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Whitepaper: The acceptance of chatbotsAutomate Tourism ProcessesDelight guests, ease the burden on service teams
Bookings, cancellations, check-in questions, travel information, concierge requests—the tourism and hospitality industries thrive on quality service while being subject to significant seasonal fluctuations. With voice, chat, and email automation from an omnichannel platform, you can provide 24/7 service in over 100 languages without the hassle of seasonal staffing.
Why Travel Providers Need to Automate Their Services Today
Seasonality Meets Labor Shortages
During peak periods, there’s a shortage of staff; during the off-season, costs are too high. AI agents provide flexible service capacity without the risk of personnel costs, and they scale with the volume of requests, not with payroll.
International guests, many languages
Tourism is global. With over 100 languages and over 500 voices, AI agents provide native-level service in any language without requiring a separate setup for each market.
Expectations similar to those of the major booking sites
Guests are used to getting immediate responses from online travel platforms. Those who are noticeably slower to respond on their own website or over the phone will lose direct bookings. AI-powered service closes this gap.
Use Cases for AI Agents in Tourism
Booking & Availability Directly Over the Phone
"Is a double room available from July 14 to 16?" The voicebot checks availability in real time in your backend, suggests alternatives, and, if requested, completes the booking immediately.
Handling Cancellations & Rescheduling the Smart Way
Checking cancellation policies, suggesting alternative bookings, issuing vouchers: AI agents guide guests through the process in compliance with policies and relieve the front desk of resource-intensive routine calls.
Pre-stay, during-stay, and post-stay communication
The AI agent accompanies guests throughout their entire travel experience and relieves staff of routine tasks such as providing travel information, concierge recommendations, laundry service, or check-out reminders.
FAQ & Travel Information 24/7
Thanks to a secure knowledge base, the AI agent has all the information on topics such as breakfast times, spa hours, tourist attractions, and how to get there by public transportation, and answers questions about these topics 24/7 in any language.
Multi-Agent Orchestration for the Tourism and Hospitality Industries
Travel bookings aren't a simple FAQ, because they involve checking availability, calculating rates, authorizing payments, and managing the confirmation workflow. Single-prompt tools fall short here. BOTfriends orchestrates this process using agents with their own areas of responsibility. A typical setup might look like this:
The triage agent understands and classifies
This "digital receptionist" immediately analyzes incoming inquiries and accurately categorizes them as bookings, cancellations, or complaints. Thanks to this intelligent pre-sorting, every inquiry is routed directly to the right place without any delay.
The authentication agent identifies users securely
This agent reliably identifies the guest using the reservation number or secure two-factor authentication (2FA). Only after successful verification does it disclose sensitive reservation details or personal information, to ensure maximum data protection.
The process agent operates within your systems
For example, it handles the entire booking process by checking availability in real time, suggesting suitable alternatives, and entering the final booking directly into your backend system.
Expert knowledge to support the process, available at any time
Whether it’s cancellation policies, complex rate structures, or internal check-in guidelines: The knowledge base is directly linked to the booking and service workflow. As soon as questions arise during a conversation with a guest, the AI instantly provides the appropriate answer from your verified knowledge base. This enables a smooth, personalized consultation, while sensitive access to the PMS or booking system takes place in the background—completely securely and independently of one another.
Benefits of BOTfriends Solutions for Your HR Team
Multilingual Without Extra Effort
100+ languages and 500+ voices on a single platform. Ideal for international guests and tourist hotspots.
More direct bookings, less commission
The better your own customer service is—both on your website and over the phone—the fewer bookings will come through the major booking portals. AI agents improve service quality, which saves on commissions and strengthens customer relationships.
Scalable during peak season
During peak season, the bot handles thousands of concurrent requests without costing any more than it does during the off-season. No more seasonal hiring sprees are needed.
Seamless Handover to Employees
For complex special requests, complaints, or specific inquiries, the AI agent seamlessly transfers the information—along with the full context—to the concierge, front desk, or reservations team, so guests don’t have to repeat themselves.
BOTfriends Solutions for HR & Human Resources
Efficiently automate employee communications, recruiting processes, and HR workflows with the right solution for each use case and channel.
- No dedicated IT team required
- GDPR-compliant & hosted in the EU
- Made in Germany
Relief for the Reception Hotline
A voicebot takes over the phone hotline and takes the pressure off your service team. It answers standard questions in a natural conversational flow, takes reservations, and seamlessly transfers complex inquiries to the front desk.
Service on the website, app, or via WhatsApp
Engage your guests where they spend most of their time. Whether directly on the hotel’s website, in your own app, or via WhatsApp on mobile: The AI chatbot answers booking and service questions instantly and in the right context.
Inbox on Autopilot
Smart email automation frees your reservations team from the daily flood of emails. An agent reads incoming messages, understands the guest’s request, and immediately triggers the appropriate workflow in the background. Data is automatically synced with your PMS, and standard confirmations are sent right away.
Smart Automation for Complex Processes
When simple answers aren't enough, our AI agents orchestrate and independently manage multi-step and complex processes behind the scenes—from the initial individual MICE or group inquiry, through the automated creation of quotes in the PMS, all the way to the management of your loyalty program.
Integration with Your Tourism Systems
BOTfriends integrates with your existing PMS, booking, and CRM systems via open APIs. With Guided Sovereignty, our team supports you every step of the way—from co-creation in workshops to the hypercare phase after go-live.
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“Thanks to the introduction of the chatbot, we’ve been able to implement internal processes and workflows that we didn’t have before. We’re deriving significant benefits from this. It was particularly important to us that the bot be integrated into our existing system infrastructure.”
“Chatbots have significantly reduced the workload on our service teams. What we particularly appreciate about BOTfriends is its technological flexibility, which allows us to provide optimal support to international guests at all times through multilingual capabilities and tailored digital solutions.”
“With BOTfriends, we’re automating service requests via a voicebot. Seamless integration with our existing systems was a key factor for us. We also appreciate the platform’s hybrid approach. A rule-based workflow combined with agent-driven processes strikes us as a good balance. What we value most is the combination of a technologically leading product and a highly dedicated team.”
“Our chatbot perfectly complements our existing online channels and gives our customers the ability to get answers to questions about Süwag or their energy product around the clock. Automating entire processes—such as meter reading submission and rate consultation—provides our customers with real added value.”
“Working with Botfriends is truly impressive, as they consistently impress with their quick response times. It’s a real pleasure to work with a team that is so dedicated and efficient. Particularly noteworthy is how attentively Botfriends responds to customers’ wishes and needs, which shows that they truly put the customer first. Not to mention the user-friendly platform, which even those with little IT experience enjoy working with.”
“More than just a simple Q&A bot”
“What I find particularly impressive is that BOTfriends isn’t just a simple Q&A bot. Instead, it’s a true AI. The bot helps handle higher volumes during seasonal peaks, thereby reducing the longer response times that would normally occur.”
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Frequently asked questions
Thanks to our flexible, API-first architecture, our Solution Engineering team can easily implement custom integrations into your existing system landscape and popular PMS systems (such as Oracle Hospitality Opera, Protel, or Mews) upon request. Our AI agents operate directly in the backend to synchronize reservations or update guest data in real time—without any manual effort required from your team.
The BOTfriends AI platform is designed for multilingual use and supports well over 100 languages, ranging from German and English to French and Spanish, as well as specialized voice outputs. This allows us to guarantee your international guests smooth, accent-free, and natural communication around the clock via voice, chat, and email.
Especially in the complex MICE industry (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions), BOTfriends significantly reduces the workload on your sales team by having AI agents handle the automated pre-qualification of event and seminar inquiries.
Yes, protecting sensitive guest data is our top priority: The BOTfriends platform is fully GDPR-compliant and meets the strict security standards of the European hotel industry. Thanks to secure hosting within the EEA and a seamless governance structure, you retain complete data sovereignty across all communication channels at all times.