Booking.com News

As a global leader in online accommodations and travel services, Booking.com continues to shape the digital travel experience through innovation, platform evolution, and strategic partnerships. PhocusWire delivers the latest Booking.com news to keep industry professionals informed on how this travel giant is adapting to shifting market dynamics and consumer expectations.

Key Booking.com updates, partnerships, and market trends

Follow developments in Booking.com’s core technology, loyalty strategies, and supplier relationships, along with its expansion into flights, experiences, and payments. Our reporting covers how the brand is responding to competitive pressures, regulatory environments, and the increasing demand for seamless, personalized travel.

lokckchain booking disruption
News / Distribution
Is this the start of blockchain-based disruption for travel?
By Mitra Sorrells | January 22, 2018
LockChain - what may be the first blockchain-based marketplace for booking hotels and private accommodations - released its alpha version on Friday.  Read More
QOTW: Something about being big and getting bigger
News / Online
QOTW: Something about being big and getting bigger
By PhocusWire | January 19, 2018
Quote from Glenn Fogel, CEO of the Priceline Group. Read More
Spain will need Millennials to push web travel bookings
News / Online
Spain will need Millennials to push web travel bookings
By Kevin May | January 19, 2018
Online travel bookings are unlikely to become the preferred method of buying travel is Spain until at least 2022. Read More
Tripping eyes growth with expanded leadership team
News / Online
Tripping eyes growth with expanded leadership team
By Mitra Sorrells | January 16, 2018
Vacation rental search site Tripping is initiating an aggressive expansion strategy led by a new executive team. Read More
Video: Wildest dreams didn't predict success of Booking.com
News / Online
Video: Wildest dreams didn't predict success of Booking.com
By Kevin May | January 16, 2018
Depending on who you ask, Booking.com is either the finest example of an online travel success story or a giant of the industry that hotels love to hate. Read More
Powerful travel brands face uncertain future in a blockchain-led world
News / Distribution
Powerful travel brands face uncertain future in a blockchain-led world
By Mitra Sorrells | January 10, 2018
Will blockchain render powerful travel industry intermediaries extinct? That’s the prediction of Maksim Izmaylov, CEO of Winding Tree Read More
Report: Luxury hotel brands must navigate shifting online ad landscape
News / Online
Report: Luxury hotel brands must navigate shifting online ad landscape
By Mitra Sorrells | January 9, 2018
Luxury hotel brands need to reexamine their digital marketing budgets as Google continues to grow its presence in travel search and online booking. Read More
Investigation: Hotels and online agencies battle on three fronts (Part Two)
Opinion / Distribution
Investigation: Hotels and online agencies battle on three fronts (Part Two)
By Robert Cole - RockCheetah | January 8, 2018
Logically, hotel reward program members have always booked a disproportionate amount of business. Read More
Investigation: Hotels and online agencies battle on three fronts (Part One)
Opinion / Distribution
Investigation: Hotels and online agencies battle on three fronts (Part One)
By Robert Cole - RockCheetah | January 5, 2018
Don’t be fooled, despite the occasionally cordial "partnering" rhetoric between the major hotel brands and OTAs, this is an existential battle. Read More
How travel giants are retaining confidence of investors
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How travel giants are retaining confidence of investors
By Mitra Sorrells | January 4, 2018
The Priceline Group and Expedia Inc. are tipped for another strong year ahead, according to two independent financial analysts. Read More
Booking.com and Hotels.com gain from TripAdvisor switch
News / Online
Booking.com and Hotels.com gain from TripAdvisor switch
By Kevin May | January 3, 2018
TripAdvisor's scaling back of Instant Booking in 2017 has seen two major hotel intermediaries benefit. Read More
Booking.com adds packages, rail and cruises
News / Online
Booking.com adds packages, rail and cruises
By Kevin May | December 22, 2017
Booking.com has quietly started testing partnerships for other travel products, including package trips via a deal with Lastminute.com. Read More
PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Online
Opinion / Online
PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Online
By PhocusWire | December 21, 2017
The state of online travel as we leave 2017 and enter 2018 couldn’t be more fascinating and yet still fairly difficult to gauge. Read More
PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Startups
Opinion / Startups
PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Startups
By PhocusWire | December 18, 2017
The notion that business-to-business travel startups have a far higher chance of succeeding than consumer-facing businesses is nothing new. Read More
Digital experiences platform falling into place as Priceline plans BookingGo
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Digital experiences platform falling into place as Priceline plans BookingGo
By Sponsored Content | December 13, 2017
This is an article from China Travel News.This article appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. ChinaTravelNews has learned that the Priceline Group plans to integrate two of its Read More
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