Trivago CEO Johannes Thomas credits AI for the company's 21% second-quarter revenue growth to 168.4 million euros ($196.4 million), and he now spends over half his time on AI transformation. Thomas ad…
ServiceNow's Veza is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer for AI/ML with a salary range of $172k–301k/yr, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with remote work options. The role involves architecting a…
Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre reported that AI demand and adoption are fueling a travel booking stock boom, with shares of Trivago (TRVG), Airbnb (ABNB), Expedia (EXPE), Delta Air…
The next AI winners may be travel companies using AI to cut costs and boost productivity, not just chipmakers like Nvidia or Micron, according to a Yahoo Finance analysis. Airbnb reports that nearly 4…
Martin Spier, who leads the ChatGPT performance team at OpenAI, said that the company is facing challenges from two simultaneous accelerations: faster user growth and faster development workflows driv…
Fora Travel, the AI-powered travel agent platform, has appointed Alanna Gregory as its first chief marketing officer, effective immediately. Gregory, who previously served as VP of marketing at Block,…
Google's WebMCP browser standard, co-authored with Microsoft and available in Chrome 149 since May, lets websites expose machine-readable tools to AI agents, with early benchmarks showing 8 to 12 time…
TravelAI, a Canadian AI travel company, purchased the Sonder brand and relaunched Sonder.com, though the deal did not include Sonder properties or its operating business. CEO John Lyotier said the bra…
WebMCP is emerging as a standard for AI-driven browsing, allowing websites to register typed JavaScript functions that AI agents can call directly. As of July 2026, Chrome origin trials are live, Edge…
Google's Gemini Intelligence, debuting on Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8, successfully booked a flight from London Heathrow to Dublin in a test, but the feature requires precise phrasing and remains in bet…
Travel platforms Airbnb, Booking.com, and Expedia are investing billions in AI customer support to automate routine queries, but disputes over cancellations and refunds remain a challenge. Airbnb uses…
A writer shares their perspective on artificial intelligence, placing themselves in the high-impact, positive sentiment quadrant of AI narratives. They express no fear of job automation, see SaaS evol…
Google and Microsoft co-developed WebMCP, a proposed W3C browser standard now in a public origin trial in Chrome 149, to make websites natively compatible with AI agents. The standard lets developers …
A new guide by Femke Nollet explains how conversational AI like ChatGPT is reshaping the booking journey for independent hotels, highlighting that AI serves as a real discovery channel while inaccurat…
Google's WebMCP, now in public Origin Trial in Chrome 149, lets developers expose structured tools to in-browser AI agents, reducing token usage by 90% compared to screenshot-based automation. The ope…
Google released new controls allowing website owners to opt out of AI-powered search experiences like AI Overviews and AI Mode, along with new AI reporting in Search Console. The feature, currently in…
Expedia (EXPE) announced the launch of new AI travel tools and platform enhancements, aiming to improve user experience and streamline travel planning. The move underscores Expedia's investment in art…
The travel industry has moved from discussing artificial intelligence to deploying it in production, with operators across hotels, airlines, online travel agencies, and theme parks now running AI prog…