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Return on tokens: Who pays for the free travel agent?
By Eugenia Dunaeva - TravelAI
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October 20, 2026
Eugenia Dunaeva, an independent director at TravelAI, argues that the money behind personal AI agents is real, but the unit economics are not....
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How airlines are solving disruption in the AI era
By Matthew Walker - Plan3
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October 13, 2026
According to Matthew Walker, head of research and marketing at Plan3, the AI revolution is likely to evolve one use case at a time in the highly regulated airline industry....
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AI agents are having their 'Spotify moment': Why travel needs to take note
By Mario Gavira
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October 2, 2026
Mario Gavira discusses Instinct, a new agent operating straight out of WhatsApp and iMessage, which he calls "the breakout surprise of the agentic era."...
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As tourism races to adopt AI, the industry must hear workers’ voices
By Stroma Cole - University of Westminster
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September 28, 2026
University of Westminster professor Stroma Cole argues that travel workers deserve say as AI reshapes their jobs....
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Big shifts coming to travel by 2030: Why infrastructure, not AI, decides who wins
By Mathias Lundoe Nielsen - Entravel Group
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September 21, 2026
Entravel founder and CEO Mathias Lundoe Nielsen suggests that the systems beneath AI assistants will be the pivotal component in the agentic future....
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The reach is rented: Why travel brands need to stop building for algorithms
By Phil Treagus-Evans - Giraffe Social
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September 18, 2026
Phil Treagus-Evans, CEO and co-founder of Giraffe Social, contends that a social following built on someone else's platform is "a relationship you're renting."...
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AI search is changing the marketing playbook: How can travel survive?
By Mario Gavira
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September 1, 2026
Travelier CMO Mario Gavira boils AI search down to three actionable principles for travel marketers....
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Airbnb is making us rethink what a 'direct booking' really means
By Scott Eddy
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August 30, 2026
Airbnb is testing lower fees on host-shared booking links, but the reservation still runs on Airbnb, which raises harder questions about demand, trust and distribution costs....
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AI tools are becoming a single point of failure for hotels: How to reduce the risk
By Stephan Wiesener and Mike Rawson
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August 17, 2026
Apaleo's Stephan Wiesener and citizenM's Mike Rawson argue that hotels need to treat AI resilience as an architectural consideration....
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TourRadar's Travis Pittman on rebuilding the company using AI
By Travis Pittman - TourRadar
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August 10, 2026
TourRadar CEO and co-founder Travis Pittman outlines his experience training AI, comparing the experience to training a junior employee....
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Meeting travel agents where they are: Why conversational chat decides agentic AI adoption
By Ami Goldenberg - Oversee
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August 3, 2026
Oversee CTO and co-founder Ami Goldenberg argues that agentic AI in travel operations succeeds or fails on adoption—and what decides adoption is the interface agents touch every day....
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Booking Holdings' 'connected trip' vision never materialized, and AI is the latest threat
By Mario Gavira
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July 21, 2026
According to Mario Gavira, the AI wave is increasing pressure on the OTA to deliver the connected trip....
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Hospitality’s agentic AI challenge is moving from creation to management
By Cole Rubin - Conduit
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July 13, 2026
Conduit CEO Cole Rubin outlines the next steps for hospitality operators as AI agents assume more responsibility....
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Beyond the app: How wearable AI is rewiring the global travel tech stack
By Alex Levin - L+R
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July 6, 2026
Alex Levin, founding partner at L+R, argues that wearable artificial intelligence will replace mobile apps as the primary interface for travel, requiring the industry to rethink its technology infrastructure....
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The architecture of truth: Why ‘AI SEO’ for hotels is snake oil
By Fred Bean - HotelPORT
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June 29, 2026
Fred Bean, founder and CEO of HotelPORT, argues that AI search rewards data accuracy and consistency—not AI SEO tactics or technical shortcuts....
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