Google Prepares AI Mode for Hotel and Flight Bookings

Google is expanding its new agentic booking capabilities, confirming it is developing AI-powered hotel and flight reservations within AI Mode. The move comes just two weeks after launching agentic tools for restaurant bookings, event tickets and wellness appointments.

“Our goal is that you’ll be able to also book flights and hotels directly in AI Mode,” said Julie Farago, Google’s vice president of engineering for travel and local search. To make this possible, Google is working closely with major industry partners including Booking.com, Expedia, Marriott International, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Choice Hotels International and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.

Specifics around booking flows, payments and partner integrations are still in development, and Google has not yet announced a launch timeline. Farago emphasized that the company will not rush the rollout, saying Google wants the experience to be seamless, transparent and fully user-controlled.

The travel booking expansion builds on Google’s broader agentic commerce strategy. The company recently introduced AI-driven restaurant reservations nationwide in AI Mode and has partnered with PayPal on agentic payments while launching its own Agent Payments Protocol.

Farago acknowledged that travel requires extra care because bookings are typically large, infrequent purchases. Google plans to broaden its partner ecosystem to ensure users have access to the full spectrum of hotels, flights and travel providers. Importantly, partner companies—not Google—will manage all transactions and customer service.

Google also previewed what the booking experience may look like: travelers will search, refine options and confirm reservations directly within AI Mode, selecting their preferred partners based on pricing and terms.

Additional updates include new trip-planning tools inside Google Canvas and the global expansion of AI-powered Flight Deals to more than 200 countries and 60+ languages.

With agentic travel booking on the horizon, Google joins a fast-growing field of AI-driven travel platforms as the industry moves toward automated, conversational and end-to-end booking experiences.

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Google Prepares AI Mode for Hotel and Flight Bookings

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