{"id":4442,"date":"2026-11-09T22:53:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T22:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/kabarsula-aussies-would-rather-book-without-ai-siteminder-bandar-slot-indonesia\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T22:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T22:53:23","slug":"kabarsula-aussies-would-rather-book-without-ai-siteminder-bandar-slot-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/kabarsula-aussies-would-rather-book-without-ai-siteminder-bandar-slot-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"kabarsula Aussies would rather book without AI: SiteMinder bandar SLOT INDONESIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AI might be everywhere, but Australian travellers aren\u2019t ready to let it take the wheel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

SiteMinder\u2019s Changing Traveller Report 2027, released today, found 44 per cent of Australians would prefer to book with no AI help at all. That\u2019s the fourth highest of the 15 markets surveyed, behind the UK (56 per cent), Germany and Canada (both 46 per cent).<\/p>\n

By contrast, just 4\u20135 per cent of respondents in India, Indonesia and Thailand felt the same way.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur latest report shows that only 3.6 per cent of Australians say an AI assistant or agent is their preferred method of booking their next hotel stay,\u201d SiteMinder Market vice president \u2013 Asia Pacific Bradley Haines said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis figure is significantly higher in certain Asian markets, such as China, where it\u2019s 10.7 per cent, and Indonesia, where it\u2019s 9.6 per cent. However, it isn\u2019t significantly behind other Asian markets, such as Singapore, where it\u2019s 5.0 per cent. Asia is incredibly dynamic and AI readiness is shifting at different speeds across the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor this reason, hotels need the right tools and data to help them understand where specifically the demand for their hotel is coming from, and how best to respond to that demand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haines said the future of hotel bookings, and hotel commerce is already, more broadly, agentic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re already seeing real behavioural shifts globally that indicate this. As with all new technologies, there\u2019s a trust stage that needs to pass before we see mass adoption of AI bookings, and certainly we\u2019re seeing that a lack of trust remains abundant among Australians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But he adds that with the right distribution technology and content, hotels can now be more visible than they\u2019ve ever been, thanks to AI.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat it requires, though, is fast decision-making and that\u2019s an area that hoteliers, themselves, recognise they currently lack the ability to do,\u201d he said. \u201cWe recently conducted a study which found that 65 per cent of hoteliers globally expected the ability to take immediate action, in response to changes in travel demand, would unlock at least 6 per cent more revenue each year. So, they absolutely need to start investing in the right technologies now to ready themselves for an AI-driven future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Hallucination is still a thing\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Sake & Sakura founder Luke Chapman fact-checks every suggestion and makes his bookings himself.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tasmania-based Luke Chapman uses AI \u201call day, every day\u201d in his marketing role at a software company, but he keeps it on a short leash when it comes to travel.<\/p>\n

The founder of Japan-focused website Sake & Sakura<\/a> only trusts AI for initial research and planning. He fact-checks every suggestion and makes his bookings himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cAI is better than it used to be, but obviously, hallucination is still a thing, where it makes things up sometimes; I don\u2019t want to get across the other side of the world and then discover that AI has led me down the garden path,\u201d Chapman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I\u2019ve previously planned trips, it might recommend places that are closed down for renovations or permanently closed and don\u2019t exist anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

No card details, no way<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Payment is where Chapman draws the line, even more so for a big-ticket holiday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t trust putting my credit card details into AI and letting it make the payment. I\u2019d want to see which website it was taking me to, whether that was the official hotel website or a booking site I know and trust, and enter the card details myself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u2018I wouldn\u2019t trust putting my credit card details into AI and letting it make the payment,\u2019 says Sake & Sakura website founder Luke Chapman of big-ticket items.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Convincing, but wrong<\/h2>\n

For Chapman, one of AI\u2019s biggest flaws is how sure of itself it sounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gets frustrating when you correct it and it comes back with \u2018You\u2019re right, sorry about that\u2019, followed by the right information. You think, well, why didn\u2019t you give me that information the first time?\u201d<\/p>\n

He recalled AI recommending a Japanese museum that appeared to be open, only for the official website to show it would be closed for renovations during his trip.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if it gets things right 95 per cent of the time, trusting everything at face value will eventually lead you astray. Some mistakes don\u2019t matter, but I wouldn\u2019t want to end up stranded somewhere because I followed the wrong advice!\u201d<\/p>\n

He also worries AI is flattening travel recommendations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I ask a general question like \u2018Where should I go in Japan?\u2019, it often suggests the usual places I could find with a quick Google search. That also means you end up going where everyone else does,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the places I\u2019ve enjoyed most have been less visited and came from personal recommendations or speaking to locals.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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