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The OTA War Was About Price.The AI War Is About Presence

Nearly a quarter of travelers used AI tools for trip planning in late 2025, and most hotels aren’t structured to show up in the answers. This research report identifies four patterns common to AI-ready hotel brands, exposes the organizational gaps slowing the rest of the industry down, and lays out four concrete moves hotels can make in the next 90 days to start winning back direct bookings from AI search.

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61%
Independent Bookings go to OTAs
33%
Travelers using AI for 2026 trips
23%
Practitioners with AEO training
61%
AI-ready brands with named ownership
600K+
Travel Agents & TMCs
26.8Mn+
GDS Reservations / yr
$2Bn
Revenue via GDS annually
99.96%
System uptime
35K+
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