AI in corporate travel: Finally, something that isn’t absolutely miserable

Corporate travel can customarily run the risk of amplifying three key unpalatables: endless queues, soul-crushing meetings and wondering if the hotel Wi-Fi is purposefully conspiring to frustrate you.

Enter AI; the saviour that promises to help turn this misery into something vaguely civilized. And believe me… the revolution is coming; it’s not just changing corporate travel; it’s taking a chainsaw to old methodologies to leave them in a pile of spreadsheets and crumpled boarding passes. 

Take Meon’s OBT, Cytric, for instance. This clever beast now manages bookings faster than I can burn rubber in my shiny new Hybrid. It knows company policies, predicts travel preferences and magically avoids making you feel like a bureaucratic idiot in the wrong decade, let alone time zone.

It’s not just ChatGPT either. There’s a whole new world to embrace. For one, there’s Airial, an AI startup that converts your social media posts into travel plans. Bung a picture into it, tell it when you want to go and before you’ve finished your morning macchiato it’s suggested an itinerary for you.

And let’s not forget Waymo, which is quietly and stealthily rolling autonomous cars into our corporate fleets. They may sound a scary concept, but autonomous is already more reliable, punctual and utterly devoid of small talk. Perfect for anyone who’s ever sat through the carpool karaoke nightmare of an over-sharing driver going through a bad divorce. It won’t be long before the safest way to get your children to school will be to put them into your autonomous car and wave them off while they pretend they’re driving.

It may all sound too good to be true, but even basic AI understands traveller data to predict delays and optimise itineraries whilst spotting the decent coffee shop along the way. Companies save money and travellers save time.

But don’t get too smug just yet. Travel Management is the crucial element - believe me, AI isn’t going to change the world, it’s the people that use it who will.

The right travel partner becomes even more essential. They’re the folks who know how to make AI behave, without it stealing or de-humanising the experience whilst trying to sell you a first-class seat outside budgetary compliance, because it misread your ‘likes’ and is fed by an algorithm that wants to make you buy something. 

Meon Travel combines unparalleled comprehension and human cunning with the best this digital brilliance has to offer to ensure corporate travel isn’t just faster, smarter and cheaper; it’s also tolerable, it’s personal and your individual and business IP is protected.

So, here’s the deal: AI is coming, and it’s brilliant. Embrace the tech but also trust us professionals and maybe, just maybe, corporate travel won’t need to feel like you’re trapped in an eye-rolling virtual loop for three days or leave you shouting at your phone like an unhinged teenager when the world is set to frustrate you. 

Corporate Travel, Compliance, Duty of Care and simple old fashioned human help is available on tap from your trusted travel partner Meon Travel. Call Meon today for advice and guidance through the most progressive and intelligent AI and tools in our world of travel.