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Wyndham Lets AI Assistants Book Its Hotels Directly
Wyndham is opening its hotel inventory to AI booking assistants including Meta's Muse, OpenAI's Dots and Instinct, with CEO Geoff Ballotti casting autonomous agents as a new guest segment.
IAG Proves AI Value Inside One Airline Before Group-Wide Rollout
International Airlines Group starts AI programs at a single carrier, establishes a baseline and only then expands across its brands, according to chief AI scientist Ben Dias.
Booking Holdings Runs Five AI Bets as Priceline's Penny Leads the Field
Booking Holdings is pursuing five artificial-intelligence initiatives, including two internal startups and a soon-to-launch Agoda trip-planning tool, with Priceline's revamped Penny agent so far drawing the strongest early signals.
Google Splits European Hotel and Flight Search Into Aggregator and Supplier Units
Google has rolled out a redesigned hotel and flight search results page across Europe, dividing commercial listings into separate units for third-party intermediaries and direct providers. The change is the latest in a series of adjustments tied to a European Union antitrust enforcement decision.
AI Agents Could Turn Time Between Trips Into Revenue Channel
Airlines and travel companies are deploying AI agents that remember customer context across journeys, potentially turning service moments into direct bookings and loyalty.
Booking Holdings Merges Agoda, Booking.com and Priceline B2B Units
Booking Holdings has started consolidating the business-to-business operations of Agoda, Booking.com and Priceline into a single platform, with Priceline partners already being migrated.
Cavu unifies three travel-tech platforms under single brand
Cavu, the travel technology company owned by Manchester Airports Group (MAG), has rebranded its ecommerce, distribution and lounge platforms under one identity to simplify its offering to clients.