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.

Priceline-Kayak deal: Marketing expertise and global footprint at heart of $1.8 billion takeover
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Priceline-Kayak deal: Marketing expertise and global footprint at heart of $1.8 billion takeover
By Evan Konwiser | November 8, 2012
Priceline is acquiring Kayak for $1.8 billion in cash and stock. Yes, read it again. While unexpected, interestingly the news does not fundamentally tell us anything about the industry. Read More
Booking.com and Skyscanner check in with first Windows 8 apps
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Booking.com and Skyscanner check in with first Windows 8 apps
By Linda Fox | October 31, 2012
Booking.com's first foray on to the Windows 8 platform comes as no surprise given the sales it is already seeing via its mobile website and existing applications. Read More
The Scan: Booking.com enables Passbook via its iPhone app, and more travel tech news
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The Scan: Booking.com enables Passbook via its iPhone app, and more travel tech news
By PhocusWire | October 16, 2012
Booking.com, Apple, Amazon, Priceline, TripAdvisor, Flight Centre, Travelfusion, and vStream Digital Media all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 16 October. Read More
Booking.com says it isn’t harming hotel owners by putting canceled rooms up for resale
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Booking.com says it isn’t harming hotel owners by putting canceled rooms up for resale
By Sean O'Neil | October 15, 2012
Booking.com and hotel owners and vie to resell canceled rooms. Read More
As the Asian tech powerhouse continues to grow, can offline travel agents compete?
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As the Asian tech powerhouse continues to grow, can offline travel agents compete?
By Siew Hoon Yeoh | October 14, 2012
While air passenger volumes have started moderating in the second half of the year, Asia’s still the best place to be at right now when it comes to growth compared to the rest of the world. Read More
Could Booking.com be a good parent to the new .hotels domain extension?
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Could Booking.com be a good parent to the new .hotels domain extension?
By Linda Fox | October 3, 2012
The coming weeks could see Booking.com given the go ahead by ICANN for the .HOTELS top level domain. Read More
Why Priceline's purchase of Booking.com was the most profitable travel deal of the 2000s
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Why Priceline's purchase of Booking.com was the most profitable travel deal of the 2000s
By Sean O'Neil | October 2, 2012
One analyst says the company ought to rename itself Booking.com, given how much the acquisition catapulted The Priceline Group from a profit of $10 million in 2003 to a profit of $1.1 billion last year. Read More
Agoda swoops in over TripAdvisor - Top New Zealand travel websites, August 2012
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Agoda swoops in over TripAdvisor - Top New Zealand travel websites, August 2012
By PhocusWire | September 13, 2012
More good news for Agoda after its recent surge in Australia by also sweeping in to also take top spot in the list of leading travel websites in New Zealand. Read More
Agoda (almost) beats TripAdvisor - Top Australia travel websites, August 2012
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Agoda (almost) beats TripAdvisor - Top Australia travel websites, August 2012
By PhocusWire | September 11, 2012
Agoda passed TripAdvisor at the top of the leading travel websites in Australia - but still has some way to go if global sites are included in market share data. Read More
Ryanair Hotels ahead of Hotels.com - Top UK travel websites, August 2012
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Ryanair Hotels ahead of Hotels.com - Top UK travel websites, August 2012
By PhocusWire | September 11, 2012
Ryanair has overtaken Hotels.com with its accommodation search service in the list of leading travel websites in the UK in August. Read More
TripAdvisor and Booking.com move ahead - Top Canada travel websites, July 2012
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TripAdvisor and Booking.com move ahead - Top Canada travel websites, July 2012
By PhocusWire | September 7, 2012
Both Booking.com and TripAdvisor managed to pull further in front of the chasing pack in the list of leading accommodation and destination websites in Canada in August. Read More
TripBirds swaps travel tips platform for social media-led hotel booking service
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TripBirds swaps travel tips platform for social media-led hotel booking service
By Kevin May | August 28, 2012
Back in December 2011, TripBirds was one of many (many, many) so-called social travel sites, created so users can get tips from their friends using the social graph. Read More
Bombshell: Is the Priceline growth machine decelerating?
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Bombshell: Is the Priceline growth machine decelerating?
By Kevin May | August 8, 2012
For years, Priceline has been the darling of the travel industry within the financial investment community, reaching an eye-watering market capitalisation of close to $30 billion. Read More
Priceline first half 2012 results - at-a-glance summary
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Priceline first half 2012 results - at-a-glance summary
By Kevin May | August 7, 2012
Priceline released its first half 2012 results today. A quick overview is as follows: Read More
Expedia wants guests to choose when to pay for a hotel
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Expedia wants guests to choose when to pay for a hotel
By Sean O'Neil | August 7, 2012
Expedia is slowly testing its Expedia Traveler Preference (ETP) program as a new payment model. Read More