

Travel Technology

Skift India Report: Ixigo Launches ChatGPT-Powered Travel Itinerary Tool 

While this is just the beginning, can we trust an AI chatbot with all our travel plans just yet? Well, humans are the best guides for now.

Amrita Ghosh | 10 months ago

Skift India Report: Ixigo Launches ChatGPT-Powered Travel Itinerary Tool 
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Travel Booking

Snap Says Friends and Family Are the ‘Real’ Travel Influencers

Today’s travelers prioritize recommendations from their close friends and family members, even as the relevancy of personalized digital ads improves. As the “best friends network,” Snapchat is showing brands how to reassess influencer culture and leverage modern tech to transport and inspire travel decision-makers.

Snapchat + Skift | 11 months ago

Snap Says Friends and Family Are the ‘Real’ Travel Influencers

Online Travel

Google Travel Eliminated Trip Summary Feature

Google Travel just got a tiny bit less sticky because Gmail users could easily find their past, present and upcoming trips there all in one place. The feature became a victim of bigger and more important priorities.

Dennis Schaal | 12 months ago

Google Travel Eliminated Trip Summary Feature

Online Travel

Barry Diller Says Expedia Has AI Edge With OpenAI CEO as a Director

Having OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on the Expedia Group board for the last few years certainly didn't hurt Expedia's ChatGPT rollout, although it's been using artificial intelligence for years.

Dennis Schaal | 12 months ago

Barry Diller Says Expedia Has AI Edge With OpenAI CEO as a Director

Travel Technology

ChatGPT-Powered Travel Planning Chatbots Spur Entrepreneurs to Get in the Game

With the energy going into some of these travel planning assistants, how long before travel agents are out of jobs? Probably not tomorrow, but what about in a few years?

Justin Dawes | 1 year ago

ChatGPT-Powered Travel Planning Chatbots Spur Entrepreneurs to Get in the Game

News Blog

AI Wars Comes For Travel Planning, As Bing Relaunches Around ChatGPT

The Microsoft-owned also-ran search engine Bing has relaunched around conversational chatbot technology powered by ChatGPT, the new sensation owned by OpenAI. In an event today, the CEOs of Microsoft and OpenAI gave a demo of the new Bing, and it will be open to all in coming days. The refreshed Bing provides a chatbox with…

Rafat Ali | 1 year ago

News Blog

Tripadvisor CEO Steve Kaufer Officially Steps Down and Looks Forward to Next Chapter

Tripadvisor co-founder Steve Kaufer has stepped down as CEO after 22 years, as expected, and Matt Goldberg took over. Tripadvisor co-founder and CEO Steve Kaufer. Tripadvisor In a Twitter post Friday, Kaufer offered "some parting thoughts" and said he welcomed any ideas on a new gig that would be "disruptive, challenging and impactful." https://twitter.com/kaufer/status/1542956666710380545?s=20&t=FVJkI9c8KQDXcminQ-jP6g Kaufer…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Hotels

Wyndham’s App Update Is Made for Road Trips

Hundreds of thousands of Americans regularly struggle to plan long-distance trips with stops at hotels that are pet friendly or have parking for large trucks. Wyndham's new tool aims to address this hassle.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Wyndham’s App Update Is Made for Road Trips

News Blog

Give Up Travel Because of Inflation? Gen Z in UK Is Undeterred

Despite inflation taking a chunk out of family spending power in the UK, only 8 percent of Gen Z respondents in a survey said they would give up vacation plans to cut costs. But the Advertising Week Europe survey, conducted by Lucid, found a generational divide on the issue. Boomers — people age 68-77 —…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago