{"id":49221,"date":"2026-02-26T18:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=49221"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:57:00","slug":"amadeus-acquires-skylink-to-accelerate-the-deployment-of-ai-in-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=49221","title":{"rendered":"Amadeus acquires SkyLink to accelerate the deployment of AI in travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><i>As the industry moves from AI proof of concepts to adoption, Amadeus takes the next step in delivering meaningful AI use cases at scale with the acquisition of SkyLink\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Amadeus to enable smarter, more automated and faster travel bookings by adding\u00a0SkyLink&#8217;s\u00a0AI-driven conversational technology to its product portfolio\u00a0to\u00a0assist\u00a0travelers and employees on the road<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Feb. 26, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Amadeus today announces the acquisition of\u202f<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tryskylink.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SkyLink<\/a><\/u>, an AI-first, New York headquartered technology company with\u00a0a strong reputation\u00a0in the US, specializing in orchestration and conversational automation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2921166\/Amadeus_CEO_Luis_Maroto_Headshot_2026.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2921166\/Amadeus_CEO_Luis_Maroto_Headshot_2026.jpg?p=medium600\" title=\"Luis Maroto, President and CEO at Amadeus\" alt=\"Luis Maroto, President and CEO at Amadeus\" \/> <\/a> <br \/><span>Luis Maroto, President and CEO at Amadeus<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Founded to improve the corporate travel experience,\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tryskylink.com\/#how-it-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SkyLink has built a proprietary AI architecture and multilayer orchestration engine<\/a><\/u>\u00a0designed to integrate simply and seamlessly into chat platforms.<\/p>\n<p>This enables travelers to smoothly book and service flights and hotels conversationally in a matter of seconds, while businesses can\u00a0benefit\u00a0from meaningful cost savings as well as productivity gains as their employees unlock time for higher-value work. With adoption accelerating quickly, and tens of thousands of bookings already completed,\u00a0SkyLink\u00a0is already showing how cleverly designed AI can raise the standard for speed, simplicity, and user satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Against a backdrop that is shifting from proof of concepts to adoption of AI, this acquisition further underpins Amadeus&#8217; strategy to deploy AI use cases that deliver meaningful value across the travel industry, grounded in scalability and operational reality, building on Amadeus&#8217; longstanding application of AI to\u00a0optimize\u00a0travel operations.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this approach, Amadeus is progressively enabling its products with AI-powered conversational layers that help customers&#8217; employees more easily access insights and make fuller use of existing capabilities.\u00a0SkyLink&#8217;s\u00a0AI-native framework complements Amadeus&#8217; global scale, strong technology, suite of APIs, and deep industry\u00a0expertise. Operating across more than 190 markets and processing billions of search requests and millions of travel transactions every day, Amadeus&#8217; scale enables AI to be applied reliably and at volume, supporting more relevant and efficient traveler interactions.<\/p>\n<p>One immediate tangible benefit of this deal to the traveler is\u00a0SkyLink&#8217;s\u00a0complementary technology to support the evolving needs of the Travel Management Company (TMC) world. This will enhance and extend\u00a0Amadeus&#8217;\u00a0solution capabilities for corporate travel, particularly expanding Amadeus&#8217; existing strong customer base in North America.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, Amadeus will\u00a0be\u00a0expanding\u00a0these AI-driven conversational capabilities beyond corporate travel, across airlines, airports and hospitality, and the wider travel ecosystem, again reinforcing Amadeus&#8217; existing portfolio that enables customers to deploy AI-powered conversational companions, supporting travelers before, during and after the journey and allowing travel providers to deliver more seamless and responsive experiences at scale.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Combining our AI-native technology with Amadeus&#8217; scale and industry reach will allow us to deploy our technology faster and bring powerful new capabilities that\u00a0benefit\u00a0travelers and companies across the travel industry.\u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0a pivotal time to deliver concrete AI solutions and, now with Amadeus, we can accelerate the next phase of travel\u00a0innovation&#8221;\u00a0<\/i>said\u00a0<b><i>Atyab\u00a0Bhatti,\u00a0CEO &amp; Co-Founder,\u00a0SkyLink.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Luis Maroto,\u00a0President and CEO, Amadeus<\/i><\/b><i>\u00a0said<b>:<\/b>\u00a0&#8220;Amadeus is\u00a0the embedded and neutral execution layer\u00a0for travel;\u00a0built on three pillars:\u00a0our global scale, the power of our integrated and deeply connected business logic, and our\u202fstatus as a trusted system of record in the industry since 1987.\u00a0These pillars enable us to\u00a0apply\u00a0AI-driven capabilities consistently across airlines, airports, hotels, travel\u00a0sellers\u00a0and the wider travel ecosystem.\u00a0Our technology is deeply integrated across the travel\u00a0industry,\u00a0connecting systems and workflows developed over decades. It combines industrial-grade reliability, operational resilience, and data-driven insight that enable us to deploy AI in real-world production environments globally. Together, these pillars reinforce Amadeus&#8217; role as the trusted technology\u00a0partner\u00a0enabling innovation at scale and\u00a0allowing\u00a0AI\u00a0to\u00a0augment and reinforce\u00a0the travel experience.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Strategic partnerships with leading technology companies and targeted investments support Amadeus&#8217; long-term approach to applying AI where it delivers operational value across the travel ecosystem. Guided by a robust AI ethics framework, Amadeus ensures that\u202fcutting-edge\u202fAI is developed responsibly, securely, and with meaningful impact for the industry.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this approach, Amadeus continues to refine how developers and partners access its AI capabilities and beyond, prioritizing secure, scalable interfaces aligned with real world usage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"prntal\"><b>Notes to the editors:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Amadeus<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Amadeus makes the experience of travel better for everyone, everywhere by inspiring innovation, partnerships and responsibility to people, places and planet.<\/p>\n<p>Our technology powers the travel and tourism industry. Inspiring more open ways of working. More connected ways of thinking, centered around the traveler. Our open platform connects the global travel and hospitality ecosystem. From startups to big industry players and governments too. Together, transforming how travel works.<\/p>\n<p>We are working to make travel a force for social and environmental good. A collective responsibility to protect and improve the people and places we visit, ensuring travel continues to make positive contribution to our world.<\/p>\n<p>We apply innovation to meet new needs, to solve real challenges. Our truly diverse global workforce, made up of 150 nationalities, is passionate about travel and technology.<\/p>\n<p>We are an IBEX 35 company, listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange under AMS.MC. We have also been recognized by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the last 13 years.<\/p>\n<p>Amadeus. It&#8217;s how travel works better.<\/p>\n<p><span>Learn more about Amadeus at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amadeus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.amadeus.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About\u00a0SkyLink<\/b><\/p>\n<p>SkyLink\u00a0is an AI-native corporate travel platform\u00a0transforming how\u00a0enterprises plan, book, and manage travel. Headquartered in New York,\u00a0SkyLink\u00a0is a Y Combinator-backed technology company that combines conversational AI with deep travel industry integrations to deliver a modern alternative to traditional booking tools and agent-driven offline workflows.\u00a0SkyLink\u00a0was built from the ground up around autonomous workflows that understand traveler intent, company policy, and operational constraints in real time. The platform orchestrates complex travel decisions \u2014 including search, policy compliance, and booking management &amp; execution\u2014 through a natural conversational interface embedded directly into workplace tools such as Slack and Microsoft Teams. By automating complex travel workflows and reducing reliance on manual coordination,\u00a0SkyLink\u00a0helps enterprises improve\u00a0traveler\u00a0experience, increase efficiency, and\u00a0optimize\u00a0travel.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><i>As the industry moves from AI proof of concepts to adoption, Amadeus takes the next step in delivering meaningful AI use cases at scale with the acquisition of SkyLink\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Amadeus to enable smarter, more automated and faster travel bookings by adding\u00a0SkyLink&#8217;s\u00a0AI-driven conversational technology to its product portfolio\u00a0to\u00a0assist\u00a0travelers and employees on the road<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Feb. 26, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Amadeus today announces the acquisition of\u202f<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tryskylink.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SkyLink<\/a><\/u>, an AI-first, New York headquartered technology company with\u00a0a strong reputation\u00a0in the US, specializing in orchestration and conversational automation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2921166\/Amadeus_CEO_Luis_Maroto_Headshot_2026.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2921166\/Amadeus_CEO_Luis_Maroto_Headshot_2026.jpg?p=medium600\" title=\"Luis Maroto, President and CEO at Amadeus\" alt=\"Luis Maroto, President and CEO at Amadeus\" \/> <\/a> <br \/><span>Luis Maroto, President and CEO at Amadeus<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Founded to improve the corporate travel experience,\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tryskylink.com\/#how-it-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SkyLink has built a proprietary AI architecture and multilayer orchestration engine<\/a><\/u>\u00a0designed to integrate simply and seamlessly into chat platforms.<\/p>\n<p>This enables travelers to smoothly book and service flights and hotels conversationally in a matter of seconds, while businesses can\u00a0benefit\u00a0from meaningful cost savings as well as productivity gains as their employees unlock time for higher-value work. With adoption accelerating quickly, and tens of thousands of bookings already completed,\u00a0SkyLink\u00a0is already showing how cleverly designed AI can raise the standard for speed, simplicity, and user satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Against a backdrop that is shifting from proof of concepts to adoption of AI, this acquisition further underpins Amadeus&#8217; strategy to deploy AI use cases that deliver meaningful value across the travel industry, grounded in scalability and operational reality, building on Amadeus&#8217; longstanding application of AI to\u00a0optimize\u00a0travel operations.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this approach, Amadeus is progressively enabling its products with AI-powered conversational layers that help customers&#8217; employees more easily access insights and make fuller use of existing capabilities.\u00a0SkyLink&#8217;s\u00a0AI-native framework complements Amadeus&#8217; global scale, strong technology, suite of APIs, and deep industry\u00a0expertise. Operating across more than 190 markets and processing billions of search requests and millions of travel transactions every day, Amadeus&#8217; scale enables AI to be applied reliably and at volume, supporting more relevant and efficient traveler interactions.<\/p>\n<p>One immediate tangible benefit of this deal to the traveler is\u00a0SkyLink&#8217;s\u00a0complementary technology to support the evolving needs of the Travel Management Company (TMC) world. This will enhance and extend\u00a0Amadeus&#8217;\u00a0solution capabilities for corporate travel, particularly expanding Amadeus&#8217; existing strong customer base in North America.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, Amadeus will\u00a0be\u00a0expanding\u00a0these AI-driven conversational capabilities beyond corporate travel, across airlines, airports and hospitality, and the wider travel ecosystem, again reinforcing Amadeus&#8217; existing portfolio that enables customers to deploy AI-powered conversational companions, supporting travelers before, during and after the journey and allowing travel providers to deliver more seamless and responsive experiences at scale.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Combining our AI-native technology with Amadeus&#8217; scale and industry reach will allow us to deploy our technology faster and bring powerful new capabilities that\u00a0benefit\u00a0travelers and companies across the travel industry.\u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0a pivotal time to deliver concrete AI solutions and, now with Amadeus, we can accelerate the next phase of travel\u00a0innovation&#8221;\u00a0<\/i>said\u00a0<b><i>Atyab\u00a0Bhatti,\u00a0CEO &amp; Co-Founder,\u00a0SkyLink.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Luis Maroto,\u00a0President and CEO, Amadeus<\/i><\/b><i>\u00a0said<b>:<\/b>\u00a0&#8220;Amadeus is\u00a0the embedded and neutral execution layer\u00a0for travel;\u00a0built on three pillars:\u00a0our global scale, the power of our integrated and deeply connected business logic, and our\u202fstatus as a trusted system of record in the industry since 1987.\u00a0These pillars enable us to\u00a0apply\u00a0AI-driven capabilities consistently across airlines, airports, hotels, travel\u00a0sellers\u00a0and the wider travel ecosystem.\u00a0Our technology is deeply integrated across the travel\u00a0industry,\u00a0connecting systems and workflows developed over decades. It combines industrial-grade reliability, operational resilience, and data-driven insight that enable us to deploy AI in real-world production environments globally. Together, these pillars reinforce Amadeus&#8217; role as the trusted technology\u00a0partner\u00a0enabling innovation at scale and\u00a0allowing\u00a0AI\u00a0to\u00a0augment and reinforce\u00a0the travel experience.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Strategic partnerships with leading technology companies and targeted investments support Amadeus&#8217; long-term approach to applying AI where it delivers operational value across the travel ecosystem. Guided by a robust AI ethics framework, Amadeus ensures that\u202fcutting-edge\u202fAI is developed responsibly, securely, and with meaningful impact for the industry.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this approach, Amadeus continues to refine how developers and partners access its AI capabilities and beyond, prioritizing secure, scalable interfaces aligned with real world usage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"prntal\"><b>Notes to the editors:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Amadeus<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Amadeus makes the experience of travel better for everyone, everywhere by inspiring innovation, partnerships and responsibility to people, places and planet.<\/p>\n<p>Our technology powers the travel and tourism industry. Inspiring more open ways of working. More connected ways of thinking, centered around the traveler. Our open platform connects the global travel and hospitality ecosystem. From startups to big industry players and governments too. Together, transforming how travel works.<\/p>\n<p>We are working to make travel a force for social and environmental good. A collective responsibility to protect and improve the people and places we visit, ensuring travel continues to make positive contribution to our world.<\/p>\n<p>We apply innovation to meet new needs, to solve real challenges. Our truly diverse global workforce, made up of 150 nationalities, is passionate about travel and technology.<\/p>\n<p>We are an IBEX 35 company, listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange under AMS.MC. We have also been recognized by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the last 13 years.<\/p>\n<p>Amadeus. It&#8217;s how travel works better.<\/p>\n<p><span>Learn more about Amadeus at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amadeus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.amadeus.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About\u00a0SkyLink<\/b><\/p>\n<p>SkyLink\u00a0is an AI-native corporate travel platform\u00a0transforming how\u00a0enterprises plan, book, and manage travel. Headquartered in New York,\u00a0SkyLink\u00a0is a Y Combinator-backed technology company that combines conversational AI with deep travel industry integrations to deliver a modern alternative to traditional booking tools and agent-driven offline workflows.\u00a0SkyLink\u00a0was built from the ground up around autonomous workflows that understand traveler intent, company policy, and operational constraints in real time. The platform orchestrates complex travel decisions \u2014 including search, policy compliance, and booking management &amp; execution\u2014 through a natural conversational interface embedded directly into workplace tools such as Slack and Microsoft Teams. By automating complex travel workflows and reducing reliance on manual coordination,\u00a0SkyLink\u00a0helps enterprises improve\u00a0traveler\u00a0experience, increase efficiency, and\u00a0optimize\u00a0travel.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}