By Abby Crotty

ReFly said the strategic partnership will support its next phase of growth and fundraising strategy.

Amex GBT CTO Michael Esquibel said Long Lake is "in it for the long haul" as the pair collaborates on AI.

Japan is the first market outside of North America to access the AI agent.

The regulator said it has opened formal proceedings to determine whether Booking.com may have breached the EU's Digital Services Act.

The funding will be used for product development, international expansion and to strengthen integrations with reservation systems such as Tripadvisor-owned Bókun.

BizTrip said the move better positions the company as AI changes how enterprise software reaches end users.

According to Holibob, the free toolkit cuts the time travel brands need to add experiences from months to days.

The funding includes £1 million from Hive Box, which is also providing 100 smart lockers for deployment across the U.K. and Europe.

With AI agents becoming gatekeepers, travel brands need to influence them to act as ambassadors instead, according to Expedia's Daniel Shin Un Kang.