Booking Holdings宣布投资1亿美元推出AI旅行代理Vayo，目前仅开放私密测试

Booking Holdings ( BKNG ) announced on Wednesday that it plans to make a $100M investment in new company Vayo, which is launching in private beta with a waitlist now open. Vayo is Booking Holdings' ( BKNG ) AI-powered personal travel agent, designed to manage whole trips rather than answer isolated questions. The app pulls travel confirmations from your inbox, organizes bookings across providers, monitors prices, suggests activities, and flags how disruptions affect other reservations. For now, Vayo is in invite-only beta, but the eventual business model remains undecided, with subscriptions a possibility. "A trip isn't a task, and travelers deserve more than a chatbot," stated Mike Fridgen, CEO and co-founder of Vayo. "With the backing of Booking Holdings, we're building a personal travel agent that understands the entire trip, knows how you travel, and never stops working for you. That's Vayo," he added. Notably, Vayo works across Booking Holdings ( BKNG ) brands and beyond, including reservations made through other travel platforms or directly with airlines and hotels. In the months ahead, Vayo plans to add direct booking, launch a native app, and make it possible to plan trips with travel companions. It will also go deeper once a trip begins, helping travelers navigate the changes and decisions that come up along the way. Shares of BKNG showed a 1% gain in Wednesday morning trading.