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.

Mixing media is the smart shift for travel in 2018
Opinion / Online
Mixing media is the smart shift for travel in 2018
By Jim Price - PebblePost | December 13, 2017
There was a shift felt across the travel industry when Booking.com announced in November that they would be more than doubling their investment in television advertising. Read More
Booking.com Sustainable Tourism
News / Startups
Booking.com expands startup plan for sustainable tourism
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | December 8, 2017
Booking.com is to extend its Booking Booster Program into a second year, aimed at funding startups that are engaged in sustainable tourism. Read More
Booking.com marketing chief on its strategy for China
From Our Partners / Technology
Booking.com marketing chief on its strategy for China
By Sponsored Content | December 7, 2017
This is an article from China Travel Daily.It appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. Pepijn Rijvers, CMO of Booking.com talks localization, partnerships and alternative accommod Read More
Hoteliers must pressure OTAs in competition for direct bookings
From Our Partners / Distribution
Hoteliers must pressure OTAs in competition for direct bookings
By Patrick Bosworth - Duetto | December 4, 2017
At The Phocuswright Conference last month, I heard plenty of chatter from hoteliers about the major online travel agencies reporting rough quarterly results and the subsequent drops in share prices. Read More
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Opinion / Distribution
Booking.com Genius on metasearch - genius move, perhaps not for hotels
By Pablo Delgado - Mirai | November 28, 2017
With barely any opposition from hotels, Booking.com is taking big steps to continue growing and capturing sales for your hotel which are currently coming in through other channels, including your own... Read More
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News / Online
VIDEO: What the heck happened to online travel stocks?
By Kevin May | November 22, 2017
It was obvious to anyone who was there that the mood changed considerably about half way through the event. Read More
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News / Startups
VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 4
By Kevin May | November 14, 2017
After a day of pitches from startups, PhocusWire's PundIT Show returns to take the temperature of three delegates at The Phocuswright Conference. Read More
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News / Online
Airbnb usage slowing, OTAs should seize opportunity
By Kevin May | November 13, 2017
Adoption of Airbnb has started to flatten sooner than some analysts have expected, with online travel agencies tipped as likely beneficiaries. Read More
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News
Welcome to a world of extremely dynamic packaging
By Dirk Rogl - Phocuswright | November 9, 2017
Something is going on in the European leisure travel market – in part, due to the distribution strategies of airlines and hotels. Read More
TripActions closes on Series A round, partners with two powerhouses for hotel inventory
News / Distribution
TripActions closes on Series A round, partners with two powerhouses for hotel inventory
By Michele McDonald | October 4, 2017
TripActions, which bills itself as a “modern” corporate travel management company, disclosed that it completed a $12.5 million Series A round of funding in April. The sum brings its total amount of Read More
Priceline Group nets $720.2 million in second quarter, beating estimates
News / Distribution
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
Scarcity messages and social proof picked as top ways to boost web revenue
News / Online
Scarcity messages and social proof picked as top ways to boost web revenue
By Kevin May | June 22, 2017
Analysis of more than two billion "user journeys" and 120 million transactions on travel websites has revealed some important ways to get more money from site visitors. Qubit reckons brands can boo Read More
How we worked out how to compete with the big guns of online travel
News / Distribution
How we worked out how to compete with the big guns of online travel
By Viewpoints | June 14, 2017
The deadpool is full of failed online travel startups - it's a crazy idea to even think about starting a new business, right? The sector is dominated by the Priceline and Expedia groups which spend Read More
We have been wrong about online travel agency-hotel commissions the whole time
News / Distribution
We have been wrong about online travel agency-hotel commissions the whole time
By Viewpoints | June 13, 2017
Commissions paid by hotels to intermediaries have risen by more than 7% over the course of the last year. This is according to the 2017 Trends In The Hotel Industry study from CBRE. This is ring Read More
How hotels can compete in the new accommodation economy
News / Distribution
How hotels can compete in the new accommodation economy
By Viewpoints | June 5, 2017
We all know the message that Airbnb is supposedly beating the hotel sector in a number of ways. While the hotel industry is experiencing strong growth since the downturn of the economy, alternative Read More
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