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.

HomeAway, Booking.com lead the way -- Expedia resigned to me-too
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HomeAway, Booking.com lead the way -- Expedia resigned to me-too
By Dennis Schaal | May 20, 2010
When he talks about HomeAway's lead in vacation rentals and Booking.com's edge in the retail-hotel business in Europe and Asia, Expedia Inc.'s Dara Khosrowshahi offers a similar refrain. Read More
How will Thomas Cook become a top European online travel agency?
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How will Thomas Cook become a top European online travel agency?
By Kevin May | April 27, 2010
Even in an industry full of hyperbole the claim by tour operating giant Thomas Cook that it will become one of the top online travel agencies in Europe needs examining. Read More
Priceline CEO on metasearch swan song, private sales, Expedia, Asia strategy
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Priceline CEO on metasearch swan song, private sales, Expedia, Asia strategy
By Dennis Schaal | February 24, 2010
Priceline CEO Jeffery Boyd thinks metasearch's best days are behind it, argues that Jetsetter's private, members-only hotel sales will forever remain a niche endeavor, and rules out relaunching a... Read More
For Priceline, Booking.com, Agoda -- it's a sharing and marketshare thing
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For Priceline, Booking.com, Agoda -- it's a sharing and marketshare thing
By Dennis Schaal | February 18, 2010
Priceline continued its torrid growth, particularly internationally, in the fourth quarter and increasingly is sharing hotel inventory across its brands. Read More
What is it about Ryanair and its white label partnerships?
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What is it about Ryanair and its white label partnerships?
By Kevin May | February 16, 2010
Reports today suggesting Ryanair has settled out of court with Expedia over their ill-fated partnership has thrown the spotlight once again on the airline's white label deals. Read More
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