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Friday brought Markus Busch on Marriott's nine-year Alibaba partnership giving it exclusive AI agent commands on Fliggy while rival chains stay limited to a five-field room search, Erik Tengen on TRevPAR declining 8.8% versus RevPAR's 6.3% exposing what room-only metrics miss, and Jun Kwon arguing consistent delivery and relationship history are the only sales advantages AI cannot commoditize. Dolly Parton's SongTeller Hotel opens, salvaged stays at 194% search growth, and six property announcements closed the week.
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