Expedia wants to turn travel inspiration into bookings - Expanded partnerships with Meta, TikTok and Uber show how online travel agencies are trying to stay visible as AI, social discovery and agentic booking reshape how travelers plan trips..

May 20, 2026 • Hospitality

Uber questions whether AI is actually improving travel - Growing skepticism around AI in mobility signals a broader shift from hype to measurable traveler value.

May 20, 2026 • Hospitality

Google moves hotel bookings into the agentic commerce era - Google’s latest AI commerce push signals that hotel booking may soon happen directly inside conversational search and AI agents.

May 20, 2026 • Hospitality

Borrowed trust. - AI lends hotels trust consumers haven't extended to travel. Where it comes from, what it's worth, and what hotels owe in return..

May 19, 2026 • Hospitality

ChatGPT is now officially becoming an advertising platform - OpenAI’s new tracking policy signals that AI assistants are evolving into media, discovery, and customer acquisition channels.

May 19, 2026 • Hospitality

Google prepares travel’s next platform shift - Agentic booking could keep OTAs at the center of the travel funnel — while changing how travelers discover and reserve hotels.

May 19, 2026 • Hospitality

U.S. travelers are planning smarter, leaner summer trips - PwC data suggests travelers still want to spend on experiences, but rising costs, AI-driven trip planning, and cautious budgeting are reshaping how hotels compete this summer.

May 19, 2026 • Hospitality

Why AI needs to sit beside your PMS, not inside it - A probabilistic layer wrapped around deterministic cores is the architecture that holds up. Most vendor pitches are selling the opposite..

May 18, 2026 • Hospitality