BETHESDA, Maryland—Marriott International announced the beta launch of Ask Bonvoy, a new conversational, natural language search experience designed to help travelers more intuitively discover destinations across the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of approximately 10,000 properties in 146 countries and territories. Ask Bonvoy is designed to help travelers search for stays and plan their trips using conversational language, delivering customized results.
Ask Bonvoy will launch in beta and will initially be available in U.S. English on Marriott.com, and in the iOS and Android Marriott Bonvoy mobile apps to a subset of Marriott Bonvoy members and users who sign up for Marriott Bonvoy. This measured rollout allows Ask Bonvoy to scale gradually to adjust to real-time feedback and improve performance. A full, global release of the experience is planned for later this year.
Statements From Leadership
“For nearly a century, Marriott has embraced change and been a leading innovator in the industry,” said Anthony Capuano, president and chief executive office, Marriott International. “Ask Bonvoy builds on that legacy, bringing conversational AI to the heart of how travelers explore Marriott’s extraordinary global portfolio. Today’s beta launch is a powerful example of our continued investment in technology as we aim to make travel planning easier, more intuitive, and more personal.”
“Travelers are increasingly looking for faster, more intuitive ways to search, explore, and plan their trips,” said Drew Pinto, executive vice president and chief revenue & technology officer, Marriott International. “Grounded in Marriott’s own data and backed by the power of Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio of offerings, Ask Bonvoy is designed to meet travelers in a modern way at every point in their journey, whether they know exactly where and when they’d like to travel or are just beginning their trip discovery. Our measured launch allows us to learn directly from our customers on how they like to search so we can refine and adapt before we scale globally. We are excited to launch Ask Bonvoy as Marriott continues to transform the future of travel.”
Additional Details
Powered by Marriott’s proprietary AI architecture, Ask Bonvoy interprets a natural language search query, identifies a member’s trip purpose, and provides users with relevant and curated results from Marriott’s portfolio of thousands of properties around the world. Responses are grounded exclusively in Marriott owned, verified property data rather than open web content, fostering greater reliability for guests looking to understand hotel features and amenities.
Ask Bonvoy is designed to complement the existing search function on Marriott.com and in the Marriott Bonvoy Apps. Members using Ask Bonvoy in beta can continue to search using traditional dates and location filters, while also choosing to explore destinations and properties through more conversational prompts such as travel purpose, location attributes, and desired amenities such as dining, spa and golf options. Once users have identified their stay within the Ask Bonvoy platform, the experience will seamlessly hand off to Marriott’s existing booking capabilities to complete reservations. As Marriott continues to refine the Ask Bonvoy experience, the model will support loyalty points-based searches over time.
