Bernstein says AI agents are squeezing Booking and Expedia's margins, and Wall Street's treating that like a travel-sector story. It's a hotel distribution story, and the pressure rolls downhill to the property writing the commission check.
Thomas Pritzker's exit as chairman removes the founding family's face from the boardroom, and Wall Street is already gaming out acquisition scenarios. The math on a deal is more interesting than the headlines suggest... and more complicated.
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