Can AI agents book hotels that use Bookassist?
UKUpdated By Akkrev
Bookassist, a Dublin hotel tech firm founded in 1999 and part of Jonas Hospitality, provides booking engines for hotels. Not yet tested in the Index.
Bookassist is a Dublin-based hospitality technology company, founded in 1999 and now part of Jonas Hospitality. It provides a booking engine that integrates with hotels’ websites, along with conversion-focused web design, digital marketing, distribution strategy, analytics and consultancy. Its customers include independent hotels in Ireland, the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
Agencies that run the whole website
Bookassist often designs and runs the hotel’s website as well as its booking engine. That can help agents: when one company controls both the homepage and the engine, the link between them is usually clear and consistent. It also means the hotel’s settings for AI crawlers and bot protection may sit with the provider rather than the hotel.
Status in the Agent Booking Index
Not yet tested. No Bookassist hotels were in the 20 October pilot.
What to check if your hotel uses Bookassist
- Does your website’s robots.txt allow AI search crawlers such as OAI-SearchBot?
- Who controls bot protection on your website and booking engine?
- Can an AI agent get from your homepage to a priced room for two named nights?
What this means for AI recommendations
Bookassist hotels are often well set up for direct bookings. For AI recommendations, what matters is whether AI can read your rooms and prices on your own site, not only inside the booking flow.
Questions
Who owns Bookassist?
Bookassist describes itself as part of Jonas Hospitality. It is based in Dublin and was founded in 1999.
Has Akkrev tested Bookassist with AI agents?
Not yet. It's on the list for a future round of the Agent Booking Index.