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Is AI technology the future of travel?

Dataconomy

They’ve long used AI’s little brother Machine Learning (ML) for demand and price management in the airline, hotel, and transport industries. Hotels can accurately predict room occupancy levels, determine the most profitable rates for certain seasons, and set prices accordingly. But the travel industry is not new to AI. AI is (merely!)

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

CIO Business Intelligence

Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. Morgan Stanley’s IT department, for example, is helping nonprofits as part of its Technology Change Makers program.

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Charge up: How the Pacific Northwest is boosting electric infrastructure as EV sales rise

GeekWire

This is a transformational time,” said Tonia Buell, alternative fuels program manager for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Retail spaces including hotels, grocery stores and other businesses have started installing chargers for customer use. FlexCharging , a Redmond, Wash.,

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Virtual reality check: Futurists dissect Amazon’s new ‘Upload’ TV series, and its digital afterlife

GeekWire

He’s uploaded to a luxury hotel setting called “Lakeview,” with his in-VR credits paid for by the girlfriend he left behind. Berit Anderson is a writer and director of programs at Strategic News Service , whose content and events aim to anticipate the future of technology and the global economy.

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Cloud, Mobile, Social and Cyber: 2015 Predictions That Will Rock The World (AGAIN!)

Cloud Musings

Customers will act on market shifts that makes the purchase and resale of hardware and software no longer viable opting instead for the integration of cloud-based services. Local licensing of taxis, hotels and similar businesses will implode under the weight of digital transformation.

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CIOs Need To Know: Just Exactly What Is Artificial Intelligence?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Back in the day, AI was a fancy program that was used to defeat chess champions. Depending on the size of the data and the hardware that is being used to process it, this can take a great deal of time to accomplish. These limits can hold back the AI designers as they try to train their AI programs.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

In April 2023, Koushik received one of the organization’s SustainableIT Impact Awards for environmental impact, alongside Choice Hotels’ CIO Brian Kirkland and others. Other board members include IT leaders from Morgan Stanley , Allstate, Telefónica Germany, and Campbell Soup Company.