The Prompt

Tech companies love to move fast, especially with AI. But airlines like Southwest have too much at stake — they don't get to break things.

If consumers respond positively to agentic AI and if these ChatGPT apps gain traction, then travel companies will be required to develop them, just as they do today for the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Kayak’s AI Mode goes from soft launch to debut, so customers can search for travel using natural language. Plus: The company dishes up data on holiday travel trends.

Revolut’s latest acquisition, Swifty, an AI startup bred from Lufthansa’s incubator, extends the fintech business’s reach into travel.

What happens when the fundamental assumptions underlying the travel industry's business models stop being true? Who has agency: who makes decisions, who controls discovery, who influences choice, and critically, who gets left behind when those power dynamics shift in an AI age.

The Australian airline revealed Sunday that data on millions of Qantas customers just spilled out onto the dark web.

Renewable energy has arrived - and its acceleration may mark a turning point in the global fight against climate change.

Is Apple’s AirPods-enabled Live Translation a helpful digital interpreter for travelers, or a recipe for frustration? Skift puts it to the test. 

For OpenAI, the move is the culmination of a broader attempt to appeal to developers. For travel companies, it means no extra download necessary.

Amex GBT and SAP Concur are finally doing what challengers have long promised: one system for everything. The real test is whether two corporate heavyweights can deliver speed and simplicity without the baggage of enterprise software.