{"podcast":{"title":"Skift Daily Briefing","slug":"skift-daily-briefing-15922","podcast_index_feed_id":15922,"rss_url":"https://api.spokenlayer.com/feed/channel/skift-multi-ext/3c9929b72538c12bd92ac6762f8d798b9d4e8cdca7692ea74f466061d01816cb","website_url":"https://skift.com/skift-travel-podcasts/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/41590c40-b9bb-11ed-ba38-d769e7249445/image/c4acd533fb80025ef4019cb84867f423.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Skift","episode_count":1208,"summary":"Everything you need to know about the business of travel today. Each episode covers new travel stories from Skift's editorial team. Listen to the latest developments at hotels, airlines, destinations, online booking sites, and more. Published Tuesday through Friday by 5am ET. For ongoing coverage, please visit Skift.com/news.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T18:21:59.163743+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skift-daily-briefing-15922"},"episode":{"title":"One Guy Used AI to Pull 881,000 Fares  and Broke the Travel Industry's Brain","slug":"one-guy-used-ai-to-pull-881-000-fares-and-broke-the-travel-industry-s-brain","published_at":"2026-06-03T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skift-daily-briefing-15922/one-guy-used-ai-to-pull-881-000-fares-and-broke-the-travel-industry-s-brain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skift-daily-briefing-15922","url":"https://skift.com/skift-travel-podcasts/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SKIFT5336809813.mp3","summary":"A single AI-powered flight search just exposed a massive economic blind spot for the entire travel industry, new research reveals that treating women as one travel segment is quietly costing brands serious revenue, and Expedia's new chief AI officer just laid out the company's boldest bet yet. On today's Skift Daily Briefing, Sarah Dandashy breaks down why AI-powered travel search is breaking a system built on the assumption that humans eventually give up, how brands still running generic women's campaigns are leaving their highest-value customers completely unreached, and why Expedia's answer to AI disruption is to become the infrastructure everyone else depends on. Articles Referenced: Honorable Mention: @AskAConcierge on IG AI Impact on Travel Search Costs Women Travelers Are Not a Segment. Treating Them as One Is a Strategic Mistake. Expedia's New Chief AI Officer on What the Company Is Really Building Connect with Skift LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/skift Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the travel industry.","meta_description":"A single AI-powered flight search just exposed a massive economic blind spot for the entire travel industry, new research reveals that treating women as o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":338,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/skift-daily-briefing-15922/episodes/one-guy-used-ai-to-pull-881-000-fares-and-broke-the-travel-industry-s-brain/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skift-daily-briefing-15922/one-guy-used-ai-to-pull-881-000-fares-and-broke-the-travel-industry-s-brain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}