Artificial Intelligence (AI) has disrupted how airlines manage their data, operations, and revenue. Airlines worldwide are already using AI and automation to improve operational efficiency, avoid mistakes that can cost high, and improve customer satisfaction. There has been a significant shift to automation, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. A 2020 report by SITA shows that 89% of airports focus on check-in via mobile …
Chatbot: Enabling Enhanced Customer Service in Travel and Retail
Customers of today are not what they used to be a few years back. Gone are the days when they would visit a physical office to get their air tickets and hotel stays booked or get their itineraries planned by travel agencies or visit a physical store to purchase products. The connected consumer of today is tech-savvy, looking for real …
Capturing Social Impact on Travel Services Industry in 2018
Travelers today, have a lot of options – driven more so by choice, reviews and experience brought on by digitalization. In turn, for Travel companies, social has become one of the key channels for customer service – from personalized online interactions to bookings, recommendations to reviews and content to communications. And over the years, it has grown to provide an …
Scoping a Passenger-centric solution to Airline disruption management (IROPS)
If there’s one thing a passenger hates hearing more than “Your flight has been cancelled”, its “We apologize for the inconvenience, but as soon as we have more information, we’ll let you know.” Most irregular operations quickly turn into communication disasters. And lack of information or incomplete information leaves passengers more frustrated with the airlines. A few months past, an …
Powering Customer Experience with Travel Chatbots
Increased social media and mobile devices consumption, has given travelers unprecedented power to voice their opinions or preferences and demand better customer service across the entire value chain. Many customers now prefer getting instant service through these newer mediums to calling a call center or waiting for an email response. According to a research by Phocuswright, 67% of US Travelers …
How Analytics is Defining Connected Travel Experiences
If customer is the king, then experience must be the queen of all offerings. Today 83% global organizations acknowledge that Customer Experience will be the competitive differentiator. In that, agility, connected experiences and speed-to-market depends on data and its availability to the teams and crews who front-end the services of travel. Travellers engage with multi-channels that give organizations opportunities to …
Digital Transformation – A Real Opportunity in BPM Space
If there’s one thing that is growing faster than the speed of travel, it’s the assimilation of ‘real-time’ data via IoT collected during every journey and every touch point. Like with other verticals, ‘seamless connectivity via digital’ has become a critical part and influencer of Travel, creating access to information, introducing automated systems and enabling new ways of communications and …