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  1. Business Travel News31

    Groupe Voyages VP Automates Mining and Medical Repatriation Workflows with Amgine

    Quebec-based travel agency Groupe Voyages VP has tapped corporate travel AI platform Amgine to automate workflows in mining workforce travel and medical repatriation services. The agency is first using Amgine to streamline workflows on its group and events desk while keeping agents in the booking process, helping meet clients' growing expectations around speed and visibility. General manager Steven Lang said that for mining and medical repatriation clients, where timing, accuracy and responsiveness are critical, this is an important step forward in service delivery. The agency plans to expand its use of Amgine across other service lines in the future.

  2. Business Travel News35

    BizTrip AI Launches MCP Layer for Booking Inside Claude and ChatGPT

    AI corporate travel platform BizTrip AI introduced custom Model Context Protocol functionality that enables natural-language corporate travel booking within Claude and ChatGPT. Users who connect their BizTrip AI accounts can search for air, hotel and car rental content in those assistants and complete bookings, with corporate policy applicable to natural-language searches. BizTrip AI earlier partnered to use Sabre's global distribution system and SabreMosaic Travel Marketplace for content. Launched last year, the company reported about a dozen enterprise clients at various pilot stages this summer.

  3. Web in Travel50

    澳洲航空忠诚计划与Expedia Group达成酒店与假期预订合作

    澳洲航空忠诚计划宣布与Expedia Group达成战略技术合作，覆盖Qantas Hotels & Holidays与Jetstar Holidays平台的数字预订体验与技术能力。Expedia Group B2B将基于其Composable Agentic Template为澳航打造端到端旅行体验，客户可在单一入口预订酒店与假期套餐、赚取和兑换澳航积分并管理整个行程。升级后的平台计划于2027年上半年上线，建设与整合工作正在进行中。

  4. Web in Travel65

    Expedia B2B整合CarTrawler与Tiqets，聚焦长期B2B战略

    Expedia Group B2B总裁兼首席商务官Alfonso Paredes表示，CarTrawler收购已于9月1日完成，Tiqets已全面整合，其活动库存已上线Expedia Rapid API，并在英国Travel Agent Affiliate Program小范围测试。Expedia B2B第二季度收入同比增长23%，已连续20个季度实现双位数增长，但利润率因合作方组合与整合成本承压。Paredes称最大风险是失去专注，并强调AI是界面、Expedia B2B是基础设施。

  5. Amex GBT Press Room92

    Long Lake完成63亿美元收购Amex GBT，后者从纽交所退市

    Global Business Travel Group（Amex GBT）宣布，其被Long Lake Management以全现金交易收购已完成，公司估值约63亿美元。该交易于2026年5月4日公布，并于2026年8月3日经股东特别大会批准。根据合并协议，Amex GBT股东每股获得9.50美元现金，较合并协议签署日30日成交量加权平均价溢价65.1%。交易完成后，Amex GBT普通股停止交易并从纽约证券交易所退市，公司转为私有。Amex GBT首席执行官Paul Abbott表示，此次交易将Long Lake的AI工程团队引入公司，加速塑造商旅管理的未来，从代理式客户工具到AI赋能的…

  6. JTB Group Newsroom24

    JTB与Fontrip合作推出TOHOKU FunPASS数字周游券

    JTB、Goodfellows JTB和Fontrip Technology Japan三家公司建立合作，以加速跨境旅游发展。合作将JTB集团在日本全国的区域网络和分销系统，与Fontrip集团在台湾、日本、香港和澳门运营的跨境数字旅游平台及FunPASS周游券品牌相结合。三方将于2026年10月1日起销售TOHOKU FunPASS数字观光周游券，提供三种方案，覆盖30多个设施和店铺。

  7. Hotel Dive Feed47

    Expedia Group西雅图总部裁员58人

    根据联邦WARN通知，Expedia Group将在西雅图总部永久裁员58人，涉及数据科学家、财务经理、高级会计师、高级财务分析师和软件开发工程师等岗位，并计划裁减多名副总裁。裁员预计在2026年11月21日至12月1日之间生效。部分裁员源于或导致业务或岗位的迁移或外包。Expedia Group旗下拥有Expedia、Hotels.com、Vrbo、Travelocity、Orbitz等平台。

  8. Skift Feed78

    Booking Holdings推出AI助手Lola，Kayak联合创始人操刀

    Booking Holdings全资推出AI助手Lola，由Kayak联合创始人Steve Hafner与Paul English打造，于周二上线。Lola并非Booking.com内的AI功能，而是定位为OTA本身，目标是在一次对话中把旅客从开放式想法带到完成预订。Hafner直接向CEO Glenn Fogel汇报，并获得“绿地”授权，从零开始写代码和建品牌。团队已开发五个月，约20名员工分布在纽约与马萨诸塞州剑桥。

  9. Skift Feed

    Vrbo to Move to Flat 12% Commission in Bid to Catch Up to Airbnb

    Vrbo, Expedia Group's vacation rental brand, said it is transitioning hosts and property managers to a flat 12% fee starting October 29. Property managers connected to a property management system currently pay a 5% fee, while hosts not connected to a PMS pay an 8% commission. About 55% of listings globally connect to Vrbo through PMS software, including 51% in the U.S., according to AirDNA. The host note did not address guest fees, which currently sit at 11-14%, but a vacation rental expert familiar with Vrbo's plans said the company intends to drastically reduce them; Vrbo's FAQ said travelers will in most cases still see a service fee.

  10. Alibaba Group News

    Alibaba Group Named Official Technology and Cloud Partner of the Brooklyn Nets

    Alibaba Group and Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment announced a multi-year strategic partnership naming Alibaba the Official Technology and Cloud Partner of the Brooklyn Nets and the team's Official Jersey Patch Partner. Beginning with the 2026-27 NBA season, Alibaba technology will power a Real-Time 360° Replay system at Barclays Center, and an in-arena "Nets Figure Lab" will let fans create personalized collectible cards. The partnership also ties into the franchise's 60th anniversary season to test and scale technology and marketing applications.

  11. TravelDaily China50

    飞猪CTO谈AI代理重塑OTA入口与酒店经营

    在2026环球旅讯峰会上，飞猪首席技术官陈烨围绕《Agentic Commerce与AI原生旅行，我们走到了哪一步？》分享观点：当AI Agent替用户搜索、比较、决策甚至完成交易，OTA的流量入口、交易方式与经营方式将随之改变。飞猪已将AI能力嵌入旅行场景，其AI原生应用“飞猪帮帮”覆盖灵感获取、行程规划、预订及出行后服务。陈烨还分享了实时收益管理与营销Agent两个探索案例，后者早期实验中客户获客效率与成本出现2—3倍改善。

  12. Pinchain Tourism28

    同程旅行与无锡机场集团达成战略合作

    9月28日，同程旅行与无锡苏南国际机场集团有限公司战略合作签约仪式在同程旅行苏州总部举行。双方将围绕苏锡两地联动、联合营销、数字化智慧机场建设、航旅产品创新、旅客服务升级、商业提质增效等方向开展深度协同。合作包括搭建联合营销体系、旅客分层分类运营、会员信息轻量化互通、落地“首乘无忧”服务及电子化登机牌权益体系。无锡硕放机场2025年旅客吞吐量达1096万人次。

  13. Pinchain Tourism

    Tongcheng Travel: One-Day Premium Small-Group Orders Up Over 70% Year on Year

    Tongcheng Travel data shows search interest in short-duration destination small groups rose over 110% year on year for the 2026 Mid-Autumn and National Day holiday. As of September 29, searches for 'half-day tour' and 'one-day tour' keywords on the platform rose 128% year on year, and one-day premium small-group orders grew over 70%. Bookings for 2-3 day short-haul small groups and intercity combo products rose over 65%, with families and group travellers dominating. Short-duration small groups unbundle travel services rather than forcing flight and hotel packages.

  14. BCD Travel RSS45

    BCD Travel发布差旅经理可持续选择五步指南

    BCD Travel发布差旅经理指南，提出通过五个步骤影响旅客可持续差旅选择：选定一个决策点、找到决策时刻、将指引嵌入预订流程、衡量结果、学习调整。指南引用BCD调研数据：34%旅客将供应有限和信息不足列为可持续选择的障碍；50%差旅采购方使用在线预订工具消息，但仅28%旅客记得看到过。指南还提供90天试点路线图，分三阶段推进。

  15. China Tourism News

    Saudi Tourism Authority Expands Products and Services to Attract Chinese Visitors

    The Saudi Tourism Authority held a media exchange in Beijing, saying it will continue enriching Saudi travel experiences and launching diversified products for Chinese visitors' long holidays and autumn-winter travel. Offerings cover AlUla's history and desert landscapes, urban entertainment in Riyadh, Diriyah, and Qiddiya City, and Jeddah's old town and coastal life. National Day-themed products for Chinese visitors include multi-city group tours covering Riyadh, AlUla, Hail, and Jeddah, plus Riyadh short trips, private tours with Chinese-speaking driver-guides, and theme-park packages, with itineraries from one to ten days. This year the Saudi Tourism Authority launched the 'China Ready'…

Sep 28Mon
  1. Skift Feed

    Uber Moves into Short-Term Rentals; Airbnb to Launch AI Agent in 2027

    At Skift Global Forum, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi confirmed Uber plans to add vacation rental content through its Expedia Group integration, with 80% of its hotel bookings already coming from UberOne members, bypassing Google. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky committed to launching an AI agent in 2027, calling it the most important product the company has ever built. The discussion also covered AI agents' impact on short-term rental discovery, reviews, and direct booking data.

  2. Skift Feed

    L Catterton Quietly Becomes a Major Travel Investor

    Skift reports that L Catterton's travel investment footprint keeps expanding. The firm led an $800 million investment in private aviation company Flexjet and backed river cruise operator AmaWaterways alongside co-investors with roughly $890 million; it had already invested in Despegar, Norwegian Cruise Line, OneSpaWorld and GetYourGuide. More recently it moved into live experiences through Fever and into hospitality via a new luxury hotel strategy. When Skift reported on the attempted sale of British luxury tour operator Audley Travel, L Catterton appeared as one of the final potential buyers, though the deal fell through. L Catterton manages about $40 billion and is one of the world's larg…

  3. Skift Feed

    Cleartrip Enters India's Fragmented Holiday Package Market

    Cleartrip, the Flipkart-owned online travel platform, announced its entry into holiday packages, bundling flights, hotels, activities and transfers into customizable itineraries. Gaurav Patwari, Chief Business Officer — Air, told Skift that India's overall travel booking market is worth $75 billion-$80 billion, with holidays and packages accounting for about $20 billion. More than 90% of the holiday market remains fragmented, with online penetration even lower. Travelers can start from an expert-curated package and then change hotels, flights, transfers and activities.

  4. TravelDaily China

    Direct Travel Debuts at China Industry Summit with Anyicheng and Avenir

    The 2026 TravelDaily Summit and 2026 Business Travel & Digital Tourism Expo were held at Shanghai International Convention Center on September 22-23, drawing nearly 1,800 industry experts and corporate representatives. Direct Travel, a top-three global business travel services provider, made its first appearance as an exhibitor at a China-based industry summit, presenting its self-developed core products Anyicheng™ and Avenir as a full-chain solution covering China and global travel scenarios. DT's top Asia-Pacific management attended, including APAC Managing Director Ali Hussain, Greater China and Singapore-Malaysia Managing Director Kelly Jones, China Managing Director Qu Ning, and APAC M…

  5. Pinchain Tourism

    *ST Xilv Restructuring: Shaanxi's Richest Man Yan Jianya Set to Take Control

    *ST Xilv (000610.SZ) signed a pre-restructuring investment agreement with the "Sanyuan Haoshiguang" consortium. Industrial investor Sanyuan Jiuhe will acquire about 146 million shares at 3.55 yuan per share for roughly 517 million yuan, while eight co-investors will acquire about 150 million shares at 3.90 yuan per share for roughly 584 million yuan, bringing total new capital to about 1.1 billion yuan. If the restructuring succeeds, Sanyuan Jiuhe becomes controlling shareholder and Shaanxi's richest man Yan Jianya becomes actual controller, ending Qujiang New District's control. The process began with a 1.773 million yuan overdue debt; a creditor filed for pre-restructuring on August 28, 2…

  6. Agoda Newsroom

    Agoda Highlights Six Asian Coffee-Themed Destinations

    Agoda published a feature highlighting six Asian destinations known for their coffee culture: Da Lat in Vietnam, Ipoh in Malaysia, Jeju in South Korea, Bali in Indonesia, Hualien in Taiwan and Chiang Rai in Thailand. Andrew Smith, Senior Vice President of Supply at Agoda, said coffee gives travelers an easy way into a destination. Agoda said its platform covers more than 6 million holiday properties, 130,000 flight routes and 300,000 activities worldwide.

  7. TravelDaily China

    AI Travel Entrepreneur Tests GPT: Personal Trip Planning Process Rewritten

    At the 2026 TravelDaily Summit, Li Shaohua, co-founder and CEO of Beijing Shilv Network Technology, shared his views on travel AI applications and investment trends. He said AI plus travel has entered execution-layer competition: models understand intent, agents organize tasks, but fulfillment still requires travel companies. He personally tested GPT-5.6 for U.S. trip planning and concluded GPT has rewritten the personal travel service process, though booking and payment remain gaps. Surveys show 61% of U.S. consumers use agent services, but only 8% book directly through AI.

  8. TravelDaily China

    Business Travel Demand Grows as Corporate Procurement Logic Shifts

    A TravelDaily Research survey shows 36.5% of business travelers reported increased travel frequency in 2026, mainly up 5-20%, driven by professional services, finance, technology, internet services and healthcare, as well as central SOEs, local SOEs and foreign-invested enterprises in China. 61% of companies have taken cost optimization measures, and 80.7% have asked TMCs to improve quality while reducing fees. About 55% of respondents had international travel experience, with 43% reporting growth. 38.7% of companies have started AI pilots, but ROI and data security are key barriers.

  9. Ctrip Corporate Travel Thinktank News

    Ctrip Corporate Travel Wins Most Trusted TMC Award

    During the 2026 TravelDaily Summit, Ctrip Corporate Travel won the Most Trusted Travel Management Company (TMC) award at the TravelDaily Business Travel Awards (CBTA), voted by corporate travel managers and business travelers. Meanwhile, the Ctrip Corporate Travel AI Ecosystem won the AI Product Track Excellence Award at the 2026 DTA Digital Travel Awards. Launched at the April 2026 Global Partner Conference, the AI ecosystem covers the full travel and procurement workflow with seven AI Agents: travel Q&A, itinerary booking, travel approval, travel insights, compliance and risk control, financial settlement and resource procurement.

Sep 27Sun
  1. Skift Feed

    Airbnb Experiences Pivots to Locals as Paris Growth Hits 6x

    After several false starts since launching more than a decade ago, Airbnb relaunched its experiences business in 2025 with a sluggish start. CEO Brian Chesky said at Skift Global Forum that the company chose to focus on getting one city right — Paris — and that focus is paying off with growth of 6x year over year. Locals in Paris are now booking experiences in Paris, and Airbnb plans to take that playbook to New York and other cities. The company has also relaxed its long-held resistance to high-demand mainstream tours of landmarks like the Eiffel Tower.

  2. Pinchain Tourism

    Qunar: Mid-Autumn 'autumn-chasing' routes bookings up 1.8x week-on-week

    Citing Qunar data, Pinchain Tourism reports that the 2026 three-day Mid-Autumn holiday, separated from National Day by only three working days, drove long-haul and outbound demand as travellers combined leave into a 13-day break. Bookings for 'autumn-chasing' routes rose 1.8x week-on-week and night-tour products doubled year-on-year, with Chinese-style parks overtaking international IP parks and Jiangxi's Gexiancun ranking as the hottest attraction. Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai and seven other cities led hotel demand, where parent and family rooms exceeded 60% of bookings, while county-level short trips also gained. London and Los Angeles entered the top-10 outbound destinations for the first…

  3. Pinchain Tourism

    Meituan Upgrades Jibai to Flagship Edition: AI Connects to PMS to Assist Hotel Revenue Management

    On September 23, Meituan announced that its hotel AI product "Jibai" has been upgraded to a flagship edition. The previously free Lite edition mainly helps hotels handle daily data queries, reviews and operational issues; the flagship edition targets high-star and chain hotels, connecting to PMS systems with merchant authorization to help revenue staff make judgments based on hotel conditions and market status. Meituan data shows Jibai AI covers 140,000 merchants with over 300,000 weekly consultations; deep users saw weekly exposure rise over 50% and RevPAR up an average of 11%. The flagship edition has been deployed with an initial 12 high-star and chain hotels, achieving 98% diagnostic re…

Sep 26Sat
  1. Skift Feed

    Expedia Cuts 58 Roles in Seattle

    Expedia is cutting 58 roles in Seattle, according to a Washington WARN notice filed this week, with the layoffs set to take place between November 21 and December 1. The notice lists several senior roles, including an SVP position Skift previously reported in August, and of 31 total technical positions, 18 are in data science and machine learning. In a statement, Expedia characterized the cuts as streamlining efforts mainly related to finance, saying its Global Finance team is making changes mostly to simplify its org structure, with some employees moving to new roles or locations and some roles being eliminated.

Sep 25Fri
  1. Skift Feed

    Chenault on Travel Membership and AI-Driven Integration

    At Skift Global Forum, Kenneth Chenault, Chairman & Managing Director of General Catalyst, shared lessons from transforming the Amex Platinum card: build on experiences across the full hospitality journey and segment by services and needs. Amex targeted customers in their late 20s and early 30s, and within two years roughly 35% of new Platinum customers were 35 or under. He stressed that strong brands balance rational and emotional values. Long Lake, backed by General Catalyst, used a proprietary AI platform called Nexus to lift revenue growth from 5% to 15-20%; its first acquisition took six months to integrate, while the fifth took three weeks. That model is now being tested at scale with…

  2. Skift Feed

    Airbnb CEO: Rebuilding as an AI-Native Company

    At the Skift Global Forum, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky said the company chose to rebuild around AI rather than layer it onto the existing business. He called AI an existential risk to Airbnb and also its growth engine, accelerating growth and share gains from OTAs and hotels. Airbnb shipped over 600 features this year, nearly twice last year's pace, and nearly half of customer service tickets are now handled by AI in 50 languages. Chesky also said Airbnb will launch its own agent and will eventually welcome chain hotels including Marriott and Hilton.

  3. Skift Feed

    Capital One Travel Positions as a Travel Platform; Over 70% of Customers Seek Live Experiences

    In a Skift Global Forum decision brief, Capital One Travel SVP Sarah Moore said Capital One is positioning itself as a travel platform, not just a credit card company. She said launching Capital One Travel in 2021, later than many competitors, allowed it to study the market, understand modern travelers and build technology-first. As a bank, Capital One can use customer information and transaction data for contextual personalization. Moore said more than 70% of Capital One customers look at some kind of event or live experience when they travel, citing partnerships with MLB, touring artists and José Andrés. She also said a dedicated travel app launched in the past year has been heavily utili…

  4. Business Travel News

    Travelogix and Kudos Partner on Integrated Tech Offering

    Travel data specialist Travelogix has partnered with Brisbane, Australia-based Kudos Travel Technology, with the two working as preferred technology partners to offer a more connected technology ecosystem. Current and prospective customers of both companies gain access to their respective platforms, and mutual customers can move seamlessly between platforms via new single sign-on capabilities tested with joint customer Sanford Travel, an Australia-based TMC. TMCs do not need to be customers of both providers to access shared capabilities, though doing so incurs an additional cost. The agreement initially focuses on preferred territories across the UK, Europe, Africa and Asia, while establis…

  5. Business Travel News

    SkyLink Upgrades AI Servicing Capabilities with Amadeus

    AI corporate travel assistant SkyLink has completed a roughly 18-month substantial upgrade, gaining resources from its Amadeus acquisition to scale globally. The upgrade enables real-time interruption and multi-instruction handling within conversations, adds more agentic capabilities such as exchanges, rebooking and multi-month trips, and includes robust analytics providing an auditable decision trail. Founded in 2021, SkyLink is an LLM-based tool integrated with enterprise chat channels including Microsoft Teams and Slack, with publicly identified clients McKinsey & Company and Sony, and sees TMC productivity as a growth area.

  6. JTB Group Newsroom

    JTB, JCB and JAL Turn Student Ideas into the Gakutabi Hawaii Travel Product

    JTB announced that, together with JCB and Japan Airlines (JAL), it has commercialized the winning student team's proposal from the 2025 Hawaii Idea Contest as a new "Look JTB MySTYLE Gakutabi" product, "Gakutabi Hawaii," released on September 25, 2026. The contest, provided by JCB, JAL and JTB and supported by the Hawaii Tourism Authority Japan office, aims to raise young people's interest in overseas travel. The product is a 4-night/6-day trip departing March 8 and March 9, 2027, featuring a Diamond Head hike and cleanup activity and a "Graduation Party in Hawaii" for students on graduation trips, with idol group CANDY TUNE appearing as a special guest. The product also includes a mechanis…

  7. Agoda Newsroom

    Agoda maps six Asian music-festival destinations

    Agoda released a list of six Asian music-festival destinations: Mumbai, Taipei, Busan, Ko Pha Ngan, Uluwatu in Bali and Chonburi. Agoda said global dance events are expanding rapidly across Asia and that superfans will cross borders for a weekend set, a trend in which the line-up determines the destination. Andrew Smith, Senior Vice President, Supply at Agoda, said the line-up has become the destination, and Agoda is also partnering with Eurovision Asia as its Official Travel Partner.

  8. Skift Feed

    Expedia CEO: Joining Meta's Muse, AEO Becomes Fastest-Growing Channel

    Expedia Group CEO Ariane Gorin said at Skift Global Forum that Expedia will be on Meta's Muse AI agent, with the partnership announced the day before she spoke. She described a case-by-case, experimental approach to emerging agent platforms, with teams engaging Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta. Gorin said AEO (answer engine optimization) is now Expedia's fastest-growing channel and that paid advertising in AI environments is starting to evolve. Expedia reversed course from a single end-to-end agent to modular AI agents reused across brands, while strengthening direct channels through bundling, servicing and loyalty.

Sep 24Thu
  1. BCD Travel RSS

    BCD Travel Launches Tripsource Platform to Enhance Traveler Experience with Guided Engagement

    BCD Travel has launched Tripsource, a platform designed to improve the end-to-end business traveler experience by delivering real-time, contextual guidance and support. The platform combines travel content from aggregators and GDS, enabling booking, trip management, policy application, and risk insights. BCD Travel reports a 90% satisfaction rate with Tripsource. Emphasizing an open ecosystem, the platform can integrate with other booking tools and partners, helping travel managers improve program compliance and performance.

  2. Web in Travel

    Trip.Biz launches Agent ONE; India travel market grows just 1% in 2025

    Trip.Biz, Trip.com Group's business-travel arm, unveiled its Agent ONE AI suite at the Transform 2026 summit in Singapore, comprising planning, booking, approval and insight agents, claiming it cuts average booking time from about 45 minutes to 2 minutes and approval waits from over an hour to under 3 seconds. Meanwhile, a Phocuswright report shows India's travel market grew just 1% to $41.7 billion in 2025, with a 13% rebound to $47.2 billion expected in 2026. Cloudbeds and Klook launched a two-way distribution integration, and WTTC, JATA and Tourism EXPO Japan signed an MOU.

  3. Skift Feed

    Airbnb CEO Chesky Commits to Launching an AI Agent in 2027

    According to Skift, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said at Skift Global Forum that the company will launch its own AI agent in 2027, adding that the new interface would be 'much richer than a chatbot.' Chesky has previously described Airbnb's future as an 'agentic app' and an eventual AI concierge. On the August earnings call, he said that within roughly 12 to 18 months travelers would be able to bring a broad request, such as planning a family trip to Europe, and have the platform help assemble the trip. Just two weeks before the forum, he told Goldman Sachs the company was still piloting richer AI interfaces.

  4. Pinchain Tourism

    Meituan Launches Jibai Flagship Edition, Integrates with Hotel PMS

    On September 23, Meituan announced an upgrade to its hotel AI product Jibai with the launch of a flagship edition targeting upscale and chain hotels, offering full-chain AI support spanning market insight, operational diagnosis and performance review. With merchant authorization, the flagship edition can connect to hotel PMS and other local operating systems to consolidate data scattered across channels. Meituan said the flagship edition has been co-built with a first batch of upscale and chain hotels, achieving 98% diagnostic accuracy and a 20% gain in full-chain management efficiency; merchants deeply using Jibai saw RevPAR rise an average of 11%.