Ronan Daniel

📚 Sabre, January 2026, released “The Secure AI Advantage” white paper on AI governance in travel. They propose a governance framework with four pillars: data privacy, continuous agent identity, real-time resilience, and transparent governance. Sabre’s Travel Data Cloud and SabreMosaic platform, developed with Google Cloud, support secure, controlled AI operations. Chief Information Security Officer Scott Moser emphasizes the need for trust in autonomous systems to transform the travel industry. Competitive advantage lies in governed, traceable, real-time controlled autonomy.

💻 Best Western and Tripadvisor launch "Go for the Goal," an AI-powered trip planner for the 2026 World Cup. Over 200 BWH hotels within 40 km of stadiums in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico are highlighted. The platform offers personalized itineraries in English and Spanish, integrating accommodations, travel routes, and cultural recommendations. It's the first World Cup across three countries, making travel planning complex. Available at goforthegoal.ai, it leverages data for seamless, flexible planning.

💸 S4BT launched Trevium, a unified financial platform for business travel, on January 2026. This solution automates payments, invoicing, VAT, and reporting, integrating with existing systems via a modular, API-first architecture. Already accessible to S4BT clients, Trevium enhances data quality, reduces manual input, and improves compliance, including VAT recovery across Europe. It also supports sustainability reporting by measuring CO₂ emissions, addressing fragmented financial processes in business travel. CEO Ziad Minkara emphasized its transformative power.

📰 Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) extends its contract with HotelHub for three more years, starting January 26, 2026. The partnership, which began in 2021, supports FCTG's brands, FCM Travel and Corporate Traveller, with enhanced hotel distribution solutions. Kelly Spencer from FCTG highlights HotelHub's scalable technology for improving cost control and compliance. Paul Raymond of HotelHub emphasizes the successful collaboration, which aggregates multi-source hotel content for improved booking experiences.