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Booking Holdings Backs New AI Agent Vayo With $100M
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Booking Holdings Backs New AI Agent Vayo With $100M

Booking Holdings is launching and investing up to $100 million into Vayo, an AI travel agent startup designed to aggregate itineraries and cross-platform bookings. Currently in private beta, the tool can direct travelers across competing OTAs and supplier direct sites.

Key Takeaways

  1. 1Booking Holdings commits up to $100 million to AI travel assistant startup Vayo.
  2. 2The platform monitors multi-brand itineraries and can steer bookings to direct hotel sites.
  3. 3Direct transactional booking will be added in beta ahead of a planned 2027 rollout.

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Source: shorttermrentalz.com

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