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Read → The State of Distribution 2026 report confirms AI sits in 50% of hotels while transforming under 10%. Meanwhile, reviews are read by machines, not guests.
Read → Booking and Expedia are attacking consumer AI from several angles at once: chatbots, specialised agents and startups. Agoda is reportedly next in line.
Read → The investor takes to the Skift Global Forum with the question that separates what AI makes abundant from what stays scarce in the travel business.
Read → Conversational AI opens the door to natural-language hotel search, but today's ARI infrastructure lacks the data detail needed to make it work well.
Read → Your hotel website stops discovering and starts verifying. Only 6% of hotels appear steadily in AI answers, and 82% of cited content comes from OTAs.
Read → Google switches on its AI mode to book hotels. Natalie Kimball, from Shiji Horizon, explains on Hospitality Net what changes for distribution and direct bookings.
Read → Anthropic's August 2026 Risk Report flags four risks that hit hotels, airlines and OTAs hard. Almost nobody has read it.
Read → Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano says AI's biggest impact so far is on distribution, how travelers discover hotels online. That's just the start.
Read → An AI hotel query costs more than a Google search. Assistants ration answers and 55% of their picks come from Forbes guides. Time to invest wisely.
Read → Mirai says hotel distribution is splitting in two: SEO for the web, structured data and MCP endpoints for AI agents. A wake-up call for hoteliers.
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