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.

HomeToGo secures $20 million to boost vacation rental metasearch
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HomeToGo secures $20 million to boost vacation rental metasearch
By Kevin May | April 15, 2016
Vacation rental metasearch service HomeToGo has caught the eye of Insight Venture Partners - winning a $20 million Series B round. The Germany-based company has also wooed interest from DN Capital Read More
Hotels and OTAs race to revamp their loyalty programs to boost bookings
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Hotels and OTAs race to revamp their loyalty programs to boost bookings
By Viewpoints | April 6, 2016
Loyalty programs had been a somewhat neglected weapon in the marketing arsenals of both hotels and online travel agencies until recent months. Major hotel chains have been adjusting their loyalty s Read More
Booking.com's BookingSuite chief talks RateManager and hotel strategy
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Booking.com's BookingSuite chief talks RateManager and hotel strategy
By Sean O'Neil | March 30, 2016
A core strategy of Booking.com, the Priceline Group-owned reservations giant, is to expand into other services that hotel and vacation rental owners need to run their businesses. BookingSuite, its mai Read More
Booking.com app blamed for widespread Apple device crash
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Booking.com app blamed for widespread Apple device crash
By Kevin May | March 29, 2016
Booking.com has found itself at the centre of a major system bug affecting some users of iPhones and iPads. The problem first surfaced late last week when many users started complaining online abou Read More
Artificial intelligence-based travel concierge - not hard to break it
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Artificial intelligence-based travel concierge - not hard to break it
By Kevin May | March 23, 2016
Trip planning startup Tripoto recently announced rather grandly that it has created the "world's first AI-based travel concierge". Online virtual assistants in the travel industry are not new by an Read More
Booking.com strikes first in Cuban travel land-grab
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Booking.com strikes first in Cuban travel land-grab
By Kevin May | March 21, 2016
Travel brands are lining up to get in on the hoopla surrounding US president Barack Obama's visit to the Caribbean island of Cuba this week. The Priceline Group-owned Booking.com claims today that Read More
Booking.com boss is clicking annoyed
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Booking.com boss is clicking annoyed
By Martin Cowen | March 9, 2016
Marketing initiatives by hotels chains such as Marriott and Hilton which talk up the benefit of booking direct, have not escaped the notice of Darren Huston, chief executive of Booking.com. “It’s a Read More
BookingSuite pushes further into rate management for hotels and rentals
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BookingSuite pushes further into rate management for hotels and rentals
By Sean O'Neil | March 8, 2016
Ordinarily, a product update doesn't merit a spotlight on its own. But a few things set apart the news that Booking.com, the e-commerce company that lists 865,000 hotels and accommodations, has upd Read More
Booking.com thinks its Destination Finder will inspire your next trip
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Booking.com thinks its Destination Finder will inspire your next trip
By Sean O'Neil | March 2, 2016
Six years ago, travel brands started trying to turn search upside down by removing the need to have a destination in mind prior to shopping. Kayak launched its Explore feature, which let you see w Read More
Think leisure players aren't touching business travel, think again
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Think leisure players aren't touching business travel, think again
By Linda Fox | February 29, 2016
The business travel community swings between denying any impact from Airbnb, Uber and the like, to worrying what to do about them. Yet there they were, at last week's Business Travel Show in London Read More
The Montcalm Mystery - comparison widgets, Booking.com and a PR fail
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The Montcalm Mystery - comparison widgets, Booking.com and a PR fail
By Kevin May | February 22, 2016
The idea of being able to compare rates from online travel agencies on a hotel website seems to get folk hot under the collar at the moment. Triptease has the comparison widget at the heart of its Read More
Priceline Group spent $2.8 billion on online advertising in 2015
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Priceline Group spent $2.8 billion on online advertising in 2015
By Kevin May | February 18, 2016
Little wake-up call shared today by the Priceline Group for consumer-facing startups thinking they can challenge the big boys and girls of the online travel world. In its fourth quarter and full ye Read More
Triptease woos in $7 million in Series A funding
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Triptease woos in $7 million in Series A funding
By Kevin May | February 17, 2016
Hotel pricing and data technology company Triptease has $7 million to play with following a Series A fund-raising drive. Backing the company will be Notion Capital and Episode 1 Ventures - both compa Read More
Priceline Group says fifth of room nights on Booking.com go to business travellers
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Priceline Group says fifth of room nights on Booking.com go to business travellers
By Kevin May | February 17, 2016
Booking.com is seeing a continued shift in the split between types of users on the service - with 20% going the way of business travellers. Umbrella company, The Priceline Group, says in its full y Read More
NextPax secures Euro 2.5 million Series A
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NextPax secures Euro 2.5 million Series A
By Martin Cowen | February 10, 2016
NextPax, a vacation rental reservations and management specialist, has picked up a Series A round worth Euro 2.5 million. The Amsterdam-based business was founded in 2006 and has cloud-based proper Read More
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