Travel Technology

In a recent webinar, Amazon Web Services (AWS) joined Skift to explore how cloud technology can unlock foundational innovation for travel and hospitality companies across their organizations.

A mobile app, online shopping cart, and easier group travel booking are highlights in a world of outdated tech for travel agents.

This deal is a nice landing for the startup Tripbam, which helps travel managers track prices. The giant in corporate travel software, SAP Concur, needs to watch its back as upstarts like Emburse become assertive.

Travel is back! While 2022 was all about bumper performances in some countries and sectors, and lagging performances in others, we can truly say that 2023 is the year that travel fully recovered. But we do need to be clear-eyed about persisting and upcoming challenges. This report hands you everything you need to know in one 250+ slide deck.

TUI Group is one of the first companies to test how it can use a generative AI chatbot to help consumers search through its own portfolio of products.

Findings from Expedia Group’s March 2023 research can help travel providers deepen their understanding of traveler priorities around loyalty rewards — including price discounts and the flexibility to use rewards across brands and different trip elements like hotels, flights, car rentals, and activities.

Most talk about generative AI is bombastic. Yes, today's tech has accuracy and security issues. But that will be resolved within a few years. The tech will then transform hotel revenue management.

The hospitality arms of Amadeus, Sabre, and Oracle are all focused on bringing hotels into the 21st century. There's a lot of catching up to do.

Travel landscape undergoes reversal as solo trips decline, blended travel dips, urban travel rebounds, and work shifts to hybrid models, reflecting changing preferences.

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.