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.

Stop your Booking moaning - ad regulator clears Booking.com campaign
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Stop your Booking moaning - ad regulator clears Booking.com campaign
By Kevin May | February 18, 2015
Booking.com has escaped a ticking off by the UK's advertising watchdog over a TV and cinema campaign. The Advertising Standards Authority received just short of 2,500 complaints following the launc Read More
Hotels hit by email scam targeting payment of Booking.com fees
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Hotels hit by email scam targeting payment of Booking.com fees
By Kevin May | February 17, 2015
A number of hotels in Europe have fallen victim to an email scam which captures commissions paid to Booking.com. The email scammers use a tried a tested method of creating a branded page to lure th Read More
Shire Hotels brings price comparison back to home turf
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Shire Hotels brings price comparison back to home turf
By Linda Fox | January 21, 2015
In what can only be described as a bold move, Shire Hotels has introduced price comparison functionality on its website displaying rates from big OTAs alongside its own. In a bid to boost conversio Read More
Booking.com re-enters last-minute fray with mobile-only Booking Now
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Booking.com re-enters last-minute fray with mobile-only Booking Now
By Nick Vivion | January 16, 2015
As traveler behavior trends towards last-minute bookings, pretty much every OTA has launched a new last-minute solution. Booking.com had one of the earlier entrants to this space, with Booking.com Read More
Australian players fearful of Booking.com's boom, Wotif's weakness
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Australian players fearful of Booking.com's boom, Wotif's weakness
By Sean O'Neil | January 14, 2015
Why did Australian regulators okay Expedia Inc's $703 million acquisition of Wotif Holdings last October? Documents released on Tuesday explain their official reasoning. At the core, the regulators Read More
HRS loses rate parity appeal, calls for unified approach
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HRS loses rate parity appeal, calls for unified approach
By Linda Fox | January 13, 2015
A German court has ruled parity clauses from hotel specialist HRS are anti-competitive, paving the way for similar decisions on other online intermediaries. The ruling from the Higher Regional Cour Read More
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
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