Updated
Updated · OpenAI · Nov 12
Holiday Extras Rebuilds App With Codex, Lifting Conversion 32.5%
Updated
Updated · OpenAI · Nov 12

Holiday Extras Rebuilds App With Codex, Lifting Conversion 32.5%

1 articles · Updated · OpenAI · Nov 12

Summary

  • Two weeks of work with OpenAI Codex produced a rebuilt Holiday Extras main app, a project the company said previously would have taken more than six months.
  • 32.5% higher open-to-book conversion followed the rebuild, while the app’s error rate dropped to 9% from 19% and releases shifted from one major annual update to weekly launches.
  • Codex let product and operations staff turn customer knowledge directly into software, with engineers focusing on architecture, APIs, security and reusable building blocks across iOS and Android.
  • Holiday Extras is extending the approach beyond the app, using ChatGPT Enterprise and OpenAI models for personalized experiences, faster customer-feedback fixes and automated airport-transfer issue tracking.

Insights

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