AI Panic Eases! OpenAI Throws in the Towel, Making Booking Holdings the Winner of the Travel Revolution!

At the beginning of the year, there was panic in the market. Will AI models soon make online travel agencies obsolete? The fear was justified. What happens if all-knowing AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, or OpenClaw take over the entire booking process? The idea that a user would just ask a chatbot to plan and handle the perfect vacation from the initial search through the details to final payment made platforms like Booking Holdings (i)(BKNG) suddenly seem threatened. This concern appeared frighteningly real for a moment and massively pushed stock...