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OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) Introduces Booking Engine for Agent Checkout, Bringing End-to-End AI Agent Bookings to the Hospitality Industry
OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) Introduces Booking Engine for Agent Checkout, Bringing End-to-End AI Agent Bookings to the Hospitality
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[{"type":"text","content":"Combining Agent Wallet, Agent Checkout, and Harbor, OwlPay is building booking, payment confirmation, and global settlement infrastructure for hospitality Agentic Commerce, anchored by 2,800+ hotel and accommodation clients on its OwlNest platform ARLINGTON, Va., May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) (“OwlTing” or the “Company”), the operating brand of OBOOK Holdings Inc., a global fintech company, today announced the upcoming launch of OwlPay Booking Engine for Agent Checkout (the \"Service\"), a new hospitality booking engine designed to help hotels, B&Bs, Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) and hospitality platforms support AI agent-initiated bookings and payments. The Service integrates three purpose-built layers: OwlPay Agent Checkout for booking confirmation and payment acceptance, OwlPay Agent Wallet1 for AI agent-authorized payment, and OwlPay Harbor for cross-border supplier settlement2, forming an end-to-end pathway for AI agent-driven hospitality bookings. The Service is expected to roll out in June 2026. To bring the Service to market at launch, the Company intends to first onboard its existing hospitality client base through its OwlNest property management system, which today serves over 2,800 hotel and accommodation clients worldwide, as the initial deployment audience for the Service. In 2025, gross booking volume across OwlNest client platforms reached approximately USD 280 million, with monthly gross order volume within OwlTing's Asia-focused booking ecosystem reaching approximately USD 30 million in each of March and April 20263. These figures represent the aggregate value of real hospitality transactions within OwlTing's existing client network, not OwlTing revenue and not amounts currently processed through OwlPay. They reflect the Company's immediate addressable audience for initial rollout, not the ceiling of the market opportunity the Service is designed to address. According to Phocuswright Research, global online travel gross bookings are projected to reach approximately USD 1.2 trillion by 2026, with hotels and lodging representing the single largest category within that total and online penetration in the hotel segment rising from 55% in 2024 to 58% by 20264. IDC predicts that 30% of all travel bookings will be executed by AI agents by 20305. Even a modest reallocation of this glo...