‘Reservation hijacking’ is draining travelers’ bank accounts - but it’s easy to avoid

Scammers have become better at creating fake websites and using stolen data to their advantage - (Getty Images)

Tourists heading to new destinations once considered pickpockets their primary concern.

However, travel scams have grown far more sophisticated, with fraudsters harnessing new artificial intelligence tools to build deceptive websites and exploit stolen data, according to Florent Silve, an executive at corporate travel management platform Engine.