Novel multiple algorithm-driven travel booking platform for flight-free travel

新颖的多重算法驱动的旅行预订平台，实现免航班旅行

• 批准号: 85413
• 金额: $ 12.71万
• 依托单位: FF MEANDER LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=85413
• 关键词: Novel; multiple; algorithm; driven; travel

With Byway, the journey is the star of the show. We help travellers explore the world by travelling through it - by train, boat, bus, etc. - rather than flying over it. We draw tourists away from airport hubs suffering over-tourism to the wonderful places in between, boosting local economies. We see a post-Covid world in which flight-free holidays are normal, and a vibrant travel ecosystem flourishes away from the beaten path.Current ground-travel route planners (think Google Maps and Rome2Rio) optimise for speed or cost. With Byway, we're optimising for experience. Our technology will dynamically package multi-modal ground transportation (trains, boats, buses, bikes, ride-hailing, etc.) with personalised experiences and accommodation in a way that's never been done before. This will allow us to create custom journey plans and package holidays on a per-customer basis.For example, you can get from Glasgow in Scotland to the Hebridean Isle of Mull in 4 hours and 22 minutes, with a train, ferry and a bit of walking - and that's what current journey planners will tell you to do. We won't. If you're a lover of the outdoors and have a bit of a thing for seafood (which we know from the data you gave us at onboarding), we'll tell you to take nine hours over the journey instead. That's because we know you'll love alighting from your train at Loch Lomond for a walk and a two-hour kayak before lunch, leaving your bags with one of our partners. When you arrive at the port of Oban a little later, instead of waiting around for 20 minutes to catch the next ferry, we're going to suggest you drop your bags and settle down for dinner at one of the best seafood restaurants in town before catching an evening ferry out to Mull. On Mull we'll have booked you somewhere to stay that suits your preferences, and will connect you in real time with the appropriate buses/taxis/bikes/luggage transfer etc. to take you to your door.We exist to make flight-free holidays seamless and personal from start to end. We want to help our customers experience the joy of journeying by train and boat, opening their eyes to a new way of holidaying, in which they can experience the lesser-known parts of the world instead of flying over them. We want Byway to blaze a trail into a new travel ecosystem growing up around sustainable, authentic and conscious travel. We have become a pre-registered BCorp, which means we're committed to building a business that's a force for good.Byway holidays are about journeying through delightful under-explored parts of the world, away from crowds. We want to establish a new paradigm for holiday travel, where the journey is part of the holiday, instead of a means to an end.

对于Byway来说，旅程是节目的星星。我们帮助旅客通过乘坐火车、轮船、巴士等方式探索世界，而不是从空中飞过。我们将游客从过度旅游的机场枢纽吸引到中间的精彩地方，促进当地经济发展。我们看到的是一个后新冠肺炎时代的世界，没有航班的假期是常态，充满活力的旅游生态系统远离了老路。目前的地面旅行路线规划者（想想谷歌地图和里约21世纪）会优化速度或成本。对于Byway，我们正在优化体验。我们的技术将动态地打包多模式地面交通（火车、船、公共汽车、自行车、叫车等）。以前所未有的方式提供个性化的体验和住宿。这将使我们能够为每位客户创建定制的旅程计划和套餐假期。例如，您可以在4小时22分钟内从苏格兰的格拉斯哥到达赫布里底群岛的马尔岛，乘坐火车，渡轮和一点步行-这就是当前的旅程规划师会告诉你做的。不会的如果你是一个户外爱好者，对海鲜有一点兴趣（我们从你给我们的数据中得知），我们会告诉你花九个小时的旅程。这是因为我们知道您会喜欢在午餐前从洛赫湖下车散步和划两个小时的皮艇，将您的行李交给我们的合作伙伴。当您稍后到达奥班港口时，与其等待20分钟来搭乘下一班渡轮，我们建议您放下行李，在镇上最好的海鲜餐厅之一安顿下来享用晚餐，然后乘坐晚间渡轮前往穆尔。在穆尔，我们将为您预订适合您喜好的住宿地点，并将在真实的时间内为您提供合适的巴士/出租车/自行车/行李接送等服务，将您送到家门口。我们的存在是为了让无航班假期从头到尾无缝和个性化。我们希望帮助我们的客户体验乘火车和船旅行的乐趣，让他们看到一种新的旅行方式，他们可以体验世界上鲜为人知的地方，而不是飞越它们。我们希望Byway开辟一条新的旅游生态系统的道路，围绕可持续，真实和有意识的旅行成长。我们已经成为一家预先注册的BCorp，这意味着我们致力于建立一个良好的企业。Byway假期是关于在世界上未被开发的地区旅行，远离人群。我们希望为假日旅行建立一个新的模式，旅行是假日的一部分，而不是达到目的的手段。