TravelAI, a Vancouver-based firm operating under UpNext Ventures, acquired the Sonder brand out of bankruptcy on July 13, 2025, for its domain authority and brand recognition, but left behind the leas…
The travel industry is facing a dual cost squeeze from artificial intelligence, as AI agents drive up search volumes without corresponding bookings, worsening the look-to-book ratio for airlines and h…
Anil Aggarwal, CEO of Milestone Inc., told the Skift Data + AI Summit 2026 that hotels are losing visibility in AI search due to technical issues like site speed, crawlability, and schema markup, not …
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Evolve executives warned at the Skift Data + AI Summit 2026 that operational fundamentals like infrastructure, data hygiene, and clean APIs are more critical than flashy techn…
Marriott International has entered the third phase of its AI rollout, shifting from pilots and platform builds toward implementations that deliver measurable revenue and cost savings. Colin Coleman, S…
At the Skift Data + AI Summit 2026, Marriott International SVP Colin Coleman and Google Cloud Global Head Joff Romoff said scaling artificial intelligence pilots to production remains the primary chal…
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…