DirectBooker Announces Hotel Partners, ChatGPT App

AI hotel aggregator DirectBooker announced supply agreements with five hotel chains including BWH Hotels and Radisson Hotel Group, and launched an app in ChatGPT and a connector in Claude. Founded by former Tripadvisor and Google Travel executives, the company uses Model Context Protocol (MCP) to deliver real-time availability and rates to AI platforms, aiming to help hotels capture direct bookings in AI-driven search and reduce reliance on OTAs.