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918 Google's AI Travel Ads, Abu Dhabi's Disneyland and Trump Campaign's Hotel Expenses

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Rashaad Jorden @ Skift · 05/08/2025 03:46 EDT

Google's AI Travel Ads, Abu Dhabi's Disneyland and Trump Campaign's Hotel Expenses

For today's podcast we look at Google's travel ads in AI tools, the new Disney destination, and what the Trump campaign spent on hotels.

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