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Airbnb Launches AI Tools, Catching Up to OTA Rivals (opens the original)
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Airbnb is not a first-mover in AI launches. That's OK: Kayak wasn't a first-mover in metasearch. The issue isn't necessarily timing, but whether Airbnb can offer AI products that are better than its rivals. Airbnb launched a series of consumer-facing AI features in the U.S., including natural language search and AI property comparisons. OTA rivals have deployed similar tools for an extended period. Starting today, Airbnb offers a search box with natural language search by text or voice for homes
Vrbo to Double Commissions as It Plays Catch-Up to Airbnb (opens the original)
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Airbnb and Booking.com charge no guest fees. But Vrbo has stated that it will keep guest fees, although the amounts will be flexible. That lack of specificity will stoke host anger because this gives hosts little visibility into the actual prices their guests will have to pay. Vrbo, the Expedia Group vacation rental brand, said Tuesday it is transitioning hosts and property managers to a flat 12% fee starting October 29. Property managers connected to a property management system currently pay V
Airbnb CEO on Hotels, Cars, and Flights: 'I Had to Get Over My Ideology' (opens the original)
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky didn't address at length his changing views about Airbnb experiences, but there, too, he's softened his old religion about them having to be unique, and has added mainstream tours and activities. Eighteen years after co-founding Airbnb, CEO Brian Chesky explained how he has become "a little less religious" about what had been a resistance to hotels and standard OTA offerings, such as car rentals and flights. At Skift Global Forum in New York City last week, Chesky even sa
Brian Chesky's Contrarian Approach to Airbnb Experiences: 'Weâve Now Started to Crack Locals' (opens the original)
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Major experiences players market to travelers, not locals. Can Airbnb be the exception to the rule? Airbnb has gone through several false starts with its experiences business, first launched more than a decade ago. It has relaxed its long-held resistance to high-demand mainstream tours of landmarks like the Eiffel Tower. But now the question is whether it can succeed by marketing to locals â something few other experiences companies have found success with. Airbnb relaunched experiences in 202
Booking's 5 AI Experiments â and Why Agoda's Is Next (opens the original)
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Both Booking and Expedia have the luxury to address consumer-facing AI from multiple angles, including chatbots, specialized agents, and startups. Their approaches overlap, but also have distinct differences. Select a question above or ask something else Booking Holdings is coming at AI with five main initiatives, including two internal startups and a soon-to-be launched Agoda trip-planning tool, according to executive comments at investor conferences last week. Priceline's Penny, which was rece
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