The Prompt

Consumers are pushing payments for travel into the digital age as they demand smoother options.

The CEOs of short-term rental managers Evolve and Portoro want high-tech businesses without losing human-led hospitality.

Accor will replace its legacy in-house platform with Amadeus's newest central reservation system over the next few years. The goal is to help reduce the hotel giant's reliance on costly online travel agencies by broadening the channels it can sell rooms on.

Kayak is doing a lot of experiments with AI, not always in the most obvious ways.

"It is impossible to rip out and replace everything we've got, because we are an industry where we have fragmentation," one investor told us.

Hotel guests are still asking the concierge for ideas on what to do - but hotels can be more than a place to sleep.

When airlines face an issue, they don't just need to deal with passengers. They also need to worry about the crew and where the planes go next. United is hoping AI can help.

You can invite generative AI assistant Romie to join your travel-planning group chat. It’s too early to tell if it will be a welcome guest.

Marriott is looking to tap AI to reinvent itself as a travel retailer, letting customers create bespoke experiences much the way they do today when booking an airline ticket.

Microsoft wants to help travel companies adopt generative AI, and many of those connections are coming through Amadeus.