Hotel connectivity stopped being plumbing
Expedia Group and RateHawk published research the same week recasting hotel connectivity from neutral infrastructure into the entry condition for AI-driven, platform-controlled distribution.
Expedia Group and RateHawk published research the same week recasting hotel connectivity from neutral infrastructure into the entry condition for AI-driven, platform-controlled distribution.
Booking Holdings and Airbnb are each funding separate AI travel ventures as hedges, raising the risk that hotels will soon rent visibility from the same parent that runs both the OTA and the assistant.