Agentic AI in travel: Technology readiness and consumer trust

In an ITB Berlin panel, executives from Booking.com, Google, Sabre, and Skyscanner discussed agentic AI in travel. Google's James Byers stressed differences from retail, suggesting autonomous agents may be a year away. Booking.com's James Waters highlighted trust as key: ~90% look forward to gen AI, but only single-digit percentages trust it to make decisions.