Artificial Intelligence tips

Travel metasearch engine Skyscanner is preparing to launch a new marketplace within its app that offers a range of additional services.

The Skift Aviation Forum is shaping up to be the industry event of the year. On November 12, we’ll be joined in Dallas by an all-star list of CEOs, company presidents, and other top-level players. 

Tourists looking to explore Germany can expect a helping hand from the country’s first AI-generated travel influencer, which the German National Tourist Board debuted on Thursday.

If you haven’t experienced ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode yet, you’re missing out on a glimpse of the future of travel booking.

Hotel Engine recently raised one of the year’s largest rounds of capital for a travel startup: $140 million, which valued the firm at $2.1 billion. 

Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, October 3, 2024 and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. 

Priceline is the first travel company to say that it’s integrating its AI chatbot with the latest voice tech from OpenAI.

India’s wedding season is around the corner, and this year, about 4.8 million weddings are expected, according to a study by Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT). That could mean revenue of $70.4 billion.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, September 27, and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Hotel companies are continuing to game out how the innovations and disruptions brought about by generative AI will impact them. But it’s still early days.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, September 26, and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

The Ray-Ban Meta AI-powered glasses are getting a feature for live voice translation. 

Ariane Gorin was on the Skift Global Forum stage for the first time since becoming CEO of Expedia Group. Gorin took the role on May 13 and moved to Seattle after living in London and Paris for the past 23 years. 

Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, said Wednesday that he hopes to eventually expand beyond just short-term rentals and even travel.

Mindtrip, a trip planning and booking website powered by generative AI, said Tuesday that it has raised $12 million, its second round of startup funding.

We released an updated version of our Ask Skift answer engine earlier today. We think it’s a big improvement over the previous iteration, which rolled out in the early days of publishers’ experimentations with generative artificial intelligence. 

The newest iPhones will come with an easy way to ask generative AI about real-life visuals. For travelers, that means easier ways of navigating new cities. 

Researchers at Sakana.AI have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that may be able to automate the entire scientific research process.

“Experiences” are becoming a growth engine for the travel sector. An expanding segment of travelers are demanding immersive, cultural interactions at destinations as an alternative to checklist visits of famous sights.

The Indian hospitality sector is set to grow at an annual rate of 10.5% over the next three years, according to the latest projections by trading services firm Axis Securities. The growth is expected to be driven by domestic travelers, foreign visitors, and the MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) segment. 

The first half of August saw three of the biggest travel startup fundraises of the year: Flyr ($295 million), Archer Aviation ($230 million), and Oyo ($173 million).