Vibe coding” is here, describe what you want, and AI builds it. I used it to prototype our new Hawaiʻi Hotel Hui site. No code, just prompts.
LLMs Are the New Influencers
As GenAI becomes a top source for consumer recommendations, hotels face a new challenge: optimizing for AI discoverability, not just search, as LLMs increasingly shape travel decisions.
Google Is Rewriting Hotel Search. Are You Ready?
Google’s new AI Mode is set to reshape hotel search, shifting travelers from links to AI-driven booking, meaning your property won’t surface unless your content, rates, and site are fully AI-ready.
AI Gets a Memory—And That Changes Everything
OpenAI’s new memory-enabled GPTs turn AI into a true personalized assistant, opening big possibilities for hotels, from SOP-ready tools to smarter internal workflows.
Booking.com Gets a Little More Agentic
Booking.com tests agentic AI with OpenAI to turn complex prompts into tailored trip plans, a shift that could reshape how—and where—hotels appear in travelers’ search journeys.
Agentic AI Just Took Its First Swing at Hotel Bookings
Perplexity teams up with Selfbook and Tripadvisor to enable instant, in-platform hotel bookings—an early sign of agentic AI reshaping travel search and shrinking hotels’ chances to capture the booking.
Agentic AI: The Terminator of Travel Jobs?
Agentic AI is poised to reshape travel as platforms like Booking.com embrace tools that make real-time decisions—from trip planning to customer service—raising big questions about what comes next.
AI Podcast
I tested Notebook LM by turning our Canada presentation into a podcast, proof that new AI tools offer fresher, more engaging ways to share insights than old-school PowerPoint.
Never Memorize What You Can Look Up in a Book
Einstein’s “never memorize” mantra meets the modern era as second-brain tools like Notion and Otter.ai raise new questions about whether tech is helping us focus—or making our minds lazy.
The AI space is evolving so quickly it’s almost impossible to keep up!
Generative AI tools gain momentum as Perplexity emerges as a fast, citation-rich “answer engine,” offering new ways for hospitality pros to streamline research, content, and operations.
