AI Is Breaking Travel's Search Economics.

On Monday's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast (  / goodmorninghospitality  ) , Brandreth Canaley (  / brandrethcanaley  ) , Michael Goldin (  / michaelgoldin1  ) , and Jamie Lane (  / jamiehlane  ) break down what AI is actually doing to travel economics and operations right now. The conversation opens with a story that stops you in your tracks: one traveler used Claude (  / claude  ) to run 881,076 searches on Etihad (  / etihadairways  ) Airways to find one flight. The infrastructure cost of that search exceeded the commission. From there, the team digs into Brian Chesky (  / brianchesky  ) 's move to build an AI lab outside of Airbnb (  / airbnb  ) and what it signals about the platform's AI strategy, before closing with a look at what real AI adoption looks like at scale through Evolve (  / evolve-vacation-rental  ) 's playbook of deflecting 60% of guest inquiries without human intervention. This episode is presented by ⁠Cloudbeds⁠ (  / cloudbeds  ) & ⁠Bilt⁠ (  / biltrewards  ) . Visit ⁠cloudbeds.com/gmh⁠ (http://cloudbeds.com/gmh) to learn more. And for hotels with restaurants and restaurant owners, Bilt Hospitality is finally here. Go to ⁠joinbilt.com/gmh⁠ (http://joinbilt.com/gmh) to learn more. And if you're leaving direct bookings on the table, StayFi turns your wifi into a guest relationship engine. Visit https://stayfi.com/goodmorninghospita... (https://lnkd.in/gFzCttsg) to learn more.