Expedia Group has unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant designed to help travelers plan their trip.
The new AI assistant, Romie, can help with planning, shopping, booking and making changes during a trip, the global travel platform said in a Tuesday (May 14) press release.
Romie is in alpha version and is available on the company’s hub for experimental products, EG Labs, according to the release.
“We believe in reimagining the travel experience, and then using the latest in AI to bring it to life, and with Romie, we’ve done just that,” Rathi Murthy, chief technology officer at Expedia Group, said in the release.
Romie can be invited to join the user’s SMS group chat, where it will listen to vacation plans and offer suggestions, per the release.
The AI assistant can also use what it learned from the group chat to personalize the shopping experience, use travel information from emails to suggest restaurants and activities at the…