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Expedia Group fills vacant CTO role with former Fanatics exec
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Thumu will join the company in December after spending a decade at digital sports platform Fanatics Commerce, most recently as chief product and technology officer. Read More
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Dtravel integrates vacation rental AI agent into Fetch.ai marketplace
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Dtravel has also joined the Fetch.ai Foundation, which is focused on research and development of AI, Web3 and multi-agent technologies.  ... Read More
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Generative AI in travel - weighing the concerns versus the promise
By Linda Fox October 17, 2024
Travel experts discussed the most exciting applications of generative AI at WiT Singapore while research from Amadeus flagged concerns around the technology.... Read More
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Beacon AI raises $15M to improve flight deck efficiency
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Beacon AI offers artificial intelligence assistance to flight decks to improve flight safety and boost efficiency.... Read More
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Why Agoda's data strategy is more about the "science" than the data itself
By Linda Fox October 16, 2024
Agoda's CTO and CPO discuss how they apply data science to improve processes and the knowledge gaps generative artificial intelligence has revealed for the OTA.... Read More

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