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 wants to capture consumer resolutions
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Booking.com wants to capture consumer resolutions
By Kevin May | January 6, 2016
If the turn of the New Year is all about marketing destinations to wannabe travellers, then the industry should always expect some quirky ideas to come forward. Step up, Booking.com, which today un Read More
Booking.com's COO on what's next for the travel dynamo
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Booking.com's COO on what's next for the travel dynamo
By Sean O'Neil | January 5, 2016
Tnooz recently spoke with Gillian Tans, chief operating officer (COO) of Booking.com in Amsterdam, to find out the latest about the world's largest online seller of hotel rooms. Tnooz: What was a b Read More
One in five hotel bookings on the web are cancelled
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One in five hotel bookings on the web are cancelled
By Kevin May | December 31, 2015
Some 19% of hotels that are booked online are cancelled before the guest arrives at the hotel, according to data provided by Dohop. The travel search business, which runs its hotel channel as an af Read More
Top10 falls out of the charts and into an early grave
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Top10 falls out of the charts and into an early grave
By Kevin May | December 24, 2015
No Christmas number one for Top10, the well-funded online hotel search provider, after confirming that it has closed down after four years of operations. The UK_based startup used review scores, lo Read More
Hotel watchdog comes down hard on Booking.com over best price strategy
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Hotel watchdog comes down hard on Booking.com over best price strategy
By Kevin May | December 23, 2015
A German regulator has ordered Booking.com to remove all "best price" clauses from its contracts with hotel properties in the country. The Bundeskartellamt (BKA), the German Federal Cartel Office, Read More
Since Expedia invested, CheckMate has sped up its rollout
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Since Expedia invested, CheckMate has sped up its rollout
By Sean O'Neil | December 21, 2015
Earlier this month, Expedia’s minority investment in hotel technology startup Alice made waves in the industry. But that wasn’t the first business-to-business (B2B) startup in hospitality that the Read More
Six questions (and answers) about the future of rate parity
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Six questions (and answers) about the future of rate parity
By Viewpoints | December 10, 2015
Attendees on a recent webinar hosted by Tnooz titled “Hotel pricing in a post-parity world” were asked to disclose how much of their business came from online travel agencies. NB This is viewpoint Read More
UPDATED: Booking.com rate widget threat worked (quite a lot)
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UPDATED: Booking.com rate widget threat worked (quite a lot)
By Kevin May | December 4, 2015
UPDATE:  Triptease says it actually turned off the content with its rates from Booking.com on the Price Check widget shortly after the legal letter was sent to hoteliers. It did not communicate Read More
Metasearch for vacation rentals gains momentum
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Metasearch for vacation rentals gains momentum
By Kevin May | November 26, 2015
As the online travel agency giants start taking vacation rentals extremely seriously it's hardly a surprise that metasearch engines are hoping they can also capitalise. And if this week is anything Read More
Diary of a hotel company in digital transformation
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Diary of a hotel company in digital transformation
By Linda Fox | November 26, 2015
In a fast-changing distribution landscape, who'd run a hotel these days, much less the multi-branded group with thousands of properties that is AccorHotels? Chairman and chief executive Sebastian B Read More
Booking.com fires legal threat at rate widgets, demands hotels switch off
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Booking.com fires legal threat at rate widgets, demands hotels switch off
By Kevin May | November 25, 2015
Booking.com has ordered hotels to remove a widget that displays its rates for the property alongside other online travel agencies. A letter sent to hoteliers which have installed the Price Check wi Read More
Booking.com tells hotels it's not a zero-sum game
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Booking.com tells hotels it's not a zero-sum game
By Sean O'Neil | November 25, 2015
Pepijn Rijvers knows more than most about Booking.com's meteoric rise. Last April, Rijvers became CMO of Europe's largest online travel company, which also happens to be the key engine behind Price Read More
Booking.com predicts alternative accommodation could overtake hotel stays
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Booking.com predicts alternative accommodation could overtake hotel stays
By Kevin May | November 17, 2015
Interesting gaze into the crystal ball from hotel giant Booking.com, with it saying non-hotel bookings will rise to outweigh traditional stays for business travellers in some countries. The analysi Read More
New focus on activities as Booking.com partners with buoyant GetYourGuide
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New focus on activities as Booking.com partners with buoyant GetYourGuide
By Kevin May | November 13, 2015
As GetYourGuide was trousering $50 million this morning in Series C funding, details also emerged to what has been going on behind the scenes for a while at Booking.com. Without any fanfare until n Read More
Booking.com brags about number of rooms (instead of properties)
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Booking.com brags about number of rooms (instead of properties)
By Kevin May | November 9, 2015
By a remarkable coincidence, following the acquisition of HomeAway by arch rival Expedia, Priceline Group has decided to "reveal Booking.com room stats for the first time". Booking.com has more tha Read More