Case Study

How Road Scholar Reduced Operational Workflows by 98.5% with Optimizely's Agent Platform

Road Scholar partnered with Nansen to put Optimizely’s Agent Platform to work across marketing and program operations, creating a more structured, scalable way of working. By standardizing workflows and building AI into day-to-day execution, the team reduced manual effort, accelerated content production, and created more capacity for higher-value work.

Optimizely
Artificial Intelligence
Digital Transformation

Key Results and Business Outcomes

92
%

faster content creation

2
hrs

operational time savings per task

60
%
60

Opal adoption rate

The Challenge

Road Scholar needed to scale marketing output and program operations without increasing team size. Campaign execution required significant coordination, content was often recreated instead of reused, and workflows varied across teams.

AI tools had already been introduced, but without shared standards, clear ownership, or a consistent operating model, adoption varied. At the same time, manual processes across program operations slowed teams down and consumed time that could be spent on more strategic work.

The opportunity was bigger than introducing another AI tool. Road Scholar needed a way to identify the right use cases, turn them into production-ready agents and workflows, and create the structure required to scale adoption across the organization.

The Impact

0
%

faster content creation

0
hrs

operational time savings per task

0
%
60

Opal adoption rate

The Process

In the client's own words

“The amount of time we’re saving on repeatable content tasks has fundamentally changed how our team works. We aren’t just faster; we’re now focused on strategy and delivering richer, more relevant experiences for our travelers. That’s the true ROI.”

Mark Fagiano, Senior E-commerce Director at Road Scholar

The Result

The impact showed up in both efficiency and adoption.

Road Scholar reduced itinerary review time by 98.5%, cut catalog table-of-contents production from six hours to 30 minutes, and achieved 92% faster content creation. Routine tasks including summarization, recaps, and content comparisons now save teams two to four hours per task.

Within six months, 60% of identified Agent Platform use cases were in production, demonstrating that Road Scholar had moved beyond isolated AI experiments and established a repeatable way to put agents to work across the organization.

More importantly, the time saved is creating capacity for higher-value work. Teams can spend less time on repetitive execution and more time improving the experiences they deliver to travelers.

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