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On the back of its November acquisition of GamePlanner.AI, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said his company can create a new AI interface, and that it will help transform Airbnb into a “cross-vertical company” like Amazon or Apple.

What is the future of travel? Answering that is Skift’s editorial mission, and the release of our annual Megatrends is core to that mission.

Amazon launched what one executive said was its “first-ever” Cyber Week Travel Deals.

Spain’s anti-trust agency CNMC on Wednesday cleared Amazon, Booking Holdings and Tripadvisor of participating in or facilitating fake reviews on their websites.

Despite sophisticated machine learning and artificial intelligence, online fake reviews remain a problem. And now, major online travel, retail and review platforms have formed a coalition to combat them.

TikTok has a special way of feeding you videos about products you probably don't need, but that might come in handy someday.

Online travel company Agoda has announced that it has partnered with Indian e-commerce platform Snapdeal to deliver what it calls cost-effective travel options for Indian consumers.

Jude Bricker, CEO of Sun Country Airlines, said it’s premature to reach definite conclusions regarding the airline industry seven months into its recovery, especially pertaining to business travel’s ongoing rebound.

Booking.com does it and so do Amazon, Etsy and Alibaba, so why not Airbnb?

The airline Ryanair and travel guide publisher Lonely Planet are taking part in a new $100 million program by Amazon Web Services to explore innovations in generative AI.

AI has the potential to transform the ways travel companies offer hyper-personalized customer service, and the industry could make a notable shift in that direction as early as next year. 

Amazon.com Inc is partnering with travel booking site Priceline to offer discounts during Tuesday’s Prime Day, the first time an online travel agency has participated in the shopping event.

Google is among the platforms that have informed the European Union that it meets the definition of being a “gatekeeper,” and Booking.com stated this week that it expects to meet that criteria “at the end of 2023.”