Marriott and United are pitching companies to place ads on their hotel and airline ad networks, citing BCG research that travelers spend impulsively while traveling.
Booking Holdings sees AI as the future of travel. Its Kayak brand's marketing doesn't touch on AI, but is trying to convince Millennials it's OK to book on smartphones and to use Kayak to navigate social media distractions.
Hotel groups must ensure that short-term performance marketing doesn’t quietly erode brand loyalty, which may be key to unlocking bookings driven by agentic AI.
Rosewood's rebrand as a "discovery-led lifestyle forum" sounds like ChatGPT-powered consultant-speak. Strip away the jargon, though, and the underlying ads and employee training have a plausible, justifiable logic.
Once an unreliable luxury, in-flight Wi-Fi is fast becoming a universal expectation — and a fast-emerging channel for travel advertisers. In this talk, Viasat’s Meherwan Polad discusses how combining satellite power with creative monetization models turns connectivity into an engine of both passenger satisfaction and profitability.
Adding vacation rentals to Expedia Group's B2B partner network is progress, but it's amazing that it took so long when you consider how mainstream these properties have become.