Former Sabre Hotel Unit Lays Groundwork for AI Distribution — Exclusive
Photo Credit: Aven Hospitality is kicking off its post-Sabre phase by embracing AI. Courtesy of Aven Hospitality
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Aven is embedding MCP into the core system for thousands of hotels. It’s an early signal of how the newly independent company plans to position its infrastructure for AI-driven discovery.
Aven Hospitality, the former Sabre hotel technology unit that TPG acquired last year for $1.1 billion, is embedding Model Context Protocol (MCP) across its central reservation system.
“AI is reshaping how travelers discover and transact with hotels, but most industry infrastructure was never designed for an agent-driven world,” said Amy Read, Aven’s VP of Innovation. “By embedding MCP directly into our platform, we’re creating a scalable foundation,” she said, while still allowing hotels to maintain control over their data.
Aven plans to enable AI agents to access its SynXis reservation system through M
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