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GLION - BCS AI Module in Hospitality and Luxury Management Course
Exciting news! Our CEO and founder, Ilkka Huotelin  has been invited as a guest lecturer to GLION Institute of Higher Education  - a...
Mar 271 min read
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Reasoning Behind Answers – Albertine, an AI Customer Experience Specialist.
While doing my morning scrolling on LinkedIn for updates I noticed a post by Tianyu Xu on his admiration of how DeepSeek explains the...
Feb 248 min read
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Junior Sommelier vs AI Sommelier
Think of Bespoke Customer Service Assistants/Agents as human employees. It provides clearer insight. Below is a comparison of the skills...
Feb 193 min read
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Hospitality Focused AI Assistants and Agents
AI Assistants/Agents or VCSAs designed for hospitality can be beneficial in numerous ways and across different sections of a hotel.
Jan 201 min read
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Specialised AI Agents (BCS-As)
The VCSAs can be employed not only to represent a hotel as a whole, but can also be employed to focus on enhancing a specific area.
Jan 102 min read
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AI Assistants - Can Modernity and Tradition Co-exist?
We recently found a video on LinkedIn featuring a robot acting as a horse pulling an19th century-style carriage. Inside the carriage was...
Nov 30, 20243 min read
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Highly Ineffective WhatsApp Human 'Concierges'...
Just some years ago, before the era of Intelligent AI Concierges started, some hotels went with a flow and introduced customer service...
Nov 13, 20243 min read
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The Human Touch of an AI Assistant
One commonly cited drawback of an AI-powered Virtual Assistan t is the absence of a human touch that some believe can only be experienced...
Oct 15, 20242 min read
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French Exit of the Old Luxury - Get Ready for the AI Powered Virtual Assistants
Still from the movie 'French Exit (2020) When it comes to luxury hotels, the concept of Old Luxury is akin to Old Money in the realm of...
Oct 14, 20243 min read
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'6 Questions You Should Ask a Hotel Virtual Assistant to Get Most of Your Stay'
For the purpose of this article and illustrating the capabilities of the Virtual Customer Service Assistant (the VCSA) we have taken the...
Oct 9, 20246 min read
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