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Local brands know China better — what edge do global hotel chains still have?

China’s hotel market is facing a pronounced imbalance between supply and demand, while growing uncertainty over investment returns is making the era of rapid, extensive expansion a thing of the past. Domestic hotel groups are accelerating their push into more niche market segments....

TRAVEL DAILY MEDIA Oct 10, 2026

From “Able to Chat” to “Able to Transact”: How Can AI Truly Become Part of the Travel Industry?

At the 2026 TravelDaily Conference, Fabien Blondet, Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Amadeus, shared Amadeus’ perspective on the development of AI in travel in a keynote titled “Creating Value in Travel with AI: From Trusted Data and Ecosystem Connectivity to Deployment at Scale.”...

TRAVEL DAILY MEDIA Oct 10, 2026

Why travel distributors still matter in the age of AI agents

AI is changing how travel products are discovered, evaluated and booked. But in the view of Felix Shpilman, CEO of Emerging Travel Group (ETG), this does not mean the intermediary layer in travel distribution will disappear. On the contrary, when consumers, businesses, travel agencies, hotels and distributors all have their own AI agents, an aggregation layer connecting these agents will remain indispensable....

TRAVEL DAILY MEDIA Oct 10, 2026