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.

Mobile tipped to account for fifth of online travel bookings by 2015
News / Technology
Mobile tipped to account for fifth of online travel bookings by 2015
By Kevin May | January 28, 2014
One in five of all travel bookings made online in Europe within a year will be made via a mobile device, with the UK leading the way as the the most device-happy country. This is the landmark stati Read More
How sales are impacted by PPC advertising
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How sales are impacted by PPC advertising
By PhocusWire | December 17, 2013
MARKETING: Search marketing works. It is why brands such as Priceline and Booking.com have continually put so much faith (and some smart tech) behind their PPC strategies. But as those with smaller Read More
Booking.com snaps up messaging app service eBuddy in acqui-hire deal
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Booking.com snaps up messaging app service eBuddy in acqui-hire deal
By Karthick Prabu | December 5, 2013
In an apparent move to strengthen its online support, Booking.com has acqui-hired a group of staffers from messaging service provider eBuddy. Amsterdam-based eBuddy enables users with Facebook Chat Read More
Priceline duo speak: Huston on the future and Boyd on the past
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Priceline duo speak: Huston on the future and Boyd on the past
By Kevin May | November 21, 2013
For years Priceline top brass such as CEO Jeff Boyd would rarely speak to the media beyond the obligatory appearances with the financial press around earnings. But with him recently stepping aside Read More
Dear Mr Huston, some advice as you become new CEO of Priceline
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Dear Mr Huston, some advice as you become new CEO of Priceline
By Viewpoints | November 18, 2013
New CEOs always have big shoes to fill, but when you're the incoming boss of Priceline you have the biggest shoes to fill in the travel world. Under your predecessor, Jeff Boyd, Priceline went from Read More
Priceline shock move - Jeff Boyd steps aside as CEO and president, Huston promoted
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Priceline shock move - Jeff Boyd steps aside as CEO and president, Huston promoted
By Kevin May | November 7, 2013
In a development straight out of the leftfield, Priceline CEO and president Jeff Boyd has handed over control of the company to Booking.com boss Darren Huston. The announcement was made as Pricelin Read More
A rough guide to the Circle of Trust with hotels and social media
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A rough guide to the Circle of Trust with hotels and social media
By Viewpoints | October 30, 2013
If asked to define your "Circle of Trust" you would likely come back with a select handful of your closest combination of family and friends. People who you probably consider your confidants. If yo Read More
The evolving role of the transactional DMO
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The evolving role of the transactional DMO
By Viewpoints | October 8, 2013
The Destination Marketing Organization, or DMO -- also known in some cities as the Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) -- looks after the marketing and communications of a territory, municipality, or Read More
Air Canada loses ground to WestJet - Top Canada travel websites, August 2013
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Air Canada loses ground to WestJet - Top Canada travel websites, August 2013
By PhocusWire | September 16, 2013
WestJet has extended its lead over rival carrier Air Canada in the list of leading travel websites in Canada in August. Read More
Booking.com winning the multichannel stakes, apps and mobile sites lagging overall
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Booking.com winning the multichannel stakes, apps and mobile sites lagging overall
By Linda Fox | September 13, 2013
Seems like a two horse race when it comes to the results of a multichannel study assessing travel brands for their performance with booking.com and hotels.com consistently scoring well. Read More
Hotel rate parity campaigner backs away with final poke at regulators (and a cheeky website)
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Hotel rate parity campaigner backs away with final poke at regulators (and a cheeky website)
By Kevin May | September 10, 2013
The travel executive who triggered the long-running investigation into alleged bullying by major online travel agencies over hotel pricing is giving up his fight. Read More
Behind the scenes, Booking.com is quietly powering hotel search for a trio of major European agencies
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Behind the scenes, Booking.com is quietly powering hotel search for a trio of major European agencies
By Kevin May | August 27, 2013
With all the coverage and analysis of the Expedia-Travelocity deal last week, another major partnership at the European end of the industry has slipped under the radar. Read More
Something in this door-to-door search trend - Lufthansa and Booking.com latest to try it out
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Something in this door-to-door search trend - Lufthansa and Booking.com latest to try it out
By Kevin May | August 19, 2013
Rome2Rio, one of just a handful of door-to-door travel search technology providers, appears to be persuading others that it's a shift in user behaviour worth capturing. Read More
Expedia and Booking.com pledge to allow rival discounting as hotel rate parity probe widens
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Expedia and Booking.com pledge to allow rival discounting as hotel rate parity probe widens
By Kevin May | August 9, 2013
Two of the largest online travel brands on the planet - Booking.com and Expedia - have agreed to new guidelines which will give other web-based agencies the chance to offer reductions on hotels. Read More
TripAdvisor grabs tenth of all traffic to hotel-related sites - Top US travel websites, July 2013
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TripAdvisor grabs tenth of all traffic to hotel-related sites - Top US travel websites, July 2013
By PhocusWire | August 8, 2013
TripAdvisor's dominance in the world of online hotel activity is illustrated once again with data showing it is capturing one tenth of traffic to accommodation sites in the US. Read More