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 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
Booking.com creeping up on TripAdvisor - Top Canada travel websites, July 2013
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Booking.com creeping up on TripAdvisor - Top Canada travel websites, July 2013
By PhocusWire | August 6, 2013
The Canadian version of TripAdvisor might be looking nervously over its shoulder this summer as Booking.com moves to within a whisker of taking the accolade of most popular travel site in the country. Read More
Inside the murky world of gaming hotel reviews (and TripAdvisor's stealthy response)
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Inside the murky world of gaming hotel reviews (and TripAdvisor's stealthy response)
By Karthick Prabu | August 1, 2013
It's a concept that has been talked about for years - companies that work on behalf of hoteliers to deliberately seed reviews on TripAdvisor for a fee. Read More
How to win back precious revenue from online travel agencies
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How to win back precious revenue from online travel agencies
By Viewpoints | July 31, 2013
In 2009, Google changed its approach to brand protection, removing protection for trademarked brands on its Adwords Online advertising service. Read More
Booking.com gains ground on TripAdvisor - Top New Zealand travel websites, June 2013
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Booking.com gains ground on TripAdvisor - Top New Zealand travel websites, June 2013
By PhocusWire | July 28, 2013
TripAdvisor's strong position at the top of the leading travel websites in New Zealand has weakened slightly after losing some of its lead to second placed Booking.com. Read More
Expedia wins more traffic than next three brands combined - Top Canada travel websites, June 2013
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Expedia wins more traffic than next three brands combined - Top Canada travel websites, June 2013
By PhocusWire | July 16, 2013
The web traffic of Flight Network, Hotwire and CheapOAir combined was still behind the total market share achieved by market leader Expedia in Canada in June. Read More
One way a major OTA keeps its developers happy: Trust
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One way a major OTA keeps its developers happy: Trust
By Sean O'Neil | July 9, 2013
One way Booking.com has earned its reputation as a good place to work is that it gives developers freedom to do experiments quickly. Read More
Booking.com is thrashing Expedia in Europe, says survey
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Booking.com is thrashing Expedia in Europe, says survey
By Sean O'Neil | July 8, 2013
A survey of 120 hotel executives in Europe by Morgan Stanley reveals why Booking.com is trouncing Expedia in Europe. Read More
TripAdvisor pushes ahead in the number one spot - Top New Zealand travel websites, May 2013
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TripAdvisor pushes ahead in the number one spot - Top New Zealand travel websites, May 2013
By PhocusWire | June 20, 2013
User review service TripAdvisor has widened the gap between it and second placed Booking.com in the list of leading travel websites in New Zealand. Read More
Top-level view on the travel technology scene in Asia
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Top-level view on the travel technology scene in Asia
By Karthick Prabu | June 12, 2013
With China emerging as the biggest travel spending country and around 1,800 hotels in the construction pipeline in the wider region alone for 2013, Asia is a key focus market for many global travel... Read More
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