AI and the Future of Tourism (with Wolfram Höpken)

🗣️🎙️ Interview with Wolfram Höpken, Professor at the University of Applied Sciences of Ravensburg-Weingarten In this episode, we sit down with Wolfram Höpken, a professor in Business Informatics, as well as the director of the Institute for Digital Transformation at the University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten. We talk about the future of the travel industry, exploring the impact of digitalization and AI on the way we experience tourism. 💡 Wolfram sheds light on the profound changes taking place in the world of travel, and shares his insights on how advancements in data science, artificial intelligence, and data-driven services are shaping the industry. Wolfram also brings the role of data and the challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in preparing for the entry of tech giants into the tourism market. 🎙️ In the Resilient Tourism Podcast Series, we talk with international travel and tourism experts about digital transformation and datafication. Our goal is to inspire you to take action and be part of the movement! 🎯 This podcast is part of the Swiss Resilient Tourism Flagship Project - an initiative funded by Innosuisse to support the datafication of the travel sector in Switzerland in order to create resilient digitally supported services, business processes and business models. This improved data intelligence strategy will strengthen the competitiveness, resilience and sustainability of the tourism ecosystem in Switzerland. Learn more about the project at ⁠⁠⁠www.resilienttourism.ch⁠⁠⁠. This content is produced by the ⁠⁠EHL Hospitality Business School ⁠⁠with the support of ⁠⁠Innosuisse⁠⁠.