AI-native distribution is the one thing Google won't build - Google is building a place to bid for the click, not a way to finish the booking — leaving real AI-native distribution, which the GDS has run for forty years, open to every other assistant.

Jun 30, 2026 • Hospitality

Visa is now a travel platform, and the hotel is the one thing it didn't build for - Visa Destinations went live in 10 cities with direct deals for the Louvre, Disneyland Paris and Printemps — and for hotels, a link to the collection it already had.

Jun 30, 2026 • Hospitality

A bank is now America's sixth-biggest seller of travel - Chase Travel is the No. 6 seller of travel in the US on $12.6 billion in sales — and it sells travel by owning the loyalty currency travelers spend, not the inventory. When it quietly cut what those points are worth, it showed a control no OTA has..

Jun 30, 2026 • Hospitality

Travelers aren't using AI to find your hotel. They're using it to be sure about it. - Two-thirds of pre-booking queries on Trip.com's AI are about conditions, not price — and unclear terms lose the booking.

Jun 30, 2026 • Hospitality