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Voice tech in travel, part 1: Brand adoption

By Mitra Sorrells | March 5, 2018

The days of typing search terms into a browser or clicking through drop-down menus may be fading. Rising in their place is a much more natural interface: voice. Read More

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Barry Diller dishes on Dara, succession planning, and the true impact of artificial intelligence

By Nick Vivion | February 22, 2018

Covering events is always a marathon -- from deciding which sessions to attend, managing interview requests, and capturing content from the keynotes, there are many moving parts. Often, this means tha Read More

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Planes, trains and auto-fill: The future of holiday buying is faster, smarter and simpler

By Viewpoints | February 14, 2018

This is a viewpoint from Sébastien Pichon, industry manager, travel, at Google UK. When it comes to travel, customers have become an impatient bunch. People enjoy a reasonable amount of leisure tim Read More

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How cutting-edge hotels use artificial intelligence for a great guest experience

By Viewpoints | February 7, 2018

This is a viewpoint from Mitul Makadia, founder of Maruti Techlabs. In the 21st century, industries that resist integrating new technologies often lose their competitive edge. Businesses across the Read More

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Virtual assistant Mezi pivots to travel, finds its niche

By Kerry Medina | January 5, 2018

Following its initial launch as a virtual shopping assistant, Mezi has found success as a chatbot-led virtual travel assistant since its 2016 pivot. Since then, it says 100,000 users have downloaded t Read More

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Video: Live on stage, Expedia exec demos Alexa booking app, digital room keys, and new partner insights

By Nick Vivion | December 14, 2017

The annual partner conference is Expedia's showcase for its direction and near-term ambitions, as well as a place for executives to demo new products to the company's partner ecosystem. The product Read More

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Emotional breakdown - how Air Canada uses AI to improve customer relationships

By Marisa Garcia | November 27, 2017

Air Canada has lately been making bold leaps forward on mobile and artificial intelligence with applications aimed to refine the airline’s customer relationships. tnooz spoke with Mark Nasr, Air Ca Read More

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Voice already making an impact on search says Google

By Linda Fox | June 27, 2017

Consumers say they search more than ever since the advent of voice search on mobile according to Google UK research. The search giant has polled some 3,000 consumers to reveal that three-quarters s Read More

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Seeing the potential for synching voice search with images

By Viewpoints | June 21, 2017

The technology space has never been more electrifying. Humanity is now in the heat of a revolution that’s set to shape the way we lead our lives. Businesses across transportation, commerce, work, m Read More

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Voice search and its impact on the travel industry

By Viewpoints | June 15, 2017

In years past, there was a dominant form of agricultural practice – sharecropping. A landlord would rent out his land, and farmers would rent it and pay in harvested crops. There was usually no oth Read More

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Voice getting louder in travel search and it's all about brand

By Linda Fox | April 21, 2017

Travel searches by voice are on the up according to some figures from Microsoft-owned Bing Ads. The company reveals that Britons are increasingly seeking to book their hotel using the Cortana digit Read More

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Former Expedia exec heralds voice as the next big thing

By Martin Cowen | November 16, 2016

Listen up, voice search is being tipped to have as big an impact on the travel industry as mobile. Or, at least so says Simon Breakwell, who founded Expedia's European operations, and has also worked Read More

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All about data as voice calls by mobile device drop

By Linda Fox | October 3, 2016

A few slides here on where UK consumers are in terms of mobile. Headline findings from the Deloitte Mobile Consumer 2016 include: Almost a third, 31%, of smartphone users make no traditional v Read More

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Kirk to Enterprise: What Star Trek got right about voice tech [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Sean O'Neil | September 8, 2016

Science fiction has often inspired technology innovation and adoption, and one of the most influential sci-fi franchises is Star Trek — which had its first TV episode 50 years ago today. For instan Read More

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Viv shows off voice-controlled hotel booking via Hotels.com [VIDEO]

By Sean O'Neil | May 10, 2016

Viv, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup, gave its first public demonstration of its voice-controlled assistant on Monday at TechCrunch Disrupt NY, the annual industry conference. Viv aspires t Read More

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