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 moves up rankings, nestles in with stalwarts - Top US travel sites, April 7 2012
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Booking.com moves up rankings, nestles in with stalwarts - Top US travel sites, April 7 2012
By PhocusWire | April 11, 2012
Priceline-owned Booking.com is beginning to feature heavily in the list of top travel websites in the US and is now sitting alongside the likes of Hotels.com and Marriott. Read More
Priceline takes on HotelTonight threat at global scale with last-minute service for Booking.com
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Priceline takes on HotelTonight threat at global scale with last-minute service for Booking.com
By Kevin May | April 10, 2012
Buoyed perhaps by the launch of a same-day hotel booking service on its mobile app, Priceline has launched a similar service for its global hotel service Booking.com. Read More
Ryanair and Isango best buddies again, create tour and activity selling service
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Ryanair and Isango best buddies again, create tour and activity selling service
By Kevin May | April 10, 2012
Ryanair is giving the tour and activity end of its drive to increase ancillary revenues another try - once again through online retailer Isango. Read More
How many hotels in the world are there anyway? Booking.com keeps adding them
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How many hotels in the world are there anyway? Booking.com keeps adding them
By Dennis Schaal | March 26, 2012
Booking.com says it offers 202,842 hotels globally and a new report says the Priceline Group -- Booking.com, Agoda and Priceline.com -- collectively is adding properties at a quickening pace. Read More
TripAdvisor launches money-back hotel booking site Tingo
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TripAdvisor launches money-back hotel booking site Tingo
By Kevin May | March 22, 2012
Another dip into the world of hotel bookings for TripAdvisor with the launch of Tingo, a new site which automatically refunds users the difference if the price drops. Read More
NineMSN wins top spot - Top Australia travel websites, March 17 2012
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NineMSN wins top spot - Top Australia travel websites, March 17 2012
By PhocusWire | March 21, 2012
Big effort from the travel section of NineMSN, leaping in to the top ten most popular travel websites in Australia in a heady first place. Read More
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
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