Priceline charts businesswide Generative AI deployments with Google Cloud, recovery in key Asia Pacific markets and more...

Priceline charts businesswide Generative AI deployments with Google Cloud
Friday, 9th June 2023

Online travel agency, Priceline, and Google Cloud announced that Priceline plans to deploy Google Cloud’s generative AI technologies across both customer-facing and internal parts of its business.

Customers will soon be able to engage with a new, generative AI-powered chatbot and will also begin to see more personalized offerings when searching for hotels worldwide >>

Hong Kong falls one place to become the second-most expensive location in the world
9 Jun 2023 : Hong Kong loses number one status in spite of high levels of inflation, Singapore climbs eight places to become the fifth-most expensive location in the world and New York claims top spot due to high rental and price inflation >>

Recovery in key Asia Pacific markets
9 Jun 2023 : Led by destinations in Southeast Asia, tourism in the region showed a strong recovery while Macau and Hong Kong showed the greatest month-on-month growth because of the increasing number of travellers from mainland China >>

Trip.com Group: Outbound reservations recovered to over 40% vs same period in 2019
9 Jun 2023 : Chinese domestic and international business continued to show robust recovery in the first quarter of 2023 >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Will Apple’s New Vision Pro AR/VR Headset Have Impact on Hospitality?
Friday, 9th June 2023

By Max Starkov - Like with any new technology, a number of hospitality industry experts predicted that Apple’s new headset would have a huge impact on travel and hospitality.

My take? Let’s not get carried away! Apple’s new VR/AR glasses will be revolutionary for gamers, elite Apple fans and the military. Will it affect hospitality? Not in the near and midterm >>

10 Engaging Meeting Icebreakers
Picture this: you walk into a room filled with strangers from various backgrounds, and the tension is palpable.

You're at a meeting where the participants are about as well-acquainted as a group of penguins in the Sahara. So, how do you transform this chilly gathering into a warm, collaborative melting pot? The answer is simple: meeting icebreakers! >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNewsletter of June 08, 2023
The latest global hospitality quality stats, understanding the four primary revenue drivers and more >>