Bard slips up, Trivago gets direct, Qatar Airways bags a winner, Sjiji Group helps hoteliers
Bard is going back to bootcamp
It’s back to boot camp for Bard, Google’s experimental chatbot that is set to challenge Microsoft-backed ChatGPT.
The search engine has artificial intelligence features that offer summaries of complex information but prior to the start of private testing with [...]
Travel-tech should follow the money, aviation recovery, and travellers making up for lost time
Is travel tech the next stop for out-of-work bankers?
Some of the best-educated, hardest working, multi-skilled talent is being shifted out of the under-pressure global banking sector. But where to next for these workers from Goldman Sacks and Morgan Stanley whose transferable skills range from fin [...]
Tech In Travel: SITA steps out with travel identity company; revenge is still sweet for some; the chatbot that will change travel; and a tech tip for hoteliers
SITA lays another steppingstone on the digital travel path
The way data management is handled within the aviation industry is at the heart of a partnership between SITA and travel identity company Zamna Technologies.
Zamna’s solution uses a decentralised blockchain based model to transform h [...]
Tech In Travel: A new way of selling cruises; VR gains new friends; the sector that ‘knows too much’ but not enough; cruise ships get TikTok
Cruisebound, a new online travel agency for cruise travel, has launched with US$10 million in Series A funding, led by former Booking Holdings chairman and Priceline CEO Jeff Boyd and PAR Capital Ventures.
Other participants are TripAdvisor founder and former CEO Steve Kaufer, Concur founder and [...]
Tech in Travel: A key to unlocking exclusive experiences, international airport seeks startups, LYFE enriching offers, capital market experts eyeing travel
NFTs are continuing to make news. Online membership and loyalty programme DayAway has created the Founder's Key, a collection of 500 limited-edition NFTs that will unlock a range of experiences and VIP benefits from hospitality, travel, retail, wellness and F&B brands worldwide
DayAway's Foun [...]
Tech In Travel: SITA’s megatrends, a whopper for Hopper, Prince Harry flies with IATA, and hotel guests want greater satisfaction, if you don’t mind.
SITA’s Megatrends report indicates just how much travel will change
Meet the Megatrends, a new report from SITA, has confirmed what we all suspected about the shape of future travel.
The report examines 12 emerging technological, societal, traveller, and economic trends that will significant [...]
Tech In Travel: TikTok rocks in travel searches; Sabre and Mastercard tackle the pay maze, Airbnb and the Great Depression, Australia builds world’s longest EV highway
The influence of TikTok for travel-related information is gathering pace among consumers in South-east Asia. Consumer research company, Milieu Insight, says TikTok is gaining popularity as a search engine when it comes to the discovery of products, services, and places to visit.
Milieu Insight [...]
Tech in Travel: Trees for travellers, Metaverse for airlines, a solution to eliminate margin-eating intermediaries and Uber drives deeper into travel, sort of.
Adventure travel specialist, G Adventures is going deep into the woods with a significant financial investment in restorative travel technology start-up, Reforest. Brisbane-based Reforest is a digital platform connecting travellers with local communities that are actively restoring their ecosystems [...]
Tech in Travel: Fundraising fears, token attractions, clever Kiwis and tech titans on the move
Young tech leaders fear funds are drying up
A poll taken at the Phocuswright Young Leaders Summit, held in Phoenix, Arizona, found only 8% of respondents felt that 2023 was a better year for raising funds than 2022 had been so far, due to the current economic outlook.
One third of th [...]
Tech in Travel: Why OTA travel marketing has gone walkabout; Amadeus and Booking.com get hitched; Asian Trails leaps into the digital age and D-EDGE goes shopping in Paris
Travelport has taken a deep dive into the reasons why travel – “once a digital trailblazer” - has taken the “scenic route“ and is being left behind by other modern retailers. “While other industries fully embraced the possibilities offered by new technology — and used it to reimagine t [...]
