Automation of the Mundane with Keeps Founder and CEO, Gudrun Ragnarsdottir

Hospitable

Welcome to another episode of Hospitable!

This episode features Gudrun Ragnarsdottir, CEO of Keeps, Content Management for the Travel Industry.

Gudrun shares her passion for travel and how her experience in the industry inspired her to start her own company. They discuss the energy, excitement, and chaos of the high season in the travel industry and the impact that can have on their content and keeping it up to date.

We discuss the importance of the human touch in a digitally hyper-connected world and how small things can have a big impact. Like,how having outdated travel photos can lead to less bookings, poor experiences, and unrealistic or set wrong expectations. We also talk about what AI might mean for the travel industry and some trends in the industry.

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Timestamps:

[00:01:35] Passion for the travel industry.

[00:04:02] The missing photos.

[00:10:17] Introducing a content management solution.

[00:13:50] AI in the travel industry.

[00:15:42] The awareness of sustainability.

[00:21:12] Revolution in the tech space.

[00:23:06] The most memorable trip.

[00:26:16] A great travel story.

Shownotes:

00:02:35 Solving the problem of missing and outdated photos in the travel industry.

00:10:17 Solving content management system problem.

00:13:50 AI and sustainability in travel.

00:19:42 Technology enhances, not replaces, hospitality.

00:24:11 Travel experiences shape our memories.

00:27:10 Integration of social media features.

Connect:

Gudrun Ragnarsdottir: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gudrunhildur/

Keeps: http://www.keeps.is

Omniboost: www.omniboost.com

Rob Napoli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robnap/

Show Produced by: Niranjan Deshpande (Nick), Broken Frames Studio, www.brokenframesstudio.com