Amadeus has acquired SkyLink, an artificial-intelligence (AI)-powered corporate travel booking solution, for an undisclosed amount.
Amadeus said the acquisition will help it scale its AI efforts, adding that it plans to integrate SkyLink's conversational technology into existing tools to support employees traveling for business.
Founded in 2021, SkyLink, a PhocusWire Hot 25 Travel Startup for 2026, sits within a company’s enterprise chat system such as Microsoft Teams and Slack. It uses natural language text or voice conversation to help travelers and travel arrangers to quickly and cost-effectively book policy compliant trips.
Amadeus said the addition of U.S.-based SkyLink would extend its corporate travel capabilities, particularly for its customer base in North America. The global distribution specialist also said it will expand the AI-driven conversational solution across airlines, airports and hospitality.
“Combining our AI-native technology with Amadeus’ scale and industry reach will allow us to deploy our technology faster and bring powerful new capabilities that benefit travelers and companies across the travel industry. It’s a pivotal time to deliver concrete AI solutions and, now with Amadeus, we can accelerate the next phase of travel innovation,” said Atyab Bhatti, co-founder and CEO of SkyLink.
“Amadeus is the embedded and neutral execution layer for travel, built on three pillars: our global scale, the power of our integrated and deeply connected business logic and our status as a trusted system of record in the industry since 1987,” said Luis Maroto, president and CEO of Amadeus.
“These pillars enable us to apply AI-driven capabilities consistently across airlines, airports, hotels, travel sellers and the wider travel ecosystem. Our technology is deeply integrated across the travel industry, connecting systems and workflows developed over decades. It combines industrial-grade reliability, operational resilience and data-driven insight that enable us to deploy AI in real-world production environments globally.”
In January, Sabre announced its investment to acquire a stake of BizTrip AI. The company, which is also a PhocusWire Hot 25 Travel Startup for 2026, is an AI-powered assistant for business travelers.
Sabre has been bullish about its ambition to become an AI-native company. In its recent fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings report, president and CEO Kurt Ekert said: “AI needs what Sabre has already built—fast, constantly evolving data, integrated content and complex logic, purpose built to solve travel’s uniquely challenging workflows. We provide the foundational transaction layer AI uses to shop price, book and service travel. We expect this shift makes us more essential, not less.”
Amadeus has made a number of acquisitions in the past two years. It acquired biometrics technology specialist Vision-Box and payments company Voxel in 2024. Last year, it acquired travel intelligence specialist ForwardKeys.