Travel Tech News Briefs: Marriott, Lake.com, RateGain and More

This week's travel tech news includes: Marriott begins beta rollout of Ask Bonvoy AI search; Hospitable expands lodging tax automation to all 50 U.S. states; Agoda introduces real-time flight notifications and AI hotel search; Flae Robotics expands to Germany and Austria; Lonely Planet appoints new executives; Lake.com launches AI trip planning tool Lake Chat; eDreams ODIGEO launches Prime in Latin America; RateGain expands European operations; Navan launches meetings platform; Groupize introduces AI-native meetings platform; Avelo adds disruption assistance; Southwest selects AWS; British Airways upgrades NDC platform; Civitatis partners with Despegar.