siliconindia | | September 20174A lot has been spoken about the perks that travel & hotel booking apps and websites have brought in the past few years. It is time we go beyond these and see more personalized services coming from the industry. Although automation has brought in a change to the industry, trend seems rewinding to bring back the human element for a more curated bespoke experience and provide on-demand personal travel services. Abreast with the fact that today's customers are more demanding, it is important for the industry to come up with more personalized travel planning experience that will offer personalized recommendations based on a user's past behaviour. While the ancient booking platforms enabled us to book just one part of our itinerary (like only hotel or flight/bus/cab), the future will see a more concentrated service from the industry, where one can even book activities and do tour reservations along with travel insurance. With modern travels becoming more impatient, the industry understands the immediate need of instant gratification; hence is working towards developing one-click checkouts, 24x7 assistance and interactive social tools. Enhancing the experience further, some companies even provide information about the events happening in and around the place the travellers are, while also providing live feeds on any casualties or mishaps on the route. This helps travellers change their itineraries accordingly without the need to be stuck in the long traffic jams during natural calamities like landslides or others. A sure relief for many voyagers!Understanding this, we at siliconindia bring to you `10 Most Promising Travel Apps ­ 2017' and '10 Most Promising Hotel Apps ­ 2017'. The list features some of the cutting-edge providers who has taken the responsibility on their shoulder continue disrupting the industry with their unmatched services. Hope the lists suffice their purpose.Do let us know what you think!Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialTravel & Hotel Booking Apps ­ The Bundle of Joy siliconindia Vol 06 · Issue 2 - 6 · September 11, 2017 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Assistant Editor Susila Govindaraju Editorial Team Ananth .V Anurag Bhol Karthik Muralidhar Kavya J Bhat Shefali Mathur Sujith Vasudevan Trisha Pragya VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit www.siliconindia.com/magazine-in or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murigheshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2017 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comSr. Visualiser MaitreyeeVisualisers S Sivasankar Mohana KrishnanGroup Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaAshu SethiCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalAbhishek Mohapatra
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