Meet Airial, the company that uses AI to automate every step of the trip-planning process

Spending long hours in front of a computer screen trying to plan vacations could soon become a thing of the past.

The travel industry has enthusiastically embraced generative AI in recent years. Expedia, for example, integrated a ChatGPT-powered customer service chatbot into its app in early 2023. Kayak did something similar one year later, launching an AI platform trained on customer data and designed to provide personalized, real-time travel recommendations.

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Now, an up-and-coming player in the industry is aiming to take things one step further, using AI to automate every step of the trip-planning process, from brainstorming to booking, for free.

Launched in public beta in December, Airial Travel positions itself as an automated travel agent that helps users customize and plan travel itineraries based on their interests.

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