Delighting young travelers with automated support
Overview
Challenge: support a large number of young travelers on their journeys throughout Europe
Solution: a chatbot to answer FAQs or transfer to live agents if necessary
Results: 24/7 automated support across Europe
>80%
of incoming requests handled by the bot
24/7
support for traveler queries
3K
requests per month handled by the bot
Challenge: supporting young travelers across Europe
DiscoverEU is an initiative led by the European Commission (EC) that helps 18-year-old EU citizens discover Europe by train. Many are inexperienced, first-time travelers who sometimes need immediate help if they've missed a train, had a schedule change, etc.
Supporting these travelers is costly, and staffing a large team of agents outside traditional office hours and across different time zones is challenging.
Solution: a real-time bot with live agent hand-off
To guarantee affordable, real-time support for young travelers, the European Commission worked with Sinch to develop a chatbot to answer the most commonly asked questions.
With the implementation partner Campfire the European Commission created and launched the chatbot based on the AI product Chatlayer by Sinch . Campire supported here with its team of conversational designers, Natural Language Processing (NLP) experts, and IT professionals.
Results: 24/7/365 support across Europe
The chatbot surpassed even the best expectations. In the first month alone, it solved 700+ questions and handed over around 150 questions to a live support agent. The chatbot now answers more than 80% of incoming requests, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year round.
