Innovation

🚨 ChatGPT just became a shopping mall. And Amazon should be worried. OpenAI just launched Instant Checkout—letting users buy directly from over 1 million Shopify merchants (Glossier, Skims, Spanx, Vuori)…

En español, en français, em português. Think about your own habits: the way you search for information and get answers has already transformed. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping user behavior…

It was great to be at Skift Global Forum last month in conversation with Dennis Schaal to discuss where Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) has come from and where we’re headed.…

The age of AI search is here and it’s already reshaping how travelers discover and book hotels. Instead of scrolling through endless links, guests now expect AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity to “do the Googling for them” and deliver one trusted answer. As a hotel operator, your job is to make sure your property is part of that answer. That ensures that you: stay visible, capture more direct bookings, and stay ahead of competitors in this new distribution landscape.

Bookboost, the industry-leading hospitality engagement platform, is proud to announce a new partnership with CIC Hospitality, a forward-thinking hotel group known for its innovative approach to guest experience.

🚀 OpenAI just redefined how we’ll interact with travel. And hotels should pay attention. With the launch of Apps inside ChatGPT, OpenAI has turned its assistant into a true platform.…

Travellers in the UK are rapidly turning to new sources of information, including Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) and travel influencers, when it comes to planning their next trip, according to a major new global study from transformative travel provider, Amadeus.

Travel Ads, powered by Smart+, are a suite of catalog-based ad solutions that drive effective performance outcomes for travel advertisers. Travel Ads allow you to automatically promote your hotels, flights,…

Uniting the strength of Visa’s trusted infrastructure with HotelRunner’s deep presence in hospitality, this strategic preferred partnership sets the foundation for a new era of embedded finance in travel. By bringing Visa’s products directly into HotelRunner’s platform, this collaboration will enable seamless, secure, and scalable cross-border payments and settlements for thousands of travel businesses worldwide.