Former Auction founder brings AI, decades of travel data to new app

Sep 27, 2026

Planning to visit Osaka with your family this fall? That could mean hours spent booking flights and accommodations and putting together a list of destinations in advance. A new travel app aims to make that process easier. Oh Hyuk, CEO of local tour company Les Vacances and the pioneer who founded Auction, Korea's first e-commerce platform in 1998, has taken on a new challenge in the travel industry with Vacance, an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted travel platform. The app generates an itinerary based on travelers' schedules. Users can also review flight and accommodation recommendations within the same app. Unveiled this month, the app aims to revolutionize how people explore the world. It combines proprietary technology with human verified travel data accumulated over two decades by Les Vacances, allowing it to move far beyond simple itinerary generation. In a recent interview with The Korea Times, the veteran developer explained how his app stands out by keeping inaccurate travel information out. "General AI attempts to answer every question, but we dive deep into the single problem

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