Technology Archive - Open Data Destination Germany

25 03, 2026

MCP Server – AI access to the Open Data Knowledge Graph

2026-03-26T08:25:12+01:0025. March 2026|Data Management, Open Data, Smart Destination, Strategy, Technologies and backgrounds, Technology|

The next generation of data utilization is here: Artificial intelligence directly accesses structured data. With the MCP Server (Model Context Protocol), we provide the Open Data Knowledge Graph of German tourism for modern AI applications. Developers can use it to integrate tourism data from Germany directly into AI agents, chatbots or automated applications. In this way, open data becomes a real building block for intelligent applications in tourism. Why MCP for tourism? Digital applications in tourism are developing rapidly in the direction of AI-supported services: Intelligent travel planning Conversational Travel Assistants Automated content generation [...]

25 03, 2026

The GNTB Service Portal

2026-03-26T12:36:42+01:0025. March 2026|Data Management, DMO, Open Data, Smart Destination, State Marketing Organizations, Strategy, Technologies and backgrounds, Technology|

Structured access to tourism open data Data is a central basis for the digital development of tourism. Whether it's a travel platform, destination website, app or analysis tool - high-quality, structured data enables innovative applications and better services for travelers. This is precisely where the GNTB Service Portal comes in. The platform offers simple and structured access to tourism open data for German tourism. It connects data providers and data users and thus creates a central infrastructure for the exchange, use and further development of tourism data. Open data as a driver of [...]

20 10, 2025

From open data to smart travel experiences

2025-10-20T13:03:46+02:0020. October 2025|Data Management, DMO, Open Data, Smart Destination, State Marketing Organizations, Strategy, Technologies and backgrounds, Technology|

How open data moves tourism - the GNTB Knowledge Graph in action The GNTB Knowledge Graph makes tourism data from all over Germany available for free use as open data - standardized, up-to-date and easily accessible. Data users - from start-ups and app developers to established technology companies - can easily integrate this data into their own applications. Whether classic travel portals that integrate objects and sights or innovative tools that create personalized travel experiences with the help of artificial intelligence and semantic linking: The possible applications of the knowledge graph and the practical benefits are very diverse. [...]

28 10, 2024

Digital challenges in tourism

2026-02-03T11:17:27+01:0028. October 2024|Data Management, DMO, Open Data, Smart Destination, State Marketing Organizations, Strategy, Technologies and backgrounds, Technology|

Digitalization makes travel planning more individual and authentic. Visitors are increasingly using digital channels and information sources when planning their trip, but above all when they are there. And that, regardless of their destination. The decision for or against a vacation destination is made quickly, usually with a click or a tap of the finger. In order to master these digital challenges in tourism in the coming years, the strength of a networked and united industry is urgently needed. Above all, the (open) data from tourism associations and companies will flow into new services and solutions. And thus [...]

3 08, 2023

Intelligent language applications in tourism

2023-08-03T12:26:20+02:003. August 2023|Open Data, Technologies and backgrounds, Technology|

How do intelligent speech applications work? Intelligent speech recognition and artificial intelligence (AI) offer a variety of opportunities in the tourism industry to improve customer service, enable personalized experiences, and increase operational efficiencies. The use of Open Data, i.e. freely accessible and open data sources that are available in the form of a Knowledge Graph, makes these technologies even more powerful and more extensively used. The speech applications are based on artificial intelligence and machine learning. They use this technology to understand, interpret, and respond to natural language. The basic steps of how these applications work include: Natural [...]

27 06, 2023

Access for data retrieval

2023-10-12T09:08:22+02:0027. June 2023|Open Data, Technologies and backgrounds, Technology|

Request access to data retrievalFrom now on, data users and interested parties can easily and conveniently request access to the application interface (API) for the Knowledge Graph.Three steps to data utilizationSend e-mail to open-data@germany.travel indicating company, e-mail address and name of contact personReceive email with access data (API key) for data retrievalInitialize API and retrieve dataSome partners are in the final stages of implementing their databases, connecting to the Knowledge Graph, or sharing data. They will provide their data shortly. In addition, further properties will be successively added to the individual data types and corresponding data will be made [...]

13 12, 2022

Speak, not type

2022-12-14T15:02:56+01:0013. December 2022|Open Data, Technologies and backgrounds, Technology|

How conversational AI is changing communication in tourism In view of the shortage of skilled workers and digitization, the need for intelligent search functions and chatbot solutions is increasing. If the applications are based on well-structured and open data, conversational AI could transform communication in tourism. For many people, especially younger ones, the use of voice interfaces is now taken for granted - typing is increasingly perceived as a nuisance. Accordingly, access to tourism data and services in natural language has a high future potential for tourism applications supported by artificial intelligence (AI). It is expected that intelligent [...]

30 12, 2020

Knowledge Graph and Artificial Intelligence

2024-11-06T14:03:37+01:0030. December 2020|Data Management, Open Data, Technology|

A Knowledge Graph as a modern form of data architecture. In the future, guests will increasingly search for information on the basis of natural language. Search requests based on natural language are dictated to the smartphone or requested in the form of questions to digital assistants such as Google Assistant or Alexa from Amazon. It should be noted that queries as well as the expected responses of natural language input are different from a classic search query. Complexity increases because requests are often made in a specific context and depend on weather, current location, personal preferences, etc. Thus, [...]

10 12, 2019

Open Data and SEO – Is that possible?

2022-07-11T10:24:38+02:0010. December 2019|Open Data, Technology|

As an SEO consultant, I was very skeptical at first: "Open Data and SEO? Can that work? Does it even make sense?" In the meantime, I have had the opportunity to find out more about the topic of Open Data and the concept as it is being implemented by the GNTB and the specialist group that has been formed. I'll go ahead to say today, "Yes, it can make sense, even from an SEO point of view"! In addition, the following article should also be seen only within the context of search engines. Ecosystems that are not analyzed [...]

13 11, 2019

Linked Open Data and Artificial Intelligence

2024-02-20T16:37:19+01:0013. November 2019|Open Data, schema.org, Technologies and backgrounds, Technology|

The perfect match? Artificial intelligence - what is that actually? The topic of Linked Open Data (LOD) is often mentioned in connection with the term Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is to be understood as a generic term used to describe different automated computational methods such as Machine Learning (ML). It is true that machine readable data in the form of Linked Open Data and Machine Learning are directly related. The goal is to recognize patterns in data with machine assistance and to derive predictions on this basis. In the case of [...]