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.

TripActions closes on Series A round, partners with two powerhouses for hotel inventory
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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
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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
Scarcity messages and social proof picked as top ways to boost web revenue
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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
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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
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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
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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
TRVL raises $2.7 million round and pivots to traveller-becomes-agent model
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TRVL raises $2.7 million round and pivots to traveller-becomes-agent model
By Kevin May | May 31, 2017
TRVL is celebrating turning itself from travel content aggregator to a hotel booking platform with a $2.7 million capital-raise. The company made the switch this year after hinting at a change in l Read More
Hitting the mainstream - nothing alternative about alternative accommodation now
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Hitting the mainstream - nothing alternative about alternative accommodation now
By Kevin May | May 22, 2017
It suited the industry vernacular for a long time to pigeon hole everything that wasn't a hotel into the term "alternative accommodation". Long before the emergence of Airbnb and even HomeAway, bra Read More
Amazon and its return to travel via the back door
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Amazon and its return to travel via the back door
By Kevin May | May 19, 2017
Not anticipating the scale of the impact of mobile on the travel industry is quite an admission. This is especially true when it comes from someone who has been involved in so many of the bleeding Read More
Booking.com dominates leads for hotels in key European markets
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Booking.com dominates leads for hotels in key European markets
By Kevin May | May 12, 2017
Interesting data released from hotel switch eRevMax this week that shows the dominance of Booking.com as a source for hotel bookings in a number of European countries. In each of the five markets - Read More
Latest tech-driven era in travel needs a new type of rock star leader
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Latest tech-driven era in travel needs a new type of rock star leader
By Alex Bainbridge | May 11, 2017
I have been in online travel (and offline, before that) long enough to experience a number of distinct eras. The first travel startup that I founded, in 2000, was billed as the first brochure-less Read More
Priceline Group bookings soar by a quarter to hit $20 billion in three months
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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
TripTease shifts focus to direct booking and service management
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TripTease shifts focus to direct booking and service management
By Kevin May | May 3, 2017
Direct-booking champion TripTease is opening what it hopes will be another weapon in the arsenal of ways to lure business away from online travel agencies. The launch of Direct Booking Platform: Il Read More
TripAdvisor finally gets IHG on-board for Instant Booking
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TripAdvisor finally gets IHG on-board for Instant Booking
By Kevin May | April 27, 2017
TripAdvisor has persuaded another of the global hotel giants to join its Instant Booking service: InterContinental Hotels Group. The group's portfolio of brands will now be available, allowing user Read More
Why OTA commissions are actually a steal of a deal
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Why OTA commissions are actually a steal of a deal
By Viewpoints | April 6, 2017
In the past six months I’ve written about increasing hotel brand fees (Hotel Loyalty Rate Analysis) and increasing loyalty fees (The Great Loyalty Rate Debate). Both articles prompted some very int Read More
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