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Since 1971, Travel + Leisure editors have followed one mission: to inform, inspire, and guide travelers to have deeper, more meaningful experiences. T+L's editors have traveled to countries all over the world, having flown, sailed, road tripped, and taken the train countless miles. They've visited small towns and big cities, hidden gems and popular destinations, beaches and mountains, and everything in between. With a breadth of knowledge about destinations around the globe, air travel, cruises, hotels, food and drinks, outdoor adventure, and more, they are able to take their real-world experience and provide readers with tried-and-tested trip ideas, in-depth intel, and inspiration at every point of a journey.

We tell stories from around the world: stories that are big or small, visually driven or essayistic, first-person or as-told-to or service-oriented.

Our audience is made up of active and passionate travelers — travelers who book an average of seven trips per year, big and small. They're up for anything: adventure, active travel, history, solo trips, luxury, the arts, spa vacations, multi-generational travel, food, wine, RVs, private jets. (Well, some of them take private jets.) Our readers want to learn about people and places around the world, even if they'll never visit those places themselves — to gain a deeper understanding of what's relevant there, and to challenge their own assumptions.

If you want to pitch a story to us, make sure your idea adds something to the conversation. We don't want to have seen that story elsewhere. We love stories about a place that is misunderstood or changing, stories about seeing the world in a new way, and especially stories by writers or photographers who bring a new voice to the conversation about a place or topic.

What We Want From a Pitch

A paragraph encompassing:

• The topic and angle
• The scope of the story
• Why we should cover it
• Why you are the writer for the job
• Whether you've traveled yet
• If not, what kind of editorial support you'd need for travel expenses

If we've never worked with you before, a pitch is your shot at giving us a sense of what your (unedited) writing is like — feel free to show us your voice.

For stories about a particular destination: maybe you have never been to the place before; maybe you went there all the time when you were growing up; maybe you live there now. That part doesn't matter so much as why you are the right person to tell this story, and what particular angle you will bring to the table. For longer, first-person stories, we prefer to have the writer travel on assignment, or write based on a recent trip. If your story will require additional travel, let us know. If you just got back from a trip, or are already planning your own trip, let us know.

If you have never worked with us before, please also include some relevant clips and/or a link to your portfolio. Clips for digital publications are perfectly fine, but if you're pitching print it's also helpful to see what work you've done that's similar in length, style, and scope to what Travel + Leisure does in print.

What We Don't Want From a Pitch

• A list of places you're going.
• A forwarded press release, or a copy-and-pasted press release.
• A couple sentences with no real angle.
• A pitch that will justify you going on a press trip (even if you don't tell us about the trip, we can usually tell).
• A story you've already written for someone else.
• A story that's already appeared recently in Travel + Leisure or on our website , or a competing magazine/website, or even a not-really-competing magazine/website.

Please do not send a pitch to everyone on the team; instead, use the guidelines below to decide who might be the best target for your idea. If an editor says no, it is best practice to not send the same idea to another editor. And if an editor says yes, it's often advisable to try to keep working with them in the future; if they're not the right person for a particular story, they can point you to a colleague. These types of writer-editor relationships are essential and help streamline the pitching process for everyone.

Another thing: we often get asked "what we're looking for" or "what we're currently working on." We totally get it, but we will almost never be able to give you a clear response. The answers to these questions change by the minute, and it's rare that we have a "hole" that we need to fill or a story idea that needs a writer. The best way to start working with us is showing you have unique story ideas that we wouldn't find anywhere else.

What to Expect When You Pitch

Many of us have been on the other side of this conversation (i.e. we've freelanced ourselves, and pitched many other faceless editors) and we know it's often frustrating. Feel free to follow up. If you don't hear back, follow up again! We will never be offended by "if I don't hear back by X date, I'll assume you're not interested and pitch this elsewhere."

Press/FAM Trips and Conflicts of Interest

We are aware that press trips are often a necessity for writers to familiarize themselves with new places, make industry connections, and develop their voice in the travel space. We won't fault anyone for taking press trips, and we don't mind if you pitch something to us based on independent reporting from a past press trip. What's important to us is editorial integrity and fresh storytelling. If you went on the trip for another publication, or have written about it elsewhere, your pitch should be distinctly different from your previous work on the topic. If it was a group trip, your pitch should hinge on your own fresh reporting and angle, not the same itinerary attended by a dozen other writers.

Writers must disclose any and all affiliations with travel companies, tourism boards, or government entities that could present a conflict of interest in their reporting. This includes previously contracted work such as copywriting, social strategy, consulting, or acting as a brand ambassador. If in doubt, point it out! Those who fail to do so will not be considered for future assignments.

It is very, very rare that we actively send writers on press trips for print stories. If your pitch is tied to your attendance on an upcoming press trip — and we can usually tell — we will most likely say no, though we always welcome you to report back afterwards if you find anything interesting.

How to Pitch Us: Digital

Travel never sleeps and neither do we (well, we do sometimes). At travelandleisure.com we write inspirational and instructional stories for passionate travelers. Digital editorial is a mix of short-lead and long-lead story creation. We are looking for all types of travel stories: From practical travel tips and expert advice to inspirational first-person stories and features about a destination or experience. We cover small towns and big cities, beaches, lakes, and rivers (basically if it's a body of water, you'll find us there), mountains and valleys, outdoor adventures and exploring hidden gems, fine dining and speakeasies, and everything in between all over the world.

The Writing and Editing Process: Digital

We commission short-lead and long-lead stories daily. We generally work with regular contributors on our daily stories. Word count varies…a lot. We aren't constrained by page count or, quite, frankly, pages at all — our pages can scroll forever. That said, our news stories are generally 300-500 words. Our general travel stories, first-person storytelling, or listicles can be anywhere from 500 - 2,000+ words.

As you can imagine, we are pitched a lot and don't always have time to respond to every single email (please don't be offended!), so in order to make yours stand out, here's what we suggest:

• We are looking for unique stories we don't already have on our site. Please do your research first and make sure the story you're pitching wasn't recently published on travelandleisure.com.
• Your story can be a listicle or an in-depth look at a particular activity in a destination so long as there is an inspiration and service element. For example, if you're pitching a story on bird watching in Colombia, please be sure to include in your story the binoculars you used, places that offer the best watching opportunities, and any hotels that may offer this as an experience.
• Please don't send a pre-written story — we don't generally accept them. We do however want to read a short blurb about your idea (4-5 sentences) along with a grabby headline. If we are interested, we will reach back out to get more details. But, don't leave out the important bits of your story in the pitch! Remember: How you write your pitch gives us insight into the quality and style of your writing.

We do not pay by word count. We have a flat rate that we pay by type of story. Your editor will share our rate sheet with you. That said, we pay upon receipt of the story and your story must be filed with an invoice. Along with your story, you must also provide press contacts and press releases.

Our daily news writers have a minimum number of stories they write for us each day. If you're interested in becoming a daily news writer, please email [email protected] along with recent news clips, why you're interested in becoming a daily news writer, and your expertise in the travel news space.

For everything else, here's who you'll want to pitch:

• Nina Ruggiero , editorial director, overseeing site, sold campaign content, and social. [email protected]
• Alisha Prakash , associate editorial director, personal essays and first-person narratives, reported features, profiles, evergreen and seasonal SEO stories and roundups, travel tips and trends, and under-the-radar destination spotlights that offer a fresh perspective on a place. [email protected]
• Christine Burroni , senior news editor, travel news, explainers and first-person experiences that expand upon how timely news is affecting travelers, service pieces, wellness trends and tips for travelers, and celebrity interviews with a travel angle. [email protected]
• Maya Kachroo-Levine , digital senior editor; reported features on hotels, destinations, cruising, aviation, food-and-beverage experiences, art, and architecture, ideally pitched with a timely hook; longer-form profiles and articles on often overlooked communities within the travel realm. [email protected]
• Sam Lauriello , social editor, all social requests and platforms. [email protected]
• Elizabeth Rhodes , special projects editor, all-things Disney, cruising, trip ideas, and over-the-top suites. [email protected]

While we're at it, meet the rest of the Travel + Leisure digital team:

Annie Archer, assistant social editor

Mariah Tyler, visuals editor

Alessandra Amodio, photo editor

Courtney Dennis, producer

Madeline Diamond, ecommerce editor

How to Pitch Us: Print

Travel + Leisure is the only monthly print travel publication in the United States, with a circulation of nearly one million.

Print editors are usually thinking at least three months ahead, and sometimes up to a year or more. Breaking, same-day, or otherwise time-sensitive pitches will not be considered; the T+L digital team is the best point of contact for pitching travel news stories, and social takeovers.

We are also constrained in our assigning by the simple fact of page counts. Pitching for print, by nature, involves a lot of rejections. Maybe we've done a similar story recently, maybe we have something similar in the works, maybe that particular editor just doesn't love the pitch as much as others they've gotten, maybe it's just not right for our audience at the moment but two years from now it would be. It happens all the time, even for those of us on staff, and it's not a referendum on you as a person or the quality of your ideas and reporting.

Another thing: If you are used to digital timelines, please manage your expectations for print. Our internal pitching process is rigorous. If the editor you pitched likes your idea, it still has to get past a number of other people. Sometimes those people will say no. You may be grumpy about this, and understandably so! Your editor is probably grumpy, too.

Most positive responses look like: "This is such a cool idea! I'd love to run it past our executive editor to see what she thinks." or "Hey, I love this idea and I think it could be a good fit for our Discoveries section. I'll bring it up with the section editor, and if she likes it too, she will propose it to our editor-in-chief at their next meeting." At that point, we hope that you won't pitch the story around while you're waiting for next steps. Sometimes we'll be able to get an answer for you after a few days; sometimes, depending on the story, it could be a month or longer. Feel free to follow up if you're curious about where we're at, and if you're getting antsy and considering pulling the piece, let your editor know!

The Writing and Editing Process: Print

Travel + Leisure is the only monthly print travel publication in the United States, with a circulation of nearly one million. We tell stories from around the world: stories that are big or small, visually driven or essayistic, first-person or as-told-to or service-oriented.

Our audience is made up of active and passionate travelers—travelers who book an average of seven trips per year, big and small. They're up for anything: adventure, active travel, history, solo trips, luxury, the arts, spa vacations, multi-generational travel, food, wine, RVs, private jets. (Well, some of them take private jets.) Our readers want to learn about people and places around the world, even if they'll never visit those places themselves—to gain a deeper understanding of what's relevant there, and to challenge their own assumptions.

Print editors are usually thinking at least three months ahead, and sometimes up to a year or more. Breaking, same-day, or otherwise time-sensitive pitches will not be considered; the T+L digital team is the best point of contact for pitching travel news stories and social takeovers.

The Sections of the Magazine

While you don't need to have a section in mind when pitching a print story, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with them. It's a cliche for a reason: The best way to have success with a pitch is to get to know the magazine well. If you can't see a story idea fitting into any of these, it's probably not right for us. All editors on our team can slot their stories into any of these sections, but each has one or more dedicated editors who oversee the general mix of stories.

Discoveries

A globetrotter's guide to the latest in travel.

Our front-of-book opener section, made up of stories that are often bitsy and news-driven. A great place to break into the magazine.

Story Formats: Short news-driven write-throughs, roundups, Q&As, step-by-step itineraries, neighborhood guide maps, short blurbs with a collection of beautiful pictures, etc.

Story Length: 100-500 words, though the shortest pieces are usually staff written.

Experiences

Travelers' tales, from near and far.

First-person travel narratives, often with a literary bent, as well as the occasional photo essay. Where appropriate, we try to incorporate relevant travel news (e.g. new hotels, restaurants, shops, galleries, etc.) or a "why now" element.

Story Formats: Essays and written-through travelogues, occasionally broken out into itinerary form, almost always first-person.

Story Lengths: ~700-1,500 words

Intelligent Traveler

Tips and tricks to help you travel smarter.

Travel hacks and insider info on the logistics and process of travel: innovations in the industry, trends in how we're traveling, tips to help you plan ahead and save money while doing it, cool gear you should have on your radar, and news about planes, trains, and automobiles.

Story Formats: A mix of written-through pieces and broken out roundups; they are generally not first-person or based deeply in a personal experience, but rather synthesize trends or give directions. (It's okay to use a first-person experience as a jumping-off point to discuss something larger in the industry.)

Story Lengths: Under 600 words.

The longest stories in the magazine, which live in the "well"—no ads, just beautiful images and thoughtful writing. Most of these are place-based stories—usually a city or a route around a particular state, island, or country—with a literary approach and with plenty of historical and social context. These types of features always include a fairly comprehensive "how to do it" sidebar for readers who want to replicate the journey. Sometimes, we will run travel essays or commentary that aren't about a particular trip, or we'll want to showcase an outstanding photo portfolio and will commission an essay to accompany it.

Story Lengths: typically 2,500–4,000 words

A Note About Feature Assignments: It's tricky to break into T+L with a feature—they're costly to produce, we run fewer of them each year than other kinds of stories, and rarely assign them to new-to-us writers unless there's significant evidence (generally in the form of multiple feature-length bylines and/or a book) that said writer can tackle something of that scope. That's not to say it never happens, just that you may get more traction with your T+L pitches in another section of the magazine, at least until we get to know you and your work.

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Who to Pitch on Print

Every print editor works on all sorts of things and can direct you to the right person if it's not them. But we each focus on certain sections, themes, and geographical areas, and for new writers, those will help you decide to whom to direct your ideas.

Here's the breakdown:

• Paul Brady, news director, edits the Intelligent Traveler section and is our point person for trend pieces about the travel industry. He leads our cruise coverage and often handles stories about aviation, loyalty programs, ski/winter sports, and the polar regions. He also follows Central America, Southeast Asia. [email protected]
• Liz Cantrell, senior editor, edits the Discoveries section and commissions other stories with a focus on outdoor and adventure travel, as well as Canada, Northern Europe, and the Southern U.S., including Texas. [email protected]
• Samantha Falewée , senior editor, works on many sections with a focus on South America; Fiji and French Polynesia; Arizona and New Mexico; and the Midwestern U.S. She is also interested in cultural and Indigenous travel. [email protected]
• Denny Lee , articles editor, focuses on Mediterranean Europe (France, Italy, Greece, Portugal & Spain); East Asia (China, Japan & Korea); Eastern Europe; Western U.S. (Colorado, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming),. He also handles our ski and winter sports coverage, and food coverage. [email protected]
• Danielle Pointdujour , senior editor, leads our hotel coverage and the brand's annual It List. She also covers destinations including the Caribbean, Central America, the Middle East, Turkey, North Africa, Florida, and Texas.  [email protected]
• Flora Stubbs, executive editor, has a hand in everything, but focuses mainly on South Asia and East, West, and Southern Africa. [email protected]
• Peter Terzian, features editor, oversees our features well and curates our coverage of East Asia; the U.K. & Ireland; Scandinavia; and the Northeastern U.S. [email protected]
• Jessica Vadillo, editorial assistant, often works on packages and front-of-book items. [email protected]  
• Scott Hall, photo director, and Skye Senterfeit, deputy photo editor, are the best points of contact for photographers interested in contributing or those pitching photo essays. [email protected] ; [email protected]
• Fryda Lidor, creative director, is the best point of contact for illustrators and artists interested in contributing. [email protected]

Meet the rest of the Travel + Leisure print team :

Jacqueline Gifford, editor in chief

Erin Agostinelli, managing editor

Ray Isle, wine and spirits editor

Griffin Plonchak, production manager

Kathy Roberson, copy and research chief

Lisa Greissinger, research editor

How to Pitch Us: Social

Travel + Leisure has over 15M followers across its social channels. On Instagram, we share awe-inspiring destination images, first-person travel experiences, and educational articles. On TikTok, we post travel vlogs, hotel suite tours, destination roundups, and more. Overall, we use compelling photos and videos to inspire our audience to explore the world.

We want pitches for:

• Instagram takeovers highlighting a recent travel experience
• Personality-driven TikTok vlogs recapping a trip
• TikTok series that aim to either educate or entertain (bonus points if you can do both)

What pitches should include:

• For TikToks, why it has viral potential
• Whether you've traveled yet (or whether the trip is already booked)
• A timeframe for when you could have the assets ready to go live
• 1-2 examples of your past social media work (takeovers, TikToks, photography, videography, etc.)

Please send social pitches to [email protected] .

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The need for AI in travel has grown more urgent as travelers’ expectations have risen. Almost half of Americans rate their air travel experience as average or below average, so companies have turned to artificial intelligence to smooth out some of the turbulence.

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AI travel technologies are driving quicker customer service, personalized recommendations, flight forecasting and other advancements. Chatbots and AI travel planners can answer questions, share info about hotels and destinations and perform other tasks to create individualized travel experiences.

AI for travel comes in many forms. For example, it can respond to customer questions and queries with chatbots and digital assistants ; offer personalized travel recommendations based on someone’s previous search history; analyze customer reviews and social media posts; and track bags, flight forecasts and other variables. 

As a result, organizations can pinpoint inefficiencies, learn from customer data and adjust their workflows and products. The outcome of these efforts is a more tailored and seamless travel experience for customers.  

Below are travel companies embracing artificial intelligence and finding effective ways to introduce AI in the travel industry.

AI in Travel Examples

How it uses AI in travel: Smartly offers an AI-powered advertising platform that supports ad campaigns for brands in a variety of industries, including travel. Its solutions range from AI-generated backgrounds for digital ads to automated campaign management. Travel businesses that use Smartly’s technology have seen their conversion rates multiply and were able to reduce their manual workload for creative production.

How it uses AI in travel: IDeaS builds software and systems to streamline revenue management for travel and hospitality businesses. Its solutions are infused with AI capabilities, powering automations that cut down on manual tasks to enhance productivity and actionable insights to inform profitable decisions. Ideas’ technology supports thousands of hotels and resorts across more than 150 countries.

How it uses AI in travel: Concierge by Ava, part of Navan ’s all-in-one travel tech platform, addresses the challenge of personalization in travel bookings. With multi-tasking, generative AI capabilities, Ava learns travelers’ patterns and preferences to streamline the booking process. Integrated directly into the web application, Ava goes beyond traditional AI tools by also automating search fields in the Navan app. 

How it uses AI in travel: Sojern ’s tech solutions for its travel and hospital industry clients include an AI Smart Concierge to engage guests and improve their overall experience. It’s equipped with more than 1,000 responses to guest questions, giving the virtual concierge the ability to handle tasks such as having items sent up to a hotel room as requested or scheduling spa services.

Sabre Corporation

How it uses AI in travel: Sabre delivers AI and machine learning solutions to travel companies in the form of Sabre Travel AI . This product suite enables airlines and other travel parties to access real-time customer insights, send relevant offers to customers, reduce costs through automation and ultimately generate more revenue. Sabre Travel AI also works with Sabre’s products for market and retail intelligence, so companies can survey larger industry trends and make informed business decisions.

How it uses AI in travel: IHG is a global hospitality company that oversees 16 brands and is updating its offerings with an AI-controlled bedroom . Through its partnership with Josh.ai, IHG is implementing AI that understands voice commands via natural language processing . This way, customers can make a simple request to play music, stream a show and take other measures to make themselves comfortable during their stay.

How it uses AI in travel: Hyatt is a global hotel chain that is upgrading its services by combining AI and travel in the form of an AI-powered bed . The Bryte Restorative Sleep bed relies on sensors to track a patient’s heart rate and breathing, adjusting the temperature and firmness of the bed to help sleepers enjoy a deeper doze. Customers can even set pre-programmed movements, so the bed nudges them awake in the morning.

How it uses AI in travel: FLYR keeps airlines one step ahead of market trends with its revenue operating system. Known as Cirrus, the company’s platform compiles data from airlines and relies on AI algorithms to analyze the data and produce accurate forecasts on sales, booking activities and other travel factors. Travel companies can then anticipate loading levels of certain flights and determine prices that account for the rise and fall in demand.

Tripadvisor

How it uses AI in travel: TripAdvisor is known for guiding travelers with tips and insights ahead of their journey, but the company has made waves for its AI virtual voice tour to revamp tourism activity in Orlando and Abu Dhabi . Designed for virtual assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, the project allows consumers to take a voice-directed tour of their chosen location, covering restaurants, hotels, cultural spots and other popular attractions — depending on what each consumer requests to learn more about.

How it uses AI in travel: Outdoorsy is an online marketplace that connects recreational vehicle owners with individuals and families looking to rent RVs for their next road trip. Customers can search the company’s site for the RV that fits their needs, then reach out to the owner for specifics. During these interactions, Outdoorsy’s AI-powered software reviews online customer behaviors to locate potentially fraudulent activities, creating more transparency and confidence in the platform.

How it uses AI in travel: KAYAK is a travel search engine that leverages AI and machine learning to explore travel sites for flights, hotels and other amenities that satisfy each traveler’s needs. The company also wields an AI-powered price prediction model that forecasts whether the costs of flights will likely rise or fall. Based on this analysis, KAYAK recommends when a customer can purchase a flight to get the most out of their investment.

SmarterTravel

How it uses AI in travel: SmarterTravel serves as an online hub compiling information on destinations, hotels, travel tips, gear and other travel trends. To help customers easily navigate its various insights, the company applies AI and machine learning to find relevant resources for each customer. Besides general travel info, customers can also receive discount offers to keep their dream destinations affordable.

How it uses AI in travel: Hopper helps travelers find deals on hotels, flights and rental cars via a mobile app, and companies can work with Hopper to access its fintech travel products. In particular, Hopper’s cloud platform employs AI and machine learning models that analyze years of travel data and price products accordingly. Companies that partner with Hopper can take advantage of this technology to provide their customers with reasonable travel prices.

Expedia Group

How it uses AI in travel: Expedia Group supports global travel with its suite of online products, and the company is making trip planning even easier with its AI travel agent . With a virtual assistant, customers can cancel flight bookings, double-check hotel reservations and complete other simple tasks. Expedia’s AI assistant can also review more in-depth details like looking into breakfast options and verifying venues’ wheelchair accessibility.

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Plan it with AI Travel Guide, your essential road trip map planner and travel organizer app. Explore effortlessly with our guidebook & free walk mapper! Discover the future of travel with AI Travel Guide. As the new-age travel organizer app, our intelligent guidebook makes every journey, from road trippers' escapades to free walk mapper enthusiasts, spontaneous, immersive, and enjoyable. Ai Travel Guide is your personalized guidebook and travel itinerary planner through the world's most captivating destinations. For those with a wanderlust, whether sketching out your next grand road trip map planner or just diving into tripsy adventures, AI Travel Guide is designed to adapt to your unique travel preferences. Let us know where you're headed, and let our AI trip expertise provide tailored recommendations in a chat-like interface. Get insights from must-see landmarks and local attractions to hidden gems and culinary delights. Features: * AI-Powered Recommendations: Infused with the power of OpenAI GPT-3.5, we grasp your travel style, turning every 'plan it' moment into a memorable experience. * Language Flexibility: Our AI guide speaks your language fluently, making global explorations feel like home. * Worldwide Exploration: Be it the lively streets of New York City or ancient tales of Rome, AI Travel Guide is every trip organiser's dream with localized recommendations. * Intuitive Interface: Think of it as messaging a well-traveled friend. Seamless, easy, and always informed. * Cross-Platform Use: Regardless of your device, our app's cross-platform accessibility ensures every trip is a breeze. * Personalized Planning: Beyond just recommendations, pin your favorites and plan visits. It's your travel guide and planner combined! Dive into Iconic Destinations: * Cities from Rome to Los Angeles beckon. * Miami's glamour or Krakow's history. * Must-Visit Marvels: Burj Khalifa's heights, Acropolis's charm, or the Uffizi Gallery's art, each destination has a tale awaiting your discovery. Travel smarter and embark on journeys that resonate. AI Travel Guide is not just a travel itinerary planner but your compass in the vast world of travel.

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The project provides a Tailor-made travel itinerary for users using their travel details like destination, budget, start and end dates of travel and their preferences of attraction categories, hotel amenities and cuisine type. Our project significantly reduces the time spent on planning for a satisfactory vacation.

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To provide a tailor made plan consisting of possible places to stay, attractions to visit and restaurants to eat at for the entire duration of travel. We recommend restaurants separately for each meal of the day (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and provide two recommendations per meal per day. We also recommend five possible stay options (hotels) for your travel alongside possible attractions to view. Attractions are recommended based on timing, (i.e) which ones to view during the day and which ones are better off at night. Again we provide two attraction recommendations per timing per day for the entire duration of travel.

Project Overview:

We have used three different recommender systems (one each for attractions, hotels and restaurants).

• RBM, a Deep learning technique for Attractions.
• Matrix Factorization with ALS, a highly scalable and distributed Collaborative Filtering technique for hotels.
• Hybrid- A combination of K-Means algorithm for Content Based Filtering and K-Nearest Neighbors for Memory based Collaborative Filtering for restaurants.

Few visualizations for the project were done using python libraries and others have been done using Tableau software. They can be accessed from EDA folder.

Steps for execution:

For restaurants- Dataset for the project should be downloaded from Yelp dataset challenge and stored in yelp_dataset folder.

For hotels- We scraped TripAdvisor to obtain the dataset. Dataset can be read from tripadvisor_hotel_output folder.

For attractions- We scraped TripAdvisor to obtain the dataset. Dataset can be read from outputs folder.

attractions_crawler.ipynb

-- To collect urls of attractions from tripadvisor.

attractions_details_crawler.ipynb

-- To extract attraction details and reviews on each attraction from collected urls in batches

combine_batches.ipynb

-- To combine the data collected in batches

attraction_etl.ipynb

-- To perform ETL on attraction details and attractions reviews datasets.

attractions_recc.py

-- The core code to provide attraction recommendation using the trained RBM model.

final_hotel_recc.ipynb

-- The final code that integrates ETL on hotels dataset and MF-ALS model output to display hotel recommendations.

get_att_recc.ipynb

-- The final code that integrates ETL on attractions dataset and RBM model output to display attraction recommendations.

hotel_etl.ipynb

-- To perform 'Extract Transform Load (ETL)' on hotels dataset that has been scraped from TripAdvisor.

hotel_recc.py

-- The core code that models MF-ALS and outputs recommendations.

rbm_training.ipynb

-- The code to perform training and tuning of the RBM, deep learning model.

-- The code that loads the best model and outputs recommendations for users.

requirements.txt

-- File to handle dependencies for thus project.

[Restaurants (Yelp) Dataset-EDA.ipynb]

-- The notebook that has the code and shows EDA visualizations for Yelp (restaurants) dataset.

TripAdvisor_Crawler_Parser.ipynb

-- The notebook performs collection, extraction, cleaning, parsing and obtaining hotel urls, hotel related information, user reviews, user ratings and user related information.

-- Consists of helper functions for the RBM model.

Hybrid_Recommder.ipynb

-- The core code for ETL on yelp dataset and hybrid recommender model.

-- Saved model parameters and model outputs from MF-ALS.

input-output

-- contains screenshots of input and output images of ITRS application on the whole.

-- Contains dataset for attractions.

tripadvisor_hotel_output

-- Contains dataset for hotels.

-- Contains attraction images downloaded using google_download_images API.

-- Contains the saved best obtained Matrix Factorization- ALS (MF-ALS) model.

-- Contains saved RBM models, tried out for different parameters.

-- all results (visualizations) of Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) are be stored here.

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