Yanolja and Google Cloud partner to transform travel with AI

Yanolja, a global travel technology company headquartered in South Korea, has announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into its travel platform. The collaboration aims to leverage Google Cloud’s AI capabilities to enhance both the consumer travel experience and the operational efficiency of Yanolja’s business clients in the travel and hospitality sectors.

The core of the partnership involves Yanolja integrating Google Cloud’s AI infrastructure into its existing technology platform. This includes utilizing Google Cloud’s generative AI models, training tools, and inference capabilities. Yanolja intends to combine these tools with its own proprietary travel data and infrastructure to create what it describes as “hyper-personalized” travel experiences for consumers.

For its enterprise customers, which include hotels and other travel-related businesses, Yanolja aims to use the integrated AI to automate various operational processes. The press release specifically mentions several areas where AI is already being applied or developed:

• Real-time room availability and dynamic pricing: Yanolja is already using AI to manage room inventory and adjust pricing in real-time.
• AI-powered concierge services: Providing personalized recommendations and assistance to travelers through AI-driven interfaces.
• Automated check-in/check-out kiosks: Streamlining the check-in and check-out process at hotels and other accommodations through cloud-based kiosks.
• Customer support automation: Piloting proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives to automate customer support operations, including automated ticketing triage and AI-powered communication with customers.

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The partnership will utilize Google Cloud’s secure and scalable infrastructure, allowing Yanolja to improve the accuracy and efficiency of these AI-driven services. The stated goal is to improve the end-to-end traveler experience while simultaneously driving revenue and streamlining operations for travel enterprises.

Yanolja boasts a significant global footprint, connecting 1.33 million hotels and travel enterprises across 206 countries. The company also has partnerships with over 20,000 travel sales channels, including online booking platforms and tour operators. By partnering with a major cloud provider like Google Cloud, Yanolja is positioning itself as a technology leader within the global travel industry, aiming to accelerate the adoption of AI-powered solutions. The collaboration is presented as a key part of Yanolja’s broader growth strategy.