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Travel-industry intelligence,
inside your AI assistant.
The TourismIntel MCP Server connects Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and any MCP-compatible agent to our curated news feed, weekly Travel Briefs, industry reports and real-time trend detection. Free key, one minute to set up.
What is MCP?
The Model Context Protocol is the open standard that lets AI assistants use external tools and data sources. Once connected, your assistant can call TourismIntel directly — searching our news archive, pulling the latest Travel Brief, or checking what's trending — and use real, curated data in its answers instead of guessing.
What you can do
Morning industry scan
“What happened in hotel tech this week? Summarise the 5 most important stories.”
Trend detection
“Which travel stories are going viral right now, and why do they matter for a DMO?”
Research assistant
“Find recent reports about AI adoption in hospitality and compare their forecasts.”
Brief-powered content
“Draft a LinkedIn post based on this week's TourismIntel Travel Brief.”
Competitive monitoring
“Search the last 90 days of news about Booking.com's AI strategy.”
Cited answers (PRO)
“Is airline NDC adoption accelerating? Answer with citations from the archive.”
Tiers & limits
Open
Free- 8 read-only tools: news, briefs, reports, trends, clusters, newsletter, podcast
- 30 requests / minute
- 500 requests / day
- Self-service key — get it below
Pro
Included in PRO- Everything in Open
- ask_tourismintel — RAG answers with citations from the archive
- 100 questions / month
- 60 requests / min · 2,000 / day
- Included in the TourismIntel PRO plan (web + mobile + MCP)
Already PRO? Request your key with your PRO account email — it upgrades automatically.
Get your free key
Instant, no credit card. One active key per email — we'll also email you a copy.
Already have a key? Check usage & rotate it →
Connect your client
Server URL: https://tourismintel.ai/api/mcp · Transport: Streamable HTTP · Auth: Authorization: Bearer ti_live_…
Claude Desktop
Add this to claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config), replacing YOUR_KEY. Requires Node.js (uses the mcp-remote bridge).
{
"mcpServers": {
"tourismintel": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y", "mcp-remote",
"https://tourismintel.ai/api/mcp",
"--header", "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
]
}
}
}Cursor
Create .cursor/mcp.json in your project (or ~/.cursor/mcp.json globally):
{
"mcpServers": {
"tourismintel": {
"url": "https://tourismintel.ai/api/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY" }
}
}
}Claude.ai (web)
On paid plans: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector and paste the server URL. If your plan's connector dialog doesn't support custom auth headers yet, use Claude Desktop with the config above — it works on every plan.
https://tourismintel.ai/api/mcp
ChatGPT
Enable Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode, then add a connector with the server URL. Note: ChatGPT's custom connectors currently authenticate via OAuth or no-auth — header-based API keys aren't supported in the UI yet. OAuth support is on our roadmap; meanwhile Claude Desktop and Cursor work fully with your key.
https://tourismintel.ai/api/mcp
Quick test (curl)
curl -s -X POST https://tourismintel.ai/api/mcp \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'Tool reference
search_newsOpenSearch 90 days of curated travel-industry news (title, summary, source, URL, date)get_briefOpenFull weekly Travel Brief — latest or by slug, with FAQ and source articleslist_briefsOpenBrowse the published Travel Brief archivelist_reportsOpenCurated industry reports & research from 150+ organisationsget_trendingOpenStories trending right now — viral (3+ publishers) or early click signalsget_clustersOpenRaw story clusters: same news event across multiple publisherslatest_newsletterOpenThe latest published TourismIntel newsletterlist_podcast_episodesOpenTourismIntel Weekly podcast episodes with listen linksask_tourismintelProAsk a question, get a cited RAG answer from the TourismIntel archive (100/month)All read tools return titles, summaries, URLs and dates — never third-party full text. Max 20 results per call.
Security & fair use
- Keys are stored as SHA-256 hashes — we can never see or recover your raw key. Keep it secret.
- Tool responses mark third-party content as data, not instructions, mitigating prompt-injection risk.
- Rate limits protect the service for everyone; automated bulk extraction or full-text scraping is not permitted.
- Usage is governed by our Terms of Use. Keys can be revoked for abuse.
- Questions or PRO upgrades: hello@tourismintel.ai