Épisodes

  • Monday Rundown: Hotels Must Optimise for Conversational Search Now
    Jul 6 2026

    Hotels are moving from websites to AI chat interfaces as primary discovery channels, with EVT Hotels already live in ChatGPT. Brands that don't structure their data for conversational search risk becoming invisible where travellers increasingly begin their journeys.

    About The Invisible Concierge

    A five-minute morning briefing on AI, agentic search and the future of travel marketing, built for senior travel marketers who'd rather stay ahead than catch up. Every episode covers what's changing in how travellers discover, consider and book – from AI agents and agentic commerce to search visibility, audience behaviour, and what it all means for travel brands right now. Each episode is AI-generated and presented in an AI voice.

    The Invisible Concierge is brought to you by Propellernet, also home to The Digital PR Podcast.

    You can ask the archive anything about AI in travel here.Check out our socials and other useful links here.

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    6 min
  • Monday Rundown: Free to Look, Paid to Be Seen
    Jun 29 2026

    AI agents have shattered the commission-only model by running dozens of queries per booking, forcing hotels to pay per search instead. Without structured data, eighty-four percent of properties remain invisible to these agents, and thirty-three percent of displayed information is factually wrong.

    About The Invisible Concierge

    A five-minute morning briefing on AI, agentic search and the future of travel marketing, built for senior travel marketers who'd rather stay ahead than catch up. Every episode covers what's changing in how travellers discover, consider and book – from AI agents and agentic commerce to search visibility, audience behaviour, and what it all means for travel brands right now. Each episode is AI-generated and presented in an AI voice.

    The Invisible Concierge is brought to you by Propellernet, also home to The Digital PR Podcast.

    You can ask the archive anything about AI in travel here.Check out our socials and other useful links here.

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    5 min
  • Monday Rundown: Google's Commerce Layer Cuts Out the Middleman
    Jun 22 2026

    Google's hotel booking protocol is now live infrastructure, routing reservations through AI agents without human intervention. Brands that aren't integrated risk becoming invisible to the systems mediating discovery.

    About The Invisible Concierge

    A five-minute morning briefing on AI, agentic search and the future of travel marketing, built for senior travel marketers who'd rather stay ahead than catch up. Every episode covers what's changing in how travellers discover, consider and book – from AI agents and agentic commerce to search visibility, audience behaviour, and what it all means for travel brands right now. Each episode is AI-generated and presented in an AI voice.

    The Invisible Concierge is brought to you by Propellernet, also home to The Digital PR Podcast.

    You can ask the archive anything about AI in travel here.Check out our socials and other useful links here.

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    7 min
  • Monday Rundown: Hotels vanishing from AI recommendations
    Jun 15 2026

    The Invisible Concierge episode for 2026-06-15.

    About The Invisible Concierge

    A five-minute morning briefing on AI, agentic search and the future of travel marketing, built for senior travel marketers who'd rather stay ahead than catch up. Every episode covers what's changing in how travellers discover, consider and book – from AI agents and agentic commerce to search visibility, audience behaviour, and what it all means for travel brands right now. Each episode is AI-generated and presented in an AI voice.

    The Invisible Concierge is brought to you by Propellernet, also home to The Digital PR Podcast.

    You can ask the archive anything about AI in travel here.Check out our socials and other useful links here.

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    6 min
  • Monday Rundown: AI Squeezes Travel From Both Profit Sides
    Jun 8 2026

    AI agents search without human limits, deteriorating the look-to-book ratio that underpins travel distribution. Platform operators must now absorb rising search costs whilst maintaining unit economics, widening the gap between scaled competitors and the rest.

    About The Invisible Concierge

    A five-minute morning briefing on AI, agentic search and the future of travel marketing, built for senior travel marketers who'd rather stay ahead than catch up. Every episode covers what's changing in how travellers discover, consider and book – from AI agents and agentic commerce to search visibility, audience behaviour, and what it all means for travel brands right now. Each episode is AI-generated and presented in an AI voice.

    The Invisible Concierge is brought to you by Propellernet, also home to The Digital PR Podcast.

    You can ask the archive anything about AI in travel here.Check out our socials and other useful links here.

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    6 min
  • Unsolved Tension: Agents Control Access, But Guests Still Matter
    Jun 4 2026

    Two-thirds of travellers now use AI to plan trips, forcing brands to optimise for agent visibility or risk invisibility. Yet building only for algorithms erodes the direct customer relationships that generate loyalty and margin.

    About The Invisible Concierge

    A five-minute morning briefing on AI, agentic search and the future of travel marketing, built for senior travel marketers who'd rather stay ahead than catch up. Every episode covers what's changing in how travellers discover, consider and book – from AI agents and agentic commerce to search visibility, audience behaviour, and what it all means for travel brands right now. Each episode is AI-generated and presented in an AI voice.

    The Invisible Concierge is brought to you by Propellernet, also home to The Digital PR Podcast.

    You can ask the archive anything about AI in travel here.Check out our socials and other useful links here.

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    5 min
  • Practical Playbook: Seventy-Five Percent Fewer Calls, Better Guest Time
    Jun 3 2026

    AI agents autonomously resolve guest queries at luxury properties, freeing staff from phones to focus on in-person experiences. For villa operators, this shift transforms service quality beyond what payroll alone could achieve.

    About The Invisible Concierge

    A five-minute morning briefing on AI, agentic search and the future of travel marketing, built for senior travel marketers who'd rather stay ahead than catch up. Every episode covers what's changing in how travellers discover, consider and book – from AI agents and agentic commerce to search visibility, audience behaviour, and what it all means for travel brands right now. Each episode is AI-generated and presented in an AI voice.

    The Invisible Concierge is brought to you by Propellernet, also home to The Digital PR Podcast.

    You can ask the archive anything about AI in travel here.Check out our socials and other useful links here.

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    6 min
  • Deep Dive: Expedia's Data Moat Beats AI Sophistication
    Jun 2 2026

    Expedia and Booking are building trust through invisible infrastructure, not chatbot interfaces. For travel brands without verified inventory control, becoming invisible to AI systems that mediate discovery is the real competitive risk.

    About The Invisible Concierge

    A five-minute morning briefing on AI, agentic search and the future of travel marketing, built for senior travel marketers who'd rather stay ahead than catch up. Every episode covers what's changing in how travellers discover, consider and book – from AI agents and agentic commerce to search visibility, audience behaviour, and what it all means for travel brands right now. Each episode is AI-generated and presented in an AI voice.

    The Invisible Concierge is brought to you by Propellernet, also home to The Digital PR Podcast.

    You can ask the archive anything about AI in travel here.Check out our socials and other useful links here.

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    6 min