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Online Travel

Expedia Extends Its Loyalty Program to Microsoft Bing Travel Users

Expedia was spun out of Microsoft before the turn of the century, and the two Seattle-based companies have always been tight. They just got a bit tighter.

Dennis Schaal | 2 weeks ago

Expedia Extends Its Loyalty Program to Microsoft Bing Travel Users

Travel Technology

Meta, Microsoft, AWS: Big Tech Reveals Travel-Related AI Projects

As the big tech companies reveal what they've been working on in travel, it raises questions about the longevity of small companies that have been working on similar projects.

Justin Dawes | 1 year ago

Meta, Microsoft, AWS: Big Tech Reveals Travel-Related AI Projects

Online Travel

Booking’s Very Expensive Marketing Piece of the Pie

Travel bargain hunters are a fickle bunch, visiting more than two dozen websites on average before they book. Booking.com and its rivals spend billions annually to woo those travelers who wouldn't otherwise click over to their platforms.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Booking’s Very Expensive Marketing Piece of the Pie

Online Travel

Interview: Expedia CEO on How Its AI Rollouts Would Be Impossible for Prior Regimes

First-mover advantage from online travel companies in generative AI might not hold up over the long-term. The chessboard may get overturned. Still, getting out there first doesn't hurt.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Interview: Expedia CEO on How Its AI Rollouts Would Be Impossible for Prior Regimes

Announcements

Watch Video: Breaking Down the Opportunities and Challenges of Adopting AI in Travel

How does AI change travel? How can these tools drive hotel efficiency, handle airline customer service, and reshape the way we search for and book travel? Skift dives deep into these discussions and more.

Seth Borko | 2 years ago

Watch Video: Breaking Down the Opportunities and Challenges of Adopting AI in Travel

Online Travel

Google Travel Helped Nudge Advertising and Search Revenue Into Positive Territory

Alphabet officials didn't mention ChatGPT, Bing or Microsoft during the company's first quarter earnings call. But like modern-day bards, they gave an impassioned defense of their abilities to meet the artificial intelligence challenge.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Google Travel Helped Nudge Advertising and Search Revenue Into Positive Territory

Online Travel

Expedia CEO Looks to AI to ‘Rebalance’ Dependence on Google

The travel industry has long hoped for something to counter-balance the pecking order in Big Tech. It's not assured, but this time around generative AI could make it happen.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Expedia CEO Looks to AI to ‘Rebalance’ Dependence on Google

Travel Technology

Generative AI: An Overview of What’s Happening in Travel Right Now

Skift has been following the unfolding relationship between generative AI and the travel industry, but this is only the beginning.

Justin Dawes | 2 years ago

Generative AI: An Overview of What’s Happening in Travel Right Now

Travel Technology

Google Bard’s Travel Planning Capability Is Same as ChatGPT’s — Unimpressive

Google released Bard this week but has yet to integrate generative AI into its search engine as Microsoft has done with Bing and ChatGPT. But the workings of Bing’s travel itinerary suggestions are less than ideal, so Google has time to catch up.

Justin Dawes | 2 years ago

Google Bard’s Travel Planning Capability Is Same as ChatGPT’s — Unimpressive

Online Travel

Tripadvisor Will Have to Confront the Power of Generative AI, for Better or Worse

Boom or bust, these are early days for generative AI. Tripadvisor could either turn the new tech to its advantage, or if not the company could become the Blockbuster Video of trip planning.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Tripadvisor Will Have to Confront the Power of Generative AI, for Better or Worse