Hotels prepare for an AI-driven, unified future - IDeaS’ 2026 forecast highlights tech simplification, AI acceleration, and workforce transformation as key priorities for the year ahead.

Oct 9, 2025 • Hospitality

When planes can’t go green, hotels must - With aviation’s carbon footprint climbing, hotels are becoming the new frontline for visible climate action across the travel industry.

Oct 8, 2025 • Travel

How AI became our personal assistant - New data reveals how millions now rely on chatbots for everyday decisions, tasks, and even emotional support.

Oct 8, 2025 • Travel

From SEO to GEO: The new playbook for hotel visibility - As AI reshapes how travelers search and book, hotels need to make their content legible to large language models to stay discoverable.

Oct 8, 2025 • Marketing

How Expedia and Booking.com now work inside ChatGPT - OpenAI's new integrations turn AI conversations into live hotel searches — signaling a new discovery and booking frontier for hoteliers.

Oct 8, 2025 • Hospitality

The end of the static hotel website - As AI changes how travelers seek answers, hotels must turn their sites into living, conversational concierges to stay relevant.

Oct 8, 2025 • Hospitality

Expedia launches Comet, an AI-powered travel browser - A new partnership with Perplexity blends conversational search, trip planning, and loyalty rewards into a single interface.

Oct 8, 2025 • Hospitality

Amex GBT and SAP Concur launch unified travel and expense platform - The new alliance aims to simplify business travel with AI-powered integration — but legacy complexity may be hard to escape.

Oct 7, 2025 • Travel