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Amadeus AI Foundry: Turning AI capabilities into operational value

New blog post: 'How is Amadeus helping turn AI capabilities into operational value?' Discover how the Amadeus AI Foundry scales AI across the business with reusable solutions, governance, trust, and operational impact. Published Oct 1, 2026.

Air Arabia signs group-level distribution agreement with Amadeus

Air Arabia and Amadeus sign a distribution agreement, enabling travel sellers to book airline content through standard workflows.

Amadeus published its financial results for Q1 2026

Amadeus published its financial results for Q1 2026.

Residence Manager Startup Organizes Shared Vacation Homes

Austrian startup Residence Manager has launched a software platform to manage shared vacation properties, targeting families, inheritance communities, and private owner groups. The tool offers a shared usage calendar, guest management, stay compensation, and cleaning/service task organization. It also includes automatic guest communications, optional integration with Airbnb and Booking.com, and a transparent cost settlement system. The platform emphasizes owner control, allowing properties to remain private or be opened to external guests. Pricing starts at €8.99/month for the Basic package and €16.99/month for Plus, with a 10% transaction fee for external guest payments. The founders, Birgit and Clemens Gruber, aim to reduce organizational friction and increase transparency among co-owners.

• Residence Manager is a software platform for organizing shared vacation homes.
• The startup was founded by Birgit Gruber and Clemens Gruber in Lower Austria.
• The platform includes a shared usage calendar, guest management, and service task organization.

Booking.com renews partnership with UEFA national team competitions

The world's leading online travel booking platform will continue as the official accommodation and attractions partner, helping fans plan and experience their football journeys across UEFA ...

Google’s AI Mode Adds Flight Tracking and Hotel Booking

Google announced updates to AI Mode, its conversational search experience, enabling users to track flight prices, book hotels, and view flight and hotel costs in points or miles. AI Mode can now show options and latest prices from more than 300 airlines and travel sites, allow users to build itineraries or track prices with email alerts, and complete hotel bookings via a “Continue on Google” flow that uses partners and Google Pay. Flight price tracking is available in over 180 countries, and hotel booking has begun rolling out in the U.S. in English with multiple major hotel chains and travel sites as partners.

• Google updated AI Mode to let users track flight prices, book hotels, and see costs in points or miles.
• AI Mode displays prices from more than 300 airlines and travel sites and can build itineraries or track prices with email alerts.
• Flight price tracking in AI Mode is available in more than 180 countries.