Destination AI Forum Virtual Session, “AI & The Next Booking Shift,” March 13, 2025.
Session one panelists : Harriet Brown (Mobi), Michael Mahar (Wyndham Hotels and Resorts), Brad Brewer (Agentic Hospitality), Jason Cincotta (Kismet).
Session two panelists : Andrew Beckmann (Stripe), Sanjay Vakil (DirectBooker), Greg Duff (Foster Garvey PC), Tyrone Millard (OpenAI), Ira Vouk (Hospitality 2.0). Session one moderated by Michael J. Goldrich (Vivander Advisors). Session two moderated by Ira Vouk. Event organized by Naz Aydin of Destination AI.
3rd annual Destination AI Summit
Sep 29 - 30, 2026
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Nazpari Aydin is a Cornell graduate and the co-founder of the Destination AI Forum, where she helps bring together builders, thinkers, and leaders to explore the future of artificial intelligence. With a strong academic foundation and a passion for innovation, she is dedicated to creating spaces for meaningful conversation, collaboration, and discovery in the AI community.
Brad Brewer is Founder and CEO of Agentic Hospitality, an AI Deployment-as-a-Service platform purpose-built for global Agentic hotel distribution. Developed in collaboration with Brewer Digital and deployed across Google Cloud and Vertex AI, Agentic Hospitality transforms guest interactions into revenue-generating, loyalty-enhancing journeys in real time.
Ira Vouk is the founder of AI Hospitality Alliance, author of top industry publications “Hotel Tech 101” and “Hospitality 2.0” and the originator of the first in the industry online learning courses on hospitality technology and AI search optimization, currently offered to large organizations all over the world.
Michael J. Goldrich, founder and chief advisor of Vivander Advisors, excels in digital and AI strategies, driving transformative growth. His expertise in generative AI establishes him as a prominent figure in this fast-growing field. He developed a five-step process to guide companies in AI transformation.
Destination AI Forum is a nonprofit platform dedicated to advancing the adoption of artificial intelligence across the hospitality industry. Founded in 2024, DAI brings together hoteliers, technologists, investors, researchers, and innovators for an annual in person conference and virtual sessions throughout the year to share real-world applications and accelerate the future of AI in hospitality.
Natural language search is becoming the default discovery layer for travel. Hotels that do not surface structured answers to intent based queries will lose traffic, visibility, and revenue. Agentic Hospitality is an infrastructure-level AI Cloud platform dedicated to empowering hotels and resorts to reclaim the guest journey, enabling direct bookings through AI-native channels, and drive profitable revenue growth.