Demo: Google Assistant as a travel tool

You might have heard of travel virtual assistants Pana and Lola but you will definitely have heard of Google Allo and Assistant. If Google Trips is being seen as the app to end all other in-destination apps, then should Allo and Assistant put to rest travel-specific concierge and chat-based apps? The audience at last week's SITA 2016 Air Transport IT Summit was treated to a demo of how Assistant might work for travellers. Treated because it was, it seems, only the second time the system was getting an airing. The job title alone of Marcin Brodziak, the senior engineer from Google who presented at the Summit, is quite telling in itself – engineering lead of conversational travel.