voice technology
Expected Global Tourism Boom in 2020 Is Fueling the Need for Voice Translation Technology at Check In and Beyond
David Berger | January 16, 2020
Voice on command is not just for the guestroom; Hoteliers are finding the Google Assistant’s interpreter mode + Volara to easily and accurately streamline guest communication By Dave Berger Research suggests that customer-experience (CX) technologies that serve every touchpoint, add personalization and drive satisfaction were at the top of operators’ wish lists for 2020. To be effective and deliver a rapid return on investment, these solutions must successfully delight guests, increase operational efficiencies, inspire loyalty, and generate profits. One technology that is checking all these boxes – yet is often overlooked – is d...
Reducing Friction in Hotel Guest Service: A Recap of ‘Voice’ at CES 2020
Volara | January 14, 2020
Experts say voice technologies are central to the growth of experiential travel and tourism in 2020 and beyond New York — January 14, 2020 — More More than 170,000 people descended on Las Vegas last week to see the most transformative technology products on the planet during the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show. New this year was a “Travel & Tourism” educational track that highlighted how smarter and safer technologies are transforming the travel and tourism industries. A technology that remained in the spotlight during the three-session program was voice – such as the in-room solution atop Amazon Alexa powered by Volara that ...
Volara Named ‘Best Voice Activated Tech Product’ of 2020 by HotelTechReport
Volara | January 9, 2020
Hoteliers give Volara’s powerful, secure conversation-management tools positive reviews for enhancing the guest experience and enabling staff to be more efficient New York — January 9, 2020 — “The Grammy’s of Hotel Tech” – also known as The HotelTechAwards – were announced this week by HotelTechReport, a technology-driven media platform that helps entrepreneurial hoteliers find the best technology tools to solve problems and grow their business. Volara – the voice hub for the hotel industry – was named “Best Voice Activated Tech Product of 2020” in the Guest Experience Software category by a global community of ver...
Is Your Hotel Budgeting for Voice Technology?
David Berger | October 22, 2019
New revenue opportunities and operational efficiencies derived from a well implemented guestroom voice assistant are measurable By David Berger October 22, 2019 -- Seventy-nine percent of hoteliers and 45 percent of travel brands reported voice-enabled technology investment plans this year. Devices from Amazon, Google and Smartbeings are competing for a spot on the bedside table as more and more hotel brands and independent boutique hotels work with solutions providers on new ways to use these smart speakers to engage guests, drive revenues and improve operational efficiencies. Hoteliers on the fence about adding voice to th...
Vizergy Continues to Innovate Technology With Voice Search Optimization Enhancement
Vizergy | October 17, 2019
Vizergy, the hospitality industry’s leading provider in digital marketing and software solutions, continues to innovate by expanding the native functionality of the Vizergy Marketing System (VMS). This newest enhancement allows clients to optimize for voice search in an automated fashion using structured data, also known as schema markup. The structured data, which is in the latest JSON-LD format recommended by Google, enables rich results for your website and is embedded into website code to help it become more easily discovered by search engines and help optimize your website content for voice search. Voice search impacts SEO ran...
Angie Hospitality Claims 2019 VOICE Summit Award for Best Travel, Leisure, or Hospitality Experience
Angie Hospitality | July 30, 2019
Hospitality-focused, AI-powered solution developer selected as winner of the best travel, leisure or hospitality experience award at world’s largest voice technology event. NEWARK, N.J. – July 30, 2019 – Angie Hospitality, developer of the world’s first voice and AI solution purpose-built for the hospitality environment, has been selected by an expert panel of judges as the “Best Travel, Leisure, or Hospitality Experience” at the 2019 VOICE Summit Awards. The VOICE Summit is the world’s largest event celebrating voice technology, which took place July 22-25 in Newark, N.J at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Followin...
Volara and Schneider Electric Bring Smart Room Controls on Voice Command to Hotels
Volara | May 1, 2019
Integration partnership will enable guests to speak commands that control the guest room's lighting, thermostat, curtains, sheers, make-up-room and do-not-disturb features New York and Paris (France), — May 1, 2019 — Volara – the fully integrated voice-based conversation management software for the hotel industry – and Schneider Electric, the global leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, have signed a partnership agreement to combine their automation and voice technology expertise to co-develop new innovative solutions in the hospitality industry. Together, Schneider Electric and Vo...
Study Shows Voice Technology Is the No. 1 AI Investment Choice Among Hoteliers in 2019
Volara | April 23, 2019
Volara's software turns consumer-grade voice assistants into hotel-grade business tools New York — April 23, 2019 — The 2019 Lodging Technology Study reports that 2019 is the year "hotels gear up for the age of augmented authenticity." With Gartner predicting that by 2020, 85% of relationships with businesses will not require human interaction, it's clear that hoteliers need to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) today if they are going to engage guests through the channels they're most comfortable using. Volara – the voice hub for the hotel industry – cautions that embracing AI ...
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