Booking Holdings Says AI Assistant Users Book Twice as Often, Even as a $1 Billion FTC Hit Over Priceline Fees Dents Its Quarter

Booking Holdings says travelers using its AI assistants at Priceline and Agoda convert at about twice the rate of non-users, as room nights rose 7% and gross bookings hit $54.5 billion. The same quarter carried a $1 billion FTC-related charge over fees and support, and a much slower holiday outlook. Here is what it means for travel businesses.

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Every U.S.-Bound Traveler Must Sign an Ebola Form Starting November 3 as Airlines Warn It’s Unworkable

Starting November 3, every person on an international flight to the United States must sign a CDC attestation that they have not been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the past 21 days. Airline groups say the timeline is unworkable. Here is what the rule requires and what it means for business travelers.

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