{"id":225081,"date":"2026-06-16T12:52:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=225081"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:06:18","slug":"ai-assistant-connection-cds-bcd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ai-assistant-connection-cds-bcd","title":{"rendered":"CDS and BCD connect their solutions to AI assistants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The timing is symbolic. As VivaTech, the major Parisian innovation event, takes place at the Porte de Versailles from June 17th to 20th, CDS is unveiling, just before the show opens, the connection of its services to the global artificial intelligence ecosystem, ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and other enterprise AI agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the first business hospitality solutions to reach this milestone, this evolution is based on a system using the MCP (Model Context Protocol) which allows AI assistants to securely interact with business applications. In a similar fashion to what APIs represented for the web, CDS believes that this emerging standard \"could become one of the fundamental building blocks of the next generation of AI-driven services\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\" <em>We are convinced that AI will become the universal interface for Business Travel. By opening our services to the global artificial intelligence ecosystem, we are not connecting a platform to a technology: we are building the infrastructure that will redefine how companies travel, book, and pay.<\/em> \u00bb, declares Ziad Minkara, founder of CDS and CEO of the S4BT group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/perk-travel-expense-mice-mcp\/\" data-id=\"226755\">Travel, Expenses, MICE: Perk 100% connected to AI via MCP<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-le-protocole-mcp-comme-pivot-technologique\">The MCP protocol as a technological pivot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In practice, business travellers will now be able to simply make their request in natural language, such as: \"CDS, find me a 3-star hotel near my appointment in Paris, compliant with my travel policy, with centralised payment and dematerialised invoice,\" before finalising the booking in seconds from ChatGPT, Claude or Microsoft Copilot. This will be done by applying the company's internal rules, staying within the set price caps, with the solution identifying the best available options within these parameters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cds-ia.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of the connection of CDS to AI assistants via the MCP protocol.\" class=\"wp-image-225097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cds-ia.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cds-ia-300x173-derived.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cds-ia-18x10-derived.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/fcm-travel-tmc-connected-to-generative-ai\/\" data-id=\"228185\">FCM Travel is set to join the wave of TMCs connected to generative AI<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of security, CDS guarantees that no sensitive data leaves its control and will not be transferred, replicated, or exposed to AI models. Access relies on strong authentication mechanisms, two-factor authentication, and traceability, while each request continues to apply travel policies, hotel programmes, and validation processes defined by the client company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially deployed at CDS, this architecture is intended to be progressively rolled out to all S4BT group solutions \u2013 Goelett, Corporate Rates Club, SIAP, and the recently acquired HotelHub \u2013 which cover business travel, multimodal booking, payment, electronic invoicing, and agency services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/s4bt-hotelhub-united-kingdom\/\" data-id=\"217725\">Also to read: S4BT establishes itself in the UK with the acquisition of HotelHub<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-highlight-box\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bcd-travel-mise-egalement-sur-le-protocole-mcp\"><strong>BCD Travel is also focusing on the MCP protocol<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>BCD Travel is not to be outdone. The world leader in business travel management announced at the end of May the integration of the MCP protocol within its TripSource platform, with a significantly different positioning from that of CDS: the MCP is designed there not only as an external interface for AI assistants, but also as an internal collaboration tool between AI agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding reservations, BCD's MCP wallet covers air travel, hotels, and car hire \u2013 with rail to follow shortly \u2013 within a single interface integrating content and travel policy. On the data side, BCD has introduced an MCP interface allowing for queries of its <em>data lakes<\/em> in natural language, without custom code or orchestration of multiple APIs. Internally, the protocol finally facilitates collaboration between AI agents across all domains \u2014 research, booking, travel policy, data analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"<em> The MCP can be compared to a universal adapter. Without it, travellers would have to carry a different charger for each country.<\/em> \u00bb, summarises Yannis Karmis, Executive Vice President Product Planning and Development at BCD Travel. For the Dutch group, the issue is clear: \u00ab<em> The future of travel management hinges on AI agents, open platforms, and collaborative innovation.<\/em> \"<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/aside>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CDS announces the opening of its hotel booking platform to the global AI assistant ecosystem \u2013 ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot \u2013 via the MCP protocol. An emerging standard also adopted by BCD\u2019s TripSource solution.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":225095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,79],"tags":[1251,1499],"type-darticle":[52],"n_magazine":[],"class_list":["post-225081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technologies","category-outils-de-gestion","tag-reservation-hoteliere","tag-hotels-daffaires","type-darticle-breve","vapo-free"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CDS s&#039;ouvre aux r\u00e9servations via ChatGPT, Claude ou Copilot<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CDS int\u00e8gre le protocole MCP et permet aux entreprises de r\u00e9server un h\u00f4tel depuis n&#039;importe quel assistant IA. Un standard \u00e9galement adopt\u00e9 par BCD.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ai-assistant-connection-cds-bcd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CDS et BCD connectent leurs solutions aux assistants IA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CDS int\u00e8gre le protocole MCP et permet aux entreprises de r\u00e9server un h\u00f4tel depuis n&#039;importe quel assistant IA. Un standard \u00e9galement adopt\u00e9 par BCD.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ai-assistant-connection-cds-bcd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Voyages d&#039;affaires\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-16T10:52:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-10T10:06:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cds-ia-illustration.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arnaud Deltenre\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arnaud Deltenre\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia\",\"name\":\"CDS s'ouvre aux r\u00e9servations via ChatGPT, Claude ou Copilot\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cds-ia-illustration.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-16T10:52:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-10T10:06:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5c156f900a0e8a3db500e35c5be2647f\"},\"description\":\"CDS int\u00e8gre le protocole MCP et permet aux entreprises de r\u00e9server un h\u00f4tel depuis n'importe quel assistant IA. Un standard \u00e9galement adopt\u00e9 par BCD.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cds-ia-illustration.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cds-ia-illustration.jpg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":366,\"caption\":\"CDS s'ouvre aux r\u00e9servations via ChatGPT, Claude ou Copilot\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CDS et BCD connectent leurs solutions aux assistants IA\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/\",\"name\":\"Voyages d&#039;affaires\",\"description\":\"media fran\u00e7ais du Voyage d&#039;Affaires &amp; du MICE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5c156f900a0e8a3db500e35c5be2647f\",\"name\":\"Arnaud Deltenre\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/author\/arnaud\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CDS opens to reservations via ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot","description":"CDS integrates the MCP protocol and allows companies to book a hotel from any AI assistant. A standard also adopted by BCD.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ai-assistant-connection-cds-bcd","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"CDS et BCD connectent leurs solutions aux assistants IA","og_description":"CDS int\u00e8gre le protocole MCP et permet aux entreprises de r\u00e9server un h\u00f4tel depuis n'importe quel assistant IA. Un standard \u00e9galement adopt\u00e9 par BCD.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ai-assistant-connection-cds-bcd","og_site_name":"Voyages d&#039;affaires","article_published_time":"2026-06-16T10:52:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-10T10:06:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":366,"url":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cds-ia-illustration.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arnaud Deltenre","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arnaud Deltenre","Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia","url":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia","name":"CDS opens to reservations via ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cds-ia-illustration.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-16T10:52:54+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-10T10:06:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5c156f900a0e8a3db500e35c5be2647f"},"description":"CDS integrates the MCP protocol and allows companies to book a hotel from any AI assistant. A standard also adopted by BCD.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cds-ia-illustration.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cds-ia-illustration.jpg","width":650,"height":366,"caption":"CDS s'ouvre aux r\u00e9servations via ChatGPT, Claude ou Copilot"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/cds-bcd-connexion-assistants-ia#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CDS et BCD connectent leurs solutions aux assistants IA"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/","name":"Business travel","description":"THE FRENCH BUSINESS TRAVEL &amp; MICE MEDIA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5c156f900a0e8a3db500e35c5be2647f","name":"Arnaud Deltenre","url":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/author\/arnaud"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225081"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228205,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225081\/revisions\/228205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225081"},{"taxonomy":"type-darticle","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type-darticle?post=225081"},{"taxonomy":"n_magazine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/n_magazine?post=225081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}