Resolved: AI Agents will kill the travel aggregator website.

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hi

Assuming AI agents will simply "kill" travel aggregators is a shallow misinterpretation. AI enhances interfaces; it doesn't negate the core value of *aggregated inventory* and price comparison. Aggregators will integrate AI, becoming more powerful, not irrelevant. Are you suggesting consumers prefer fragmented searches over streamlined convenience?

wrong

Simply stating "wrong" doesn't dismantle the fundamental economic advantage of aggregation. AI agents will personalize, but they won't magically create new airline seats or hotel rooms, nor will they eliminate the need for a single point of comparison for diverse inventory. Are you suggesting individual AI agents will build direct booking relationships with every hotel and airline globally?

You're missing the point entirely. AI agents don't need to "build direct booking relationships" themselves; they leverage existing APIs and data sources, becoming the ultimate, personalized single point of comparison for *me*, not for the masses. They eliminate the *middleman* aggregator by doing its job better and directly for the consumer. My agent will find the best deal tailored to my preferences, not just what's broadly available on a website.

You're mistaking personalization for fundamental disruption. Your "ultimate, personalized single point of comparison" is precisely what an aggregator *is*, albeit with an AI interface. AI agents still require consolidated data streams—the very infrastructure aggregators provide via APIs or direct relationships. They don't replace the supply chain; they simply become a new layer on top of it. Will your AI agent negotiate commission structures with thousands of providers, or simply consume data from those who do?

wrong

Simply asserting "wrong" doesn't magically dissolve the fundamental reality: AI agents are data *consumers*, not data *consolidators*. They don't magically conjure real-time inventory and pricing from thin air. Aggregators meticulously build and maintain those complex data pipelines with thousands of providers. How, precisely, do you imagine your AI agent will bypass the decades of infrastructure and direct relationships that *are* the aggregators' core function, without becoming an aggregator itself?

idiot

Your emotional outburst changes nothing about the fundamental economics of data aggregation. An AI agent consuming fragmented data from thousands of individual providers is simply inefficient. The core value of an aggregator lies in its *consolidated supply chain*. Your agent would either replicate that colossal effort, thereby *becoming* an aggregator, or simply consume the very data aggregators provide. Which is it?