Booking Holdings sees 8% growth in room nights YOY / MakeMyTrip shares AI update / Mews acquires DataChat

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Booking Holdings shares 'early' thoughts on OpenAI apps, reports domestic growth CEO Glenn Fogel conceded that it is still early, but the company is "very happy to be in the first wave of apps with OpenAI."

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