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Booking Holdings reports 200M room nights milestone during upbeat Q3 earnings

By Mitra Sorrells | November 6, 2018

Booking Holdings saw an acceleration in the rate of its room night growth in the third quarter of 2018, exceeding the high end of its guidance, driven by a delayed summer travel peak and improved... Read More

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Booking Holdings invests $200M in SE Asian ride-hail company Grab

By Mitra Sorrells | October 29, 2018

Booking Holdings is making a major investment and creating a strategic partnership with Grab Holdings, a Singapore-based on-demand transportation platform that operates in 235 cities in eight countries... Read More

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Common mistakes of startups entering travel

By Jill Menze | October 16, 2018

Startups angling to break into travel can’t win without knowledge of the so-called travel funnel. Read More

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Maintaining the power and influence of online travel agencies

By PhocusWire | October 4, 2018

One of the central tenets of the Power Paradox in travel is how some of the biggest brands ever assembled in the industry "have aggregated the content, established the trust and amassed the war chests... Read More

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Booking Holdings closely monitoring paid channels as it builds direct strategy

By Linda Fox | August 9, 2018

Following the release of its Q2 financials, Booking Holdings says it's continuing its strategy of building its direct business as well as a wider travel offering. Read More

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Booking.com gets down to Basics, gets rates from other agencies

By Kevin May | July 10, 2018

In what could be a significant strategic development, Booking.com is now getting inventory and exclusive prices for hotels from other online travel agencies. Read More

Booking Holdings hits record $25B booking mark for a quarter

By Jill Menze | May 9, 2018

In the first quarter of 2018, Booking Holdings, formerly the Priceline Group, has reported significant financial growth despite a slowing of growth in bookings and room nights. Read More

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In The Big Chair - Amiad Soto of Guesty

By Jill Menze | May 9, 2018

Amiad Soto co-founded Guesty alongside his twin brother in 2013. He has been named to Forbes Israel’s 30 under 30 list. Read More

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The data says: Global demand growth for Airbnb, TripAdvisor and Agoda

By Viewpoints | April 17, 2018

This is a viewpoint from Gitit Greenberg, director of digital insights at SimilarWeb. If you want to find the most innovative digital growth strategies, one of the best places to look is online t Read More

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Guesty adds Agoda to its vacation rental property management platform

By Mitra Sorrells | April 3, 2018

Guesty, a cloud-based system to manage short-term and vacation rental listings across multiple channels, is expanding its offerings with the integration of Agoda. Read More

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The state of influencer marketing for travel brands

By Mitra Sorrells | March 29, 2018

Photos, blog posts and other content shared by social media influencers can be an effective way for brands to communicate with consumers – particularly since surveys have found that between one-third to... Read More

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Booking Holdings reveals $12.7B revenue, goes lukewarm on Airbnb threat

By Mitra Sorrells | February 28, 2018

Booking Holdings – the new name for what was Priceline Group – showed significant growth across all sectors in 2017, with most key metrics up around 20%. Read More

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VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 8

By Kevin May | November 27, 2017

With almost three days of activity on-stage and lots of gossip in the hallways, our three guests have plenty to summarise from The Phocuswright Conference. Read More

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Priceline Group nets $720.2 million in second quarter, beating estimates

By Michele McDonald | August 8, 2017

The Priceline Group Inc. reported its second-quarter net income of $720.2 million, up from $580.6 million year over year. Gross travel bookings were $20.8 billion, an increase of 16% over a year ag Read More

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Priceline Group bookings soar by a quarter to hit $20 billion in three months

By Kevin May | May 9, 2017

The Priceline Group has seen gross bookings across the group for the first quarter of 2017 hit a record $20.7 billion. The increase of 24% year-on-year is more than $400 million compared to the sam Read More

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