Booking Holdings reports strong Q4 / Sabre shifts leadership / MakeMyTrip, Ixigo partner with OpenAI

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Booking Holdings sees 20% rise in travelers booking multiple trip components The company also saw continued growth in both the U.S. and Asia in Q4 2025.

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Latest News Sabre shuffles leadership team for 'AI-native' future Sabre does not see AI agents disintermediating its marketplace and believes it is well-placed as a transactional layer for AI platforms. Read More India-based MakeMyTrip, Ixigo working with OpenAI to expand AI capabilities The travel companies are working with the U.S. AI giant to advance trip planning and AI capabilities across their platforms. Read More Loyalty API platform Odynn secures $9.5M The company said fresh capital will be used to build its team, scale go-to-market efforts and "deepen integrations." Read More Mexican OTA Daypass.com lands $2M for international expansion The startup, founded in 2023 in Mexico City, said it plans to expand operations to 26 countries this year. Read More WebMCP offers path for travel sites to become 'agent-ready' Travel was highlighted as a use case for the WebMCP standard driven by Google and Microsoft. Read More

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