Expedia Group to Launch B2B Model Context Protocol Server in Coming Months, Paving Way for Direct AI Agent Integration with Travel Inventory

Expedia Group is on the cusp of a significant technological advancement for its business-to-business (B2B) operations, with an executive confirming the imminent launch of its B2B Model Context Protocol (MCP)…

Google Expands Universal Commerce Protocol to Hotel Booking and Local Food Delivery, Signaling Major AI-Driven Shift in Transactional Search

Google on Tuesday publicly committed to extending its agentic commerce infrastructure to the travel sector, specifically targeting hotel booking as the next vertical for its Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). This…

Google Forges Ahead with Universal Commerce Protocol, Contrasting OpenAI’s Retreat from Direct AI Transactions

Google is charting a distinct course in the burgeoning landscape of AI-driven commerce, unveiling its Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) capabilities, even as rival OpenAI recently scaled back its direct AI…