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888 The Case for Keeping Some Friction in Travel

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Rafat Ali @ Skift · 05/20/2026 12:40 EDT

The Case for Keeping Some Friction in Travel

The travel industry has spent two decades assuming frictionless is the goal, and the AI era is about to show which friction was load-bearing.

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