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AI Sends Hotel Guests, But They Still Book Elsewhere

Original: The Shortlist Effect: She found you through AI. She won't book through it. Yet.

Hospitality commentators are highlighting what they call the 'shortlist effect': travellers increasingly use AI tools to discover and narrow down hotel options, but stop short of completing bookings through those systems, returning instead to traditional channels to make the final reservation. The piece suggests hotels should treat AI as a discovery funnel worth optimising, even though actual AI-driven bookings are not yet happening at scale.

Why now: The hospitality industry is actively debating how AI-driven travel discovery is reshaping booking behaviour and hotel marketing.

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• The Shortlist Effect: She found you through AI. She won't book through it. Yet. · Hospitality Net

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