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Speech applications in travel and hospitality

Speech applications in travel and hospitality. Bill Meisel President, TMA Associates Publisher and Editor, Speech Strategy News. Aer Lingus American Airlines Amtrak Carlson Leisure Group China Eastern Airlines Continental Airlines Delta Dollar Expedia Hotels.com Lufthansa Marriott.

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Speech applications in travel and hospitality

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  1. Speech applications in travel and hospitality Bill Meisel President, TMA Associates Publisher and Editor, Speech Strategy News

  2. Aer Lingus American Airlines Amtrak Carlson Leisure Group China Eastern Airlines Continental Airlines Delta Dollar Expedia Hotels.com Lufthansa Marriott Orbitz Priceline.com Premier Travel Inn Qantas Red Lion Hotels Sabre Group Starwood Hotels and Resorts Thrifty Automotive Group Travelocity United Wyndham Some travel companies using speech in their customer service

  3. Speech technology has matured • “Our research indicates an end-user satisfaction level of around 93 percent. Our automated system meets or exceeds our customers’ need to get information, and that leaves customers with an improved perception of our company.” • Bob DuPont, vice president, reservations, Dollar Thrifty

  4. Any technology can be misused • Bad design is always an option • “Main-menu mentality”

  5. What issues characterize the travel segment? • Complex decisions • Fare/rate comparisons • Many variables • “Comfort calls” • High-value transactions • Other?

  6. Decisions common to all market segments • Hosted vs on-premise vs distributed • What platform? • What applications are most suitable? • Incremental development? • Persona / branding • Leading/bleeding edge? • Natural language front end • Personalization • Multimodal capabilities • Integration with IT resources / IP telephony?

  7. The telephone in marketing • “Conversational Marketing” • Dialog is a unique mode of interaction • A change in attitude toward telephone interactions is economically feasible • Make the most of every call • The telephone as marketing media

  8. Contact info • Bill Meisel • wmeisel@tmaa.com • TMA Associates www.tmaa.com • (818)708-0962

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