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.

Booking.com affiliate VNTrip scores $3 million funding round
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Booking.com affiliate VNTrip scores $3 million funding round
By Kevin May | July 11, 2016
VNTrip, just a month after its official launch, has scored a Series A funding round of $3 million from an ex-Alibaba exec's investment vehicle. John Wu's FengHe Fund Management was joined by Hancoc Read More
Booking.com means business when it comes to business travel
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Booking.com means business when it comes to business travel
By Sean O'Neil | July 7, 2016
Booking.com says that nearly one on five of its users books hotels and other accommodation through it for business travel. (In the US, about a third of those bookings are places other than hotels, suc Read More
Why hotels should fight back against online mirror marketing
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Why hotels should fight back against online mirror marketing
By Viewpoints | July 5, 2016
So, I bet if I ask you what your main concerns are as hoteliers when battling the online travel agencies, there would be two responses... The level of commission The stranglehold of rate parit Read More
Hotels versus intermediaries - consumers think online travel agencies are cheaper
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Hotels versus intermediaries - consumers think online travel agencies are cheaper
By Kevin May | July 4, 2016
Travellers presume they are getting a better deal if they book on an online travel agency - illustrating the battle hotels have in getting direct bookings. Research with 1,000 travellers aged betwe Read More
How Booking.com dominates hotel bookings in two simple charts
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How Booking.com dominates hotel bookings in two simple charts
By Kevin May | June 30, 2016
The industry knows (and many get irritated by the fact) that Booking.com is the online travel giant of the age. The Priceline Group-owned business pretty much conquered Europe during the late-2000s Read More
Low-commission champion Bidroom raises Euro 1 million investment
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Low-commission champion Bidroom raises Euro 1 million investment
By Kevin May | June 27, 2016
Netherlands-based hotel booking service Bidroom has secured a Euro 1 million funding round in a bid to "chip away" share from the giants of the industry. The company says the investment has come fr Read More
Traders lukewarm on Airbnb threat to Priceline Group and Expedia
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Traders lukewarm on Airbnb threat to Priceline Group and Expedia
By Kevin May | June 20, 2016
Airbnb may not be feasting on the lunch of Booking.com and Expedia after all, as several factors come into play that could inhibit its growth. This is the warning from a financial trader, writing f Read More
Hotels warned over startups that will peel away their dominance
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Hotels warned over startups that will peel away their dominance
By Kevin May | June 17, 2016
CBInsights reckons it has identified more than 60 travel startups that will in various ways erode the power of major hotel chains. The business consultancy service says the established hotel giants Read More
Booking.com wants to give hotels a better outlook on life
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Booking.com wants to give hotels a better outlook on life
By Kevin May | June 16, 2016
Booking.com's foray into providing B2B services to hotels has been reasonably quiet of late - but the BookingSuite platform has this week added a major tool to its armoury. The RateIntelligence pla Read More
Required: one mobile app to rule them all and a touch of virtual reality
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Required: one mobile app to rule them all and a touch of virtual reality
By Kevin May | June 13, 2016
More than half of travellers would like a mobile app that covers every aspect of their transportation needs, a survey of consumers has found. The Priceline Group asked American travellers about the Read More
Evolve Vacation Rental Network raises $5.5 million to help owners with distribution and services
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Evolve Vacation Rental Network raises $5.5 million to help owners with distribution and services
By Kevin May | June 13, 2016
A new round of $5.5 million has been ploughed into owner support service Evolve Vacation Rental Network by T Rowe Price. The Series B investment funds have been bolstered by participation from Anno Read More
Ryanair and Booking.com end deal ahead of new Rooms service launch
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Ryanair and Booking.com end deal ahead of new Rooms service launch
By Kevin May | June 9, 2016
Booking.com will no longer power the accommodation platform of the Ryanair website from the end of September this year. The European low-cost carrier has worked with the Priceline Group-owned Booki Read More
France seeks Euro 356 million in unpaid tax from Booking.com
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France seeks Euro 356 million in unpaid tax from Booking.com
By Sean O'Neil | June 1, 2016
France's fiscal authority is claiming Euro 356 million (about $397 million) from Booking.com, a Priceline Group brand and the largest hotel reservations platform online. A financial document filed Read More
With new investment, HRS amplifies its corporate travel push, to outflank its rivals
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With new investment, HRS amplifies its corporate travel push, to outflank its rivals
By Sean O'Neil | May 25, 2016
HRS, the giant of digital hotel distribution, has expanded into the Australian market by investing in The Lido Group, a corporate and government accommodation aggregator. The move underlines the compa Read More
TripAdvisor switches off KeepMeBooked platform after HouseTrip buy
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TripAdvisor switches off KeepMeBooked platform after HouseTrip buy
By Kevin May | May 23, 2016
TripAdvisor is to shut down the KeepMeBooked reservation and marketing platform it obtained as part of the recent HouseTrip acquisition. HouseTrip was bought for an undisclosed fee in late-April th Read More
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