Former Auction founder brings AI, decades of travel data to new app
Planning to visit Osaka with your family this fall? That could mean hours spent booking flights and accommodations and putting together a list of destinations in advance. A new travel app aims to make that process easier. Oh Hyuk, CEO of local tour company Les Vacances and the pioneer who founded Auction, Korea's first e-commerce platform in 1998, has taken on a new challenge in the travel…
Planning a family trip to Osaka this fall? Booking flights, accommodations and a list of destinations can take hours. A new travel app called Vacance aims to simplify the process. Its creator, Oh Hyuk, is the former founder of Auction, Korea's first e-commerce platform back in 1998 and also the CEO of local tour company Les Vacances. Oh has launched Vacance, an AI-assisted travel platform designed to streamline the exploration of the world.
The app uses artificial intelligence to create personalized itineraries based on users' schedules. It allows travelers to review flight and accommodation recommendations all within the same app. Vacance aims to revolutionize how people explore the world by combining proprietary technology with travel data accumulated over two decades by Les Vacances. This allows the app to go beyond simple itinerary generation.
Oh Hyuk, a veteran developer, explained in a recent interview with The Korea Times how Vacance stands out from general AI. He said, "General AI attempts to answer every question, but we dive deep into the single problem."
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