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Wednesday 12 August

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Air & distribution
Hospitality TechnologyUnited States

Toast, Square Expand Google Partnerships to Bring Agentic AI Ordering to Ask Maps via Universal Com…

Square and Toast expanded their integrations with Google, bringing US restaurant operators into Ask Maps, Google Maps' conversational AI interface. Built on the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), diners can discover, customize, and complete orders via natural language prompts while operators maintain control over menus, pricing, and first-party guest relationships. Orders flow directly into operators' workflows, bypassing third-party commissions.

Air & distribution
Hospitality Technology全球

The Next Distribution Shift Won't Be Driven by People

The article explores AI agents as new decision-makers entering the hotel booking journey. Voyagier founder Daniel Gardner argues that hotels need to optimize structured data rather than just human-facing marketing, and the GDS may become more valuable for providing standardized data. He advises hotel tech teams to use AI to describe their hotel to identify data gaps.

Tuesday 11 August

3 updates
Air & distribution
Hospitality TechnologyUnited States

Bilt Expands Bilt OS for Hospitality to Luxury Travel Advisors

Fintech and loyalty platform Bilt announced the expansion of Bilt OS for Hospitality to travel advisors at the Virtuoso Travel Week Tech Summit. The platform integrates a booking engine, itinerary builder, AI concierge, and Sion commission tracking, and offers a client self-booking portal. Bilt co-developed with an advisory board of luxury agency executives, aiming to consolidate fragmented agency software tools into a unified operating system for high-producing luxury agents.

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Hospitality Technology全球

Cendyn Expands CRS Payment Ecosystem to Cut Direct Booking Cart Abandonment

Cendyn has launched a unified payment framework within the Cendyn CRS, integrating Flex Pay, FreedomPay, Stripe, and Gr4vy, introducing BNPL, regional payment gateways, and intelligent routing to reduce payment friction at direct booking checkout and lower cart abandonment. The feature is included as a standard part of the existing CRS subscription at no additional platform fee.

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Bilt debuts tech platform for travel advisors

Bilt announced the opening of Bilt OS for Hospitality to travel advisors at the Virtuoso Travel Week Tech Summit. The platform is personalized to an agency's IATA number and pseudo city code, offering an itinerary builder, Sion commission tracking, and AI concierge, and allows clients to self-book via a 24/7 portal. Pricing is undetermined, with a monthly fee and a per-PNR fee.

Thursday 6 August

1 updates
Air & distribution
Hospitality Technology全球

HBX Group Expands Accommodation Distribution Across Sabre's Global Agency Network

HBX Group has entered a strategic distribution agreement with Sabre to make its accommodation portfolio available across Sabre's global travel agency network, integrating 250,000+ properties into Sabre Mosaic Marketplace via normalized GDS APIs. Travel agencies can query HBX inventory directly through Sabre APIs, eliminating custom integrations. This consolidates GDS and wholesale content, reducing technological friction.

Wednesday 5 August

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Friday 31 July

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Wednesday 15 July

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