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.

Are we heading for another defining year in online travel?
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Are we heading for another defining year in online travel?
By Viewpoints | January 8, 2015
2014 was a very dynamic year for the online travel sector, which saw new forces rising within it, reshaping the way travel products will be marketed in the next few years. NB: This is an analysis b Read More
TheTrainline IPO - intention to float highlights
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TheTrainline IPO - intention to float highlights
By Martin Cowen | January 8, 2015
Thetrainline.com, the UK-focussed rail booking and technology business and one of the biggest e-commerce sites in the country, has announced plans to float on the London Stock Exchange. Reports sug Read More
Pivotal moments in 2014: when Amazon made a hotel play
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Pivotal moments in 2014: when Amazon made a hotel play
By Patrick Landman | December 29, 2014
In case you missed it, Amazon, possibly the biggest ecommerce website in the world, has entered into the hotel distribution game. It has recently started contracting hotels in the US. Are we looking a Read More
What the dickens...
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What the dickens...
By Martin Cowen | December 22, 2014
In a twist on the ghosts of Christmas past, booking.com is being haunted by the BBC after the broadcaster decided to re-run a story from early November about the site's customers being targetted by "s Read More
How to crack the Booking.com algorithm
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How to crack the Booking.com algorithm
By Viewpoints | December 18, 2014
If we want to improve our positioning on Booking.com as rapidly as possible in order to increase sales, it is obvious what needs to be done. Increase commissions! This maximizes the profits of B Read More
Priceline's Booking.com eases rate parity after European pressure
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Priceline's Booking.com eases rate parity after European pressure
By Nick Vivion | December 16, 2014
After pressure on Booking.com from regulators in Sweden, France and Italy, the OTA has offered to soften the long-maligned rate parity clause in contracts with hotels. The replacements will be dubb Read More
How do online travel agencies win with loyalty?
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How do online travel agencies win with loyalty?
By Viewpoints | December 15, 2014
Some of the main customer acquisition techniques of online travel agencies were analysed in the first part of this article. NB: This is an analysis by Francesco Canzoniere, ex-CEO of Viajar and now Read More
APAC travel sweet spot: Forget the rich, here come the value-conscious
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APAC travel sweet spot: Forget the rich, here come the value-conscious
By Pamela Whitby | December 12, 2014
With the younger generation earning more and intra-APAC travel on the rise in 2014, online travel companies better be in fighting form in 2015. NB: This is a report by Pamela Whitby, editor for Eye Read More
Why do consumers prefer booking with online travel agencies?
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Why do consumers prefer booking with online travel agencies?
By Viewpoints | December 10, 2014
Many hotels are experiencing a notable increase in bookings coming from online travel agencies, most notably those from Booking.com. At the same time, direct bookings, those generated from a hotels Read More
Why the guest experience is the essential weapon for hotels
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Why the guest experience is the essential weapon for hotels
By Pamela Whitby | December 4, 2014
With growing competition in the supply chain and hotels increasingly under the cosh, if nothing else they need to keep focused on delivering a great service. NB: This is a report by Pamela Whitby, Read More
The Downfall of online travel startups [VIDEO]
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The Downfall of online travel startups [VIDEO]
By Kevin May | November 25, 2014
[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRliRoI1iZw" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/downfall-online-travel.jpg"] It was Read More
White labels are the place - Booking.com and Dohop are soaring
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White labels are the place - Booking.com and Dohop are soaring
By Kevin May | November 25, 2014
Booking.com is a rare entity in that it has secured an extension with Ryanair to continue providing accommodation to the carrier's website. The white label deal was first signed in 2009 after a per Read More
Brand versus product: the rise of the travel meta brand
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Brand versus product: the rise of the travel meta brand
By Viewpoints | November 19, 2014
Sorry brand marketers, the travel industry has moved on. It is no longer sufficient to spend millions of pounds advertising your airline or hotel chain on TV or radio… or even online. Not only a Read More
About 10,000 Booking.com customers fell for phishing scams
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About 10,000 Booking.com customers fell for phishing scams
By Sean O'Neil | November 7, 2014
Third-party hotel reservation service Booking.com says that dozens of email phishing websites are getting ahold of customer details by sending fraudulent but convincing messages to hotels, according t Read More
What might a new approach by Google to the hotel industry look like?
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What might a new approach by Google to the hotel industry look like?
By Viewpoints | October 2, 2014
Consider this: Google has invested in flight information provider ITA Software and hotel metasearch engine Room77. NB: This is an opinion by Richard Vaughton, director at DiscoveryHolidayHomes. It Read More