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Kayak for Business, Blockskye and FCM partner on global business travel platform
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May 20, 2026
The companies plan to integrate booking, payments and servicing into a single offering designed to reduce friction in corporate travel programs.
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Kayak's newly appointed CEO Peer Bueller is overseeing an AI transformation at the metasearch brand.
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Booking Holdings sees 20% rise in travelers booking multiple trip components
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The company also saw continued growth in both the U.S. and Asia in Q4 2025.
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Chief AI officer or CTO? Travel’s evolving executive playbook
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Amex GBT, Kayak, Expedia Group and Airbnb have adjusted their leadership teams to account for AI evolution.
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Kayak's current CFO and COO Peer Bueller will take the reins.
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Financial analysts on change in travel's search-based model
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January 6, 2026
Financial analysts from Barclays, Evercore and Mizuho dissect AI's impact on travel search and booking and the OTA model.
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Industry stakeholders on tech's role in solving traveler pain points
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Executives from Kayak, Skyscanner and Civitatis share the traveler pain points they're hoping to solve with technology.
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Amazon vs. Perplexity: The lawsuit that matters in travel
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December 10, 2025
Mario Gavira outlines the possible rulings in Amazon's lawsuit against Perplexity and what each could mean for OTAs, metasearch and travel suppliers.
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Booking Holdings shares 'early' thoughts on OpenAI apps, reports domestic growth
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October 28, 2025
CEO Glenn Fogel conceded that it is still early, but the company is “very happy to be in the first wave of apps with OpenAI.”
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Kayak rolls out AI Mode for travel search
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October 15, 2025
The tool allows for natural-language search and combines Kayak’s data with ChatGPT.
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