Award-winning platform combines actual air, car and hotel transactions with AI-driven analysis to help businesses answer complex market questions and make more informed decisions.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. · October 7, 2026
Cornerstone Information Systems today announced that the Cornerstone Travel Index (CTI) has received Gold recognition in the 2026 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards, in the Travel Services – Overall | Technology Solutions category.
The award comes as organizations enter their 2027 budgeting and strategic planning season, highlighting a new approach to business intelligence that combines actual travel transactions with AI-powered analysis and dynamic report generation.
While traditional travel market intelligence often relies on surveys, published rates and forecasts, CTI analyzes actual air, car and hotel transactions to reveal what buyers paid, where demand is shifting and how purchasing patterns are changing.
Its AI-powered Report Generator takes that intelligence further, allowing users to investigate business questions and produce tailored analytical reports without being limited to predefined dashboards or static industry publications.
“Surveys tell you what people intend to do. Forecasts tell you what might happen. Transactions tell you what actually happened. But having the data is only half the equation. The real breakthrough is making it possible to ask complex business questions and use AI to turn that data into meaningful analysis. That’s what we’re delivering with CTI.”Mat Orrego · Co-Founder, Cornerstone Information Systems
From travel data to on-demand business intelligence
CTI brings together transaction-based market intelligence and AI-driven reporting, giving organizations a more flexible way to explore travel economics and market conditions.
As businesses prepare their 2027 plans, the platform can help address questions such as:
- Finance: How do our travel budget assumptions compare with actual market pricing trends?
- Procurement: Where are air, hotel and car rental costs changing, and what does that mean for supplier negotiations?
- Hospitality and travel suppliers: Which markets show changing demand or purchasing behavior that could influence commercial strategy?
- Strategic planning: What emerging patterns across travel sectors could affect investment, pricing or growth decisions?
Rather than relying exclusively on predetermined reports, users can generate analysis focused on their own questions, drawing on CTI’s transaction intelligence to examine trends, comparisons and relationships across travel sectors.
This combination of underlying transaction data, AI analysis and dynamic reporting represents a significant step beyond conventional travel analytics — making sophisticated market intelligence accessible to a broader range of business decision-makers.
“Travel generates enormous amounts of valuable information, but much of it has historically been used for operational reporting. We believe that same data belongs in finance meetings, strategic planning sessions and board discussions. AI now gives us a way to make that intelligence far more accessible and useful.”Mat Orrego · Co-Founder, Cornerstone Information Systems
Industry recognition for innovation
The winning entry, “Cornerstone Travel Index (CTI): Transforming Travel Data into Industry Intelligence,” received Gold in Travel Weekly’s 2026 Magellan Awards, which recognize excellence across the travel industry.
The recognition reinforces Cornerstone’s vision of moving travel intelligence beyond traditional reporting toward a more dynamic, question-driven approach to business analysis.
With 2027 planning underway, organizations can explore CTI’s market intelligence reports and AI-powered reporting capabilities at cornerstoneindex.com.