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China embracing home-sharing and sustainable travel trends
Reading Time: 2 minutesChina: Booking.com chairwoman Gillian Tans has spoken about how China is embracing the growing global trend of home-sharing, as well as throwing its weight behind increasing sustainable travel initiatives. In an interview with the channel CNBC at the East Tech West Conference in Guangzhou , Tans said that the online travel agency is recording an […]
Booking.com reveals latest features and product enhancements
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Booking.com has launched a number of features, including tools and product enhancements, after feedback from its professional short-term rental partners to help them welcome more guests. The new features have been developed by a team of specialists who aim to ensure that rental partners deliver exceptional experiences to their guests. Speaking at the Vacation […]
Booking.com to headline the Short Stay Summit
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Quartz Smart Events has announced Booking.com as the headline partner for the newly launched Short Stay Summit which is opening on Friday 8 November 2019 in Barcelona. The Short Stay Summit is the latest addition to the growing Short Stay Show event portfolio which launched in London earlier this year. The Short Stay Show […]
Duke of Sussex and travel players join forces for Travalyst launch
Reading Time: 3 minutesWorldwide: HRH The Duke of Sussex has joined forces with TripAdvisor, Booking.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner and Visa to launch Travalyst, a global partnership which advocates sustainable practices across the travel industry. The alliance was announced this week in Amsterdam with the aforementioned firms named as the founding partners of Travalyst and further companies and non-government groups […]
NoiseAware announces Booking.com partnership
Reading Time: 1 minuteUS: Noise monitoring company NoiseAware has announced its largest partnership with Booking.com to date. The partnership will provide Booking.com partners who list homes, apartments and other alternative accommodations with the chance to employ NoiseAware’s smart home noise detection technology at their property. Partners who create a new listing on Booking.com will receive a free monitoring […]
Booking.com appoints pair as chairwoman and CEO
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Booking Holdings has announced the appointment of Gillian Tans as chairwoman of Booking.com and Glenn Fogel as the CEO of Booking.com. In the latter’s case, Fogel has served as the CEO and president of Booking Holdings but will now take on an expanded role at the head of Booking.com. Both appointments are effective immediately. […]
Indian alternative accommodation market on the rise
Reading Time: 3 minutesIndia: Online travel platform Booking.com has reported that India has surged in popularity as one of its fastest growing markets for alternative accommodations. The Amsterdam-based company has over 880,000 listings in India, of which about 140,000 are considered ‘alternative accommodation’, such as homestays, apartments, villas, BnBs, cabins, boats and treehouses. Hotspots such as Kerala, Karnataka […]
Booking.com sets up BookingSuite App Store
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Booking.com has launched its BookingSuite App Store for accommodation partners to find relevant software solutions for their property in just a matter of clicks. The store, which is also offering a free trial period for its products and services, has been developed by BookingSuite, a division within Booking.com which provides software solutions that enable […]
Booking.com to participate in BnB Guest Conference in Athens
Reading Time: 2 minutesAthens: Booking.com will participate in the first BnB Guest Conference to be held on 24 January at the Wyndham Grand Athens hotel in the Greek capital. Organised by Smart Press and entitled “The Best for the Guest”, the conference will offer insight on the effect that short-term rentals have on the operation, commercial life and […]
Airbnb adds new hotel category and filter to push visibility on its website
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb is to promote its hotel business by featuring a “Boutique Hotels” category on the main landing page and by including hotels in its space type filter. On the homepage, Boutique Hotels is found next to the Entire Homes and Airbnb Plus categories in the “More ways to stay in 2019” section. The placement […]