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Why AI travel scenarios miss the $3T opportunity
By Robert Matsuoka
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May 30, 2025
Former TripAdvisor exec Robert Matsuoka evaluates where AI misses the mark in travel—and where the actual disruption will come from....
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4 scenarios on the future of agentic AI in travel
By Mario Gavira
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May 22, 2025
Mario Gavira outlines future scenarios amid the evolution of agentic AI in travel—and provides key recommendations for how OTAs can respond....
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Real time availability, pricing in AI will change hospitality distribution: Are you ready?
By Pablo Delgado - Mirai
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May 16, 2025
ARI, or availability, rates, inventory, could radically change the hotel booking process with real-time pricing....
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Why the travel industry is hooked on Google Ads (and what to do about it)
By Andy Headington - Adido
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May 9, 2025
Andy Headington, CEO of Adido, explores why travel companies have become so much more reliant on Google than other industries....
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Technology’s role in furthering sustainable travel, economic inclusion
By Ragnar Fjölnisson, Kaptio
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April 28, 2025
Ragnar Fjölnisson, co-founder and chief product officer of Kaptio, explains why technology’s role in sustainable travel is more important than ever....
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The trust protocol: Rethinking risk and reputation in global travel
By Tapan Sangal, Kalp Decentra Foundation
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April 21, 2025
Tapan Sangal, director and founder of the Kalp Decentara Foundation, discusses the evolving travel ecosystem and using blockchain as a tool to build trust....
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You've spent 20 years optimizing for humans: Now it's time to optimize for AI
By Brennen Bliss - Propellic Travel Marketing
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April 17, 2025
Brennen Bliss, CEO of Propellic Travel Marketing, shares tips and tactics to optimize travel websites for AI systems....
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How AI bridges the gap between insight and action
By Markus Stumpe - AIntensify
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April 7, 2025
AIntensify CEO Markus Stumpe explores the importance of a specialist approach to AI adoption....
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The never-ending growth of flight search traffic: From travel agents to AI operators
By Sebastien Gibergues
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March 31, 2025
Sebastien Gibergues, an independent travel consult and former Amadeus executive, details the exponential growth of flight search transactions....
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How hospitality operators can combat payment fraud
By Andrew Buttigieg - RMS
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March 24, 2025
Andrew Buttigieg, chief technology officer at RMS, discusses how hospitality operators can ensure safer bookings amid a rise in fraud attempts....
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2025 is the year AI agents will transform airline shopping
By Rick Seaney - 3Victors
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March 18, 2025
Consumers, not companies, will be the real drivers of the agent change as they quickly embrace readily available free online tools more quickly than any airline can....
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Is an "app-ocalypse" nigh for hospitality tech as AI agents advance?
By Florian Montag - Apaleo
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March 10, 2025
Instead of relying on humans as connective tissue, AI agents acting as self-learning, adaptive digital assistants will manage the entire hospitality tech ecosystem autonomously in the future....
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Revolutionary travel management companies do exist
By Riaan van Schoor - Agentivity
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March 3, 2025
Agentivity's co-founder Riaan van Schoor gives his response to a viewpoint published last week suggesting that the world of TMCs is broken and only a revolution will fix it....
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Why travel marketers can (and should) expect more from their affiliate strategy
By Joshua Heller - Rakuten Advertising
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February 27, 2025
A sophisticated affiliate strategy can ensure you’re reaching the right person, at the right time, with the right message according to Josh Heller of Rakuten Advertising....
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Can a revolution fix the travel management world?
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne - T2Impact
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February 24, 2025
Many TMCs are no longer fit for purpose. They are drowning in data, fighting archaic processes and stuck in a business model optimized more for survival than service delivery....
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