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.

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
Skyscanner wins appeal, UK watchdog to rethink OTA hotel rate clubs
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Skyscanner wins appeal, UK watchdog to rethink OTA hotel rate clubs
By Sean O'Neil | September 26, 2014
For those of you keeping score at home, it's now Skyscanner, 1 - OTAs, 0, in the legal game that's developed around planned hotel rate discount schemes in the United Kingdom. In a win for Scotland- Read More
MakeMyTrip goes scouting for startups
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MakeMyTrip goes scouting for startups
By Martin Cowen | September 12, 2014
Indian online travel agency giant Make My Trip says it has cash to spend on investing and nurturing startups. The so-called Innovation Fund will total $15 million and targeted at "mobile and IP-bas Read More
Thinking about targeting China? Big market, but not as easy as you might think
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Thinking about targeting China? Big market, but not as easy as you might think
By Karthick Prabu | September 3, 2014
A who's who of global travel brands still face a number of challenges in the Chinese travel industry. At a panel discussion during the TravelDaily Summit in Shanghai, executives from Booking.com, S Read More
Booking.com quietly gets a big hotel chain signed up to white label services
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Booking.com quietly gets a big hotel chain signed up to white label services
By Kevin May | August 18, 2014
The hotel industry has been watching closely during 2014 as Priceline (and its Booking.com division) has started flexing its muscles elsewhere. That "elsewhere" is namely around providing business Read More
Expedia (and others) will be affected big-time by Priceline-Ctrip marriage
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Expedia (and others) will be affected big-time by Priceline-Ctrip marriage
By Morris Sim | August 8, 2014
Priceline’s planned investment in Ctrip is a smart move for both companies, though not as unexpected as some might believe. Many employees and partners of both companies have had suspicions since t Read More
Skyscanner replaces Kayak as flight provider to Lonely Planet
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Skyscanner replaces Kayak as flight provider to Lonely Planet
By Kevin May | July 17, 2014
Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet has made one of its first major changes since being acquired and turned to Skyscanner to power its flight search engine. The move is being touted as "the first Read More
Booking.com to change One Room Left tool after advertising regulator rap
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Booking.com to change One Room Left tool after advertising regulator rap
By Linda Fox | July 11, 2014
Booking.com says it will make minor changes to its website after an appeal board upheld a recommendation made back in April by the Dutch Advertising Committee (RCC). At the time a Dutch media outle Read More
Why TripAdvisor has a chance to eat the lunch of Booking.com
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Why TripAdvisor has a chance to eat the lunch of Booking.com
By Viewpoints | July 10, 2014
Tripadvisor’s Tripconnect is the first real challenger to Booking.com and is the first step to get hoteliers back in control of their online distribution channel. Now that the Tripconnect platform Read More
Booking.com and Sabre blow their hotel inventory trumpet
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Booking.com and Sabre blow their hotel inventory trumpet
By Kevin May | July 3, 2014
Following HomeAway's milestone of reaching one million properties last week, now it's the turn of Booking.com and Sabre to join in. Priceline-owned Booking.com has been busily telling everyone this Read More
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