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This article was written by Lodging Magazine. Click here to read the original article DALLAS, Texas—Sloan Dean launched AI Hospitality Group (AIHG), the hospitality industry’s first fully vertical, AI-native hotel…

📈 Google AI Mode is reshaping hotel bookings by eliminating the research phase, significantly impacting direct booking strategies. In the Philippines, AI assistant Kuya A serves 40-60 million users without official tourism data. Chinese Golden Week 2026 shows a 123% increase in seven-plus night stays, and Trip.com data highlights an 84% rise in multi-destination trips. CLI acquired the ibis Hong Kong for HKD2.3 billion in a major transaction. Housekeeping costs account for 35% of hotel labor expenses.

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AI Hospitality Group (AIHG) wants to run full-service hotels with more tech and fewer managers, plus a fee tied to profit growth instead of the usual top-line revenue.

The partnership brings one of hospitality tech’s fastest-growing revenue automation platforms to the flagship industry event.

💻 On 21 September, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) launched eGov AI with "Kuya A" inside the eGovPH Superapp, reaching 40–60 million users. The app offers real-time government service guidance, including tourism information. President Marcos emphasized AI's role in accountability and public service. DICT targets 60 million users by 2028. No direct partnership with the Department of Tourism exists, highlighting a need for DOT to align its schema with Kuya A to ensure accurate tourism data.

📈 29% of people would allow an AI agent to finalize bookings, but only 7% trust AI for full purchases. By 2027, AI could disrupt travel, shifting 29% to over 90% reliance on AI for bookings, impacting airlines, hotels, OTAs, and metasearch. As of mid-2026, only 11% of hotels could complete AI-based bookings. The transformation will break traditional travel marketing, pricing, loyalty, and storefront strategies, requiring new approaches for machine-readability and transparent offers.

💻 In 2009, Chris Anderson's Cornell study found a 9-26% increase in direct hotel bookings when listed on Expedia. A 2011 follow-up showed for each Expedia booking, hotels got 3-9 more on their sites. Google's AI booking system launched in August, involving 10 companies like Booking.com and Expedia, omitting independent hotels. Research by Tharro (June 23) noted hotels' own sites as sources in under 10% of AI-assisted bookings. The focus remains on direct-booking strategies for loyalty.