DeepSeek’s Disruption, AirAsia Move’s Aspirations and Boeing’s Optimism
On today’s briefing we talk about DeepSeek’s impact on travel, AirAsia Move’s new chairman, and Boeing’s sunny take on cloudy earnings.
AI in Travel
Skift’s own Ask Skift AI deep search tool gives readers extensive insight into the business of travel by training artificial intelligence on the complete archives of Skift, Skift Research, Airline Weekly, Skift Meetings, Daily Lodging Report, and Skift Live events.
AI Startup DeepSeek Has Silicon Valley Panicking. What It Could Mean for Travel
More AI companies surely is better for the travel industry, even if Silicon Valley isn't happy about it.
TravelPerk Raises $200 Million for Business Travel Tech
TravelPerk's $200 million deal likely is a preview of what to expect in 2025. There were multiple large raises in 2024 — including hundreds of millions of dollars for business travel platforms — and the signs point to that continuing.
OpenAI’s Travel Tool, TripAdvisor’s Machinations and American Air’s Earnings
Today’s podcast discusses OpenAI’s new travel tool, Tripadvisor bidding battles, and American Airlines’ earnings.
ChatGPT Can Now Book Restaurants and Events on Its Own
OpenAI’s new autonomous digital assistant is an early glimpse of what travel leaders have been waiting for — and warning against — since ChatGPT was first released.
Tripadvisor’s New Partnership With ChatGPT-Competitor Perplexity
The Tripadvisor brand has been struggling, but there could be value in its huge dataset for AI search engines that want to deliver personalized results.
Keegan-Michael Key Is Choice Hotels’ Ad Spokesperson
Choice Hotels really wants you to use your paid vacation days.
Travel Search Changes, AI-Travel Brand Deals and Loyalty Program Lessons
In the briefing today are two reports from last night's Skift Megatrends event in New York alongside reactions to British Airways' loyalty updates.
Altimeter Capital Partner Says AI Will Transform Travel Search: ‘It’s Already Happening’
Thomas Reiner says the best case scenario for online travel agencies is that they lose commissions. And metasearch engines could become things of the past.
Kayak’s CEO: First AI-Online Travel Deal Will Be Like ‘A Dam Breaking’
There are huge stakes in how AI in travel will develop. And the truth is no one can say for certain at this point how it will play out.