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AI, virtual reality make inroads in tourism sector
Published Sun, Jan 21, 2018 · 09:50 PM
Madrid
A HOTEL room automatically adjusting to the tastes of each guest; virtual reality headsets as brochures - the tourism sector is starting to embrace new technologies, hoping to benefit from lucrative personal data.
In a prototype of the hotel of the future on display at Madrid's Fitur tourism fair, receptionists have disappeared and customers are checked-in via a mirror equipped with facial recognition.
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