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Many of the pressing issues in AI implementation are organizational, not technological.

Acquiring a shiny company to boost your AI ambitions may seem appealing, but buying can sometimes set a company back.

Marriott is now in the third phase of its AI rollout, with conversational search the highest-profile launch coming this year. Its top data and AI exec says the harder work is rethinking the workflows underneath.

Most travel companies are still cataloguing AI use cases. Air Canada's chief digital officer argues that catalogue is what’s keeping their AI work narrow and shallow.

A live AI tool with early conversion gains is one Hilton story. The cost of running AI across the wider company is another.

Travel companies have built a banking-like float system around consumer prepayments, without banking-like protections, and the scale is now too large to ignore.

After two days of relative normalcy, this is a devastating blow to a hub that has spent months clawing its way back.

Priceline is turning Penny from a single chatbot into an interface for a squad of agents. It's the latest platform turning to multi-agent architecture for travel.

Airbnb has struggled to scale experiences. Investing in WeRoad — and hiring its CEO — is Chesky's preferred move: partner first, potentially acquire later.

These may read as bets on new Texas wealth. They’re also real estate plays, with branded residential as the anchor that makes the hotels financeable.