Odessia (odessia.com) just launched as an always-on AI travel concierge. You can text it and it will book hotels, flights and experiences for you. As it's IATA-registered, it books like a real agency and the launch post has had over 2 million views on X. I'm curious, with the rise of agentic bookings, what hoteliers and travel startups think? Is anyone already seeing bookings from AI agents?

Something I’ve noticed while working with hotels across Australia and South East Asia is how much travel behaviour has shifted over the past decade. For a long time, the hotel room was the primary product. Everything else — the pool, spa, beach club, rooftop bar — was seen as an amenity attached to the stay. But increasingly, travellers seem to be booking the experience first. I have spent many years observing luxury resorts, to find that the guests are often of older generations and the amenities largely ...