AI Agent
A software component that pursues a goal by calling tools and APIs on a user's behalf.
Agents are judged on whether they complete tasks, not on whether their prose is good. For travel suppliers the implication is that machine-readable interfaces become a distribution channel: an agent can only book what it can reach, parse and trust. 52% of executives report agents running in production as of September 2025.
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