Agentic AI Will Disrupt Airbnb & OTAs in 2026 | Shahar Goldboim (BOOM) on the Future of STR

Host Planet: Airbnb, Holiday Let, and Vacation Rental Insights · Mar 5, 2026 · 33m · transcript

Will AI replace OTAs like Airbnb and Booking.com?

In this episode of the Host Planet Podcast – powered by Hostfully – Shahar Goldboim, Founder & CEO of BOOM, reveals how agentic AI will transform the short-term rental (STR) industry across the world.

We explore:

* What agentic AI actually means for vacation rental hosts

* Why AI will become the primary travel discovery engine

* How independent hosts can compete with large property managers

* Whether OTAs like Airbnb will lose influence

* How to get your business cited by AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini

* The future of direct bookings…