Hospitality — AI Distribution Infrastructure Becomes the Central Battleground as SiteMinder, Expedia, and Mews Stake Out Competing Visions for Hotel Commerce

Hospitality · 2026-04-16

TODAY'S SIGNAL — The hospitality technology landscape is fracturing into competing AI philosophies, and the implications for hotel operators are immediate. SiteMinder is betting that AI-driven discovery will replace traditional search, connecting its 53,000-hotel inventory directly to AI booking agents. Expedia's CEO is making the contrarian case that travelers actually distrust LLM-generated…