9 of 10 Bookings Happen in Asia-Pacific | Trip.com AI | Travel & Tech Asia | Portia Tang
Travel And Tour World brings you an exclusive interview with Portia from Trip.com, recorded live at Travel and Tech Asia 2026. In this conversation, Portia explains how Trip.com is using AI to help global hotel chains capture shifting demand across Asia-Pacific, and how changing traveler demographics are reshaping the industry. Key highlights from this interview: ✅ An introduction to Trip.com, a major online travel platform with over 1.7 million global partners, supporting more than 220 hot destinations across 27 languages ✅ Why 9 out of 10 of the most-booked destinations globally are in Asia-Pacific, and why working with the right technology partner matters more than ever for hotel chains expanding into the region ✅ How Trip.com is seeing around 60% growth in multi-category bookings, such as flight plus hotel packages, along with nearly 100% growth in cross-sell bookings across Europe ✅ How Gen Z and Millennial travelers now make up roughly 64% of Trip.com's platform users, with Millennials alone contributing 47% of luxury hotel bookings ✅ A look at Trip.com's generative AI tools, including the One-Click Smart Card, which suggests personalized hotel packages based on property information and photos ✅ How AI Video 2.0 helps hotels, especially family-run businesses, automatically generate tailored marketing content from high-quality photos ✅ How TripGenie, Trip.com's AI voice assistant, is driving higher booking conversion rates among travelers who use voice search This interview offers valuable insight for hoteliers, global hotel chains, and travel technology professionals looking to understand how AI-driven personalization and shifting traveler demographics are shaping hotel demand across Asia-Pacific in 2026 and beyond. About Travel And Tour World: Travel And Tour World is a global travel media platform covering travel, tourism, hospitality, aviation, MICE, cruise, and luxury travel, with readership across 195 countries. [Trip.com AI, TripGenie, OTA technology 2026, APAC hotel booking trends, AI travel personalization, what is TripGenie Trip.com, how does TripGenie work, Trip.com AI hotel booking tool, Trip.com Asia Pacific hotel demand, Gen Z millennial travel booking trends, AI voice assistant travel booking, Trip.com multi-category travel booking, Trip.com One-Click Smart Card, Trip.com AI Video 2.0] #TripCom #TripGenie #AIinTravel #TravelandTechAsia #APACTravel #HotelBookingTrends #TravelTechnology #TravelAndTourWorld #GenZTravel #MillennialTravel #TravelTrends2026 #MICE