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.

Leading pairs lose market share - Top UK travel sites, March 17 2012
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Leading pairs lose market share - Top UK travel sites, March 17 2012
By PhocusWire | March 20, 2012
The top two agency, accommodation and airline websites in the list of leading travel brands in the UK all lost out last week as their share of the market dropped. Read More
Stuff falls further as Booking.com steps in - Top New Zealand websites, March 3 2012
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Stuff falls further as Booking.com steps in - Top New Zealand websites, March 3 2012
By PhocusWire | March 12, 2012
Stuff saw its share of the leading travel websites in New Zealand tumble further last week and lose another position, this time to Booking.com. Read More
Booking.com view from the top - new CEO on Big Data, social, flash sales and Google
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Booking.com view from the top - new CEO on Big Data, social, flash sales and Google
By Linda Fox | March 12, 2012
Booking.com is something of an enigma - extraordinary growth, successful acquisition strategy, determined efforts to attract new customers through search. Read More
Hotel Urbano sweeping rivals aside - Top Brazil travel sites, February 25 2012
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Hotel Urbano sweeping rivals aside - Top Brazil travel sites, February 25 2012
By PhocusWire | March 2, 2012
Hotel Urbano has three times as much traffic as its nearest rival Booking.com in the list of leading travel websites in Brazil. Read More
Leading five hotel sites lose market share - Top Canada travel sites, February 25 2012
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Leading five hotel sites lose market share - Top Canada travel sites, February 25 2012
By PhocusWire | March 1, 2012
Good week for little guy as the top five travel websites in the destinations and accommodation category in Canada all saw their share of traffic drip. Read More
Booking.com big for Priceline but only scratching the surface in Europe
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Booking.com big for Priceline but only scratching the surface in Europe
By Linda Fox | February 29, 2012
Priceline's annual results published this week leave us much to speculate about regarding Netherlands-based booking.com and it's strategy going forward Read More
Priceline loves hotels and cars, but business travel no so much
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Priceline loves hotels and cars, but business travel no so much
By Dennis Schaal | February 27, 2012
With gross bookings and hotel room nights up more than 50% each in the fourth quarter, Priceline says its Booking.com, Agoda and Priceline.com brands all gained hotel market share. Read More
Hotel Urbano makes strong gains over Booking.com - Top Brazil travel sites, February 11 2012
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Hotel Urbano makes strong gains over Booking.com - Top Brazil travel sites, February 11 2012
By PhocusWire | February 17, 2012
Significant push by Hotel Urbano last week in the list of leading travel sites in Brazil, extending its lead over Booking.com and securing almost double the amount of traffic share. Read More
TripAdvisor loses top spot to Wotif - Top Australia travel websites, February 11 2012
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TripAdvisor loses top spot to Wotif - Top Australia travel websites, February 11 2012
By PhocusWire | February 15, 2012
All change at the top in Australia as Wotif gained enough additional share of traffic in the destination and accommodation category to unseat its main rival TripAdvisor. Read More
Would lack of tech execution at Expedia lead to an execution?
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Would lack of tech execution at Expedia lead to an execution?
By Dennis Schaal | February 10, 2012
The high-stakes nature of Expedia Inc.'s bet on its new technology platform, dubbed E3, could be seen in the aftermath of its disappointing fourth quarter results. Read More
Booking.com and Yahoo up, Stuff down - Top New Zealand websites, February 4 2012
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Booking.com and Yahoo up, Stuff down - Top New Zealand websites, February 4 2012
By PhocusWire | February 9, 2012
Travel services from Yahoo in New Zealand and Booking.com increased their respective share of web traffic last week as Stuff lost its second spot. Read More
Strong showing for Hotel Urbano - Top Brazil travel sites, January 28 2012
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Strong showing for Hotel Urbano - Top Brazil travel sites, January 28 2012
By PhocusWire | February 3, 2012
Hotel Urbano has extended its lead in the destination and accommodation category last week, as well as seeing its position increase in the list of leading agencies in Brazil. Read More
TripAdvisor dominates hotel category - Top Canada travel sites, January 28 2012
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TripAdvisor dominates hotel category - Top Canada travel sites, January 28 2012
By PhocusWire | February 1, 2012
Three of out five leading positions in the list of top Canadian destination and accommodation websites now below to TripAdvisor. Read More
Is Booking.com the travel king of Google AdWords? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Is Booking.com the travel king of Google AdWords? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Dennis Schaal | January 30, 2012
Did Priceline's Booking.com spend the most among travel brands in Google AdWords in 2011? Read More
Why William Shatner Priceline Negotiator character had to die
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Why William Shatner Priceline Negotiator character had to die
By Dennis Schaal | January 19, 2012
The Priceline Negotiator character, played by Star Trek legend William Shatner, had to die. Read More