Travel Leaders Grapple With AI Agents

At Skift Global Forum, nearly 1,000 travel leaders from 45 countries debated AI's double edge. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky called AI both an existential risk and the best thing for his company. Expedia shifted from one end-to-end agent to specialized agents. Stripe data shows fraud attempts hit a four-year high, while its Radar tool cut fraud reaching payment by over two-thirds from 2023 to 2025.