Episodes
Every brief, organized by month. Vacation rentals get the strongest lens, but coverage spans airlines, hotels, GDS, OTAs, and the full travel tech stack.
Google's Newest Travel Plays
Google's I/O event landed with a wall of announcements, but two moves stand out for travel: the Universal Cart and the quietly-released WebMCP. Together they sketch out Google's strategy for owning the agentic booking journey without becoming an OTA themselves and keeping their best advertisers happy.
Airbnb's Apple Strategy and Summer 2026 Release
Airbnb shipped its most ambitious product release in years — boutique hotels, car rentals, grocery delivery, and AI features across the board. Now the question is whether their approach to AI distribution will look like genius or the most expensive strategic restraint in travel tech history.
AI Moves The Front Door
Episode 1 of the AITB Foundational Series maps the state of AI search, discovery, and distribution in 2026: the state of adoption, the rise of agentic pipelines, the 80–2 gap between executives and consumers, where TikTok and Uber stand and why corporate travel may move first, not last.
Welcome to the AI Travel Brief
Why this show exists, what it is, and what it isn't. An introduction to The AI Travel Brief — a news briefing on AI in travel, made for operators.