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Amazon multiplie les offres touristiques pour la Cyber Week

🏕 Amazon expands its travel brand offerings for Cyber Week, running from November 25 to December 2, 2024. During this American shopping holiday following Thanksgiving, consumers can save on various items and book vacations. In 2024, Amazon partnered with brands like American Airlines, Delta, Avis Budget, Visit Florida, Viator, and Royal Caribbean. Viator’s VP of marketing, Laurel Greatric, emphasizes the ease of offering an amazing travel experience for the holidays through these Cyber Week travel deals.

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Taxi volant : la région Ile-de-France retire sa subvention

🛫 The region of Ile-de-France withdrew a €1 million subsidy from ADP, in partnership with Volocopter and Lilium, for the flying taxi project after the initiative missed its launch during the Paris 2024 Olympics. This decision, announced by Valérie Pécresse on November 17, 2023, follows delays in engine delivery, DGAC certification, and EASA endorsement. ADP remains ready for experiments from the Austerlitz vertiport in December.

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Les voyageurs sont-ils prêts à adopter l’IA dans leur parcours d’hébergement ?

🏨 In SiteMinder's "Changing Traveller Report 2025," 78% of travelers express favorability towards AI integration in their accommodation journey by 2025. Over 95% of travelers from Indonesia, Thailand, and China support AI use, while in Europe, the figure drops to 63% for French, English, and German travelers. Globally, only 12% prefer AI to handle all key hotel functions. AI is welcomed for automating tasks like housekeeping and room service, but less so for cooking responsibilities.

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TravelTech : Quelles sont les entreprises les plus influentes en Europe ?

🏩 Roch Ventures and Dealroom.com released their "2024 Travel Tech Market Landscape," analyzing over 300 deals across 6 verticals to highlight "150 gems of the sector." French startups Evaneos, GreenGo, FairMoove, BlablaCar, Rydoo, and Manawa noted for transforming tomorrow's tourism. Europe's tourism contributes 10% to GDP, with potential for Travel Tech leadership. First European Commissioner for Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, and Marina Ferrari in France signify positive political support for the industry.

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Pourquoi toutes les entreprises du voyage d’affaires doivent-elles intégrer l’IA ?

💻 At the Corporate Lodging Forum France, former digital secretary Mounir Mahjoubi shared his perspective on AI's crucial role in companies, a view echoed by HRS CEO Tobias Ragge. Mahjoubi emphasized AI's transformative power, akin to computers, the internet, and smartphones. He warned of economic risks for companies slow to adopt AI, stressing the importance of staff training and sensitive data handling. HRS leverages AI to refine hotel program management, ensuring employee safety and personalized offers. AI's generative capabilities allow for tailored travel management and improved traveler satisfaction. The business travel market, with its vast data, is seen as an ideal AI application field. Mahjoubi urges businesses to adopt AI faster than competitors for a competitive edge.

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Waze veut utiliser l’IA pour permettre aux utilisateurs de signaler un incident

🚙 Waze, owned by Google, is developing a hands-free, voice-activated incident reporting feature using AI and voice recognition technology. Currently in testing with limited users, the feature allows drivers to report road incidents by pressing a "report" button and speaking out loud. Google has not announced a specific release date but indicates the feature will be available in "a few months.

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Comment la SNCF mise-t-elle sur l’IA pour améliorer la maintenance prédictive ?

🚉 Jean-Pierre Farandou, président of SNCF, aims to achieve a "0 breakdown" goal by 2034 using artificial intelligence (AI) and renewing the train fleet. Since 2013, SNCF has deployed predictive maintenance, with AI contributing 10% to maintenance decisions. The new TGV M and RER NG will provide better data collection for more rapid and remote maintenance actions. The plan for autonomous trains by 2025 is uncertain, as SNCF values human roles in operations.

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TictacTrip lance Verytrain, un nouveau tour opérateur dédié au train

🚀 TictacTrip to launch train-dedicated tour operator Verytrain by end of 2025, partnering with Orchestra within France Tourisme Tech program. Offers will include train travel in France and Europe for travel agencies and operators. Hugo Bazin, CEO and co-founder, cites technical constraints as prior limitation for package offers with trains. Verytrain aims to provide easy access to rail content, not to replace air travel, focusing on domestic and cross-border trips. Launch set for end-November with initial "ski" offer, followed by City Breaks and culinary and heritage trips in 2025. White label platform option will also be available for tourism stakeholders to offer packaged train travel.

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Airbnb met en location la maison où a lieu le tournage de Stranger Things

🏠 The iconic house from "Stranger Things" in Fayetteville, Georgia, is now an Airbnb rental owned by Arrived Homes. Available since November 4, the house accommodates up to 8 guests, with rates between €322 and €644. The experience is a fan project, not affiliated with Netflix, yet aims to honor the show's spirit.

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Taxis volants : Lilium lance une procédure de redressement judiciaire

🛫 Lilium GmbH and Lilium eAircraft GmbH, eVTOL construction companies in Germany, launch judicial restructuring to avoid liquidation and continue operations. After a partnership with ADP in July 2024 and raising €200 million in 2023, Lilium faced financial difficulties due to a denied loan guarantee by KfW bank, a prerequisite for private fundraising and a €100 million loan aligned with the Bavarian government. Competing internationally, Lilium sought a French government guarantee for a €219 million loan to fund a battery factory and assembly line in Southwest France. The restructuring, subject to court approval, aims to preserve the business with management control under a custodian's supervision. CEO Klaus Roewe believes in the potential for a fresh start post-insolvency proceedings and in electric aviation for decarbonization. 📅 Key dates: partnership in July 2024, €200 million raised in 2023, first Lilium Jet flight planned for early 2025, and financing through 2026 anticipated.

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