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Travel website Booking.com leaves hoteliers thousands of dollars out of pocket

As the website boasts about increased revenue, some partners say they have not been paid for months

The Guardian - AU

EU Commission blocks Booking's planned acquisition of flight booking provider Etraveli

The European Union’s executive arm is blocking leading U.S. online travel agency Booking from acquiring Sweden’s flight booking provider Etraveli Group

The Independent UK

Blue-tick scammers target consumers who complain on X

Misleading Twitter handles displaying paid-for icon being used to carry out phishing attacks

The Guardian - UK

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Fake or not fake? Booking.com’s hotel or apartment was ‘a private house’

On arrival in Paris guests had to find alternative accommodation but a refund has been refused

The Guardian - UK

Booking Holdings Shares Soar In After-Hours Trading After Company’s Q2 Earnings Report

Travel group posts quarterly earnings of $37.62 per share and sales of $5.46 billion, both beating analyst consensus estimates.

Zenger

This is what LGBT+ travellers prioritise when choosing holiday destinations

Safety and wellbeing are top concerns

The Independent UK

Horrified family drive eight hours to discover Scots holiday home is 'burnt out crack den'

Samantha and George Morris claim they were confronted with what looked like a 'burnt out crack den' when they arrived at their apartment.

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Family travels eight hours to find holiday home is 'burnt out crack den'

Samantha and George Morris, from Daventry, Northamptonshire arrived at the holiday property in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, to discover that it had suffered a serious fire

Daily Mirror

Booking.com campus proposes workspace wellness for the 21st century

The new Booking.com headquarters, City Campus by UNStudio in Amsterdam, bring together wellness, sustainable architecture, and new attitudes to workspace

Wallpaper

Holywood communications company expanding with new Amsterdam office

The company work with brands including Visa, Zalando, BT, MSC Cruises and Johnnie Walker

Belfast Live

Holiday warning as scammers use fake sites posing as Airbnb and Booking.com

Summer is the most popular time for scammers to strike as families hunt for a bargain getaway to the sun

Chronicle Live

Online agents upbeat on growth outlook

Global online travel agents (OTAs) remain bullish about Thai tourism growth this year, driven by a strong wave of arrivals.

Bangkok Post

You can now stay at Mariah Carey’s luxury LA holiday rental for £5

The music icon has been living at the Beverly Hills estate for the past three months

The Independent UK

Family forced to put up Argentine tourists who turned up to their home due to fake Booking.com listing

South London resident said her postcode had been used for series of bookings on the travel website

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The Guardian - UK

Tourists turn up at London family home mistakenly listed on Booking.com

Owner of house in Plumstead calls ordeal ‘frustrating’, with some guests having to stay in her living room

Daily Mirror

Woman confused as tourists keep turning up at her home for Booking.com reservation

A family have been left baffled after unexpected travellers have been arriving at their property in Plumstead, south east London, after Booking.com dropped a pin on her home as accommodation

Evening Standard

Tourists turn up at Plumstead family home after Booking.com blunder

Karin Arsenius has had visitors from all over the world turn up at her home expecting to stay the night

Pedestrian.tv

This Influencer Her Friends Were Stranded In Italy After Booking A Hotel That Doesn’t Exist

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The Independent UK

Influencer Alix Earle claims she was ‘stranded’ in Italy after villa she booked turned out to be ‘scam’

‘The house we were supposed to stay in doesn’t exist,’ she said

Fortune

Why Booking.com is taking a cautious approach to hiring A.I. talent

Booking.com sits at the intersection of travel and technology, sectors that are experiencing opposing talent demands.

Liverpool Echo

Sophie Ellis-Bextor's 'favourite' thing to do in Liverpool ahead of Eurovillage performance

Sophie is set to perform at the EuroVillage tonight

Daily Mirror

'We live in the friendliest town in the UK - here's why people are so nice'

Residents in one of 'Britain's friendliest towns' say they feel as if time moves more slowly around where they live because of how 'laid back' and welcoming people are

Edinburgh Live

Mum storms out of lush Lanzarote villa as pool water was 24C instead of 30C

The mum says that she complained to the owner but that no one was sent to fix the pool until three days later. She alleges the water never once rose above 24 degrees.

Daily Record

Scots family's holiday ruined by 'filthy' hotel rooms 'with mushrooms growing on the ceiling'

The Blackpool Promenade Hotel has been the subject of several complaints by guests in recent weeks.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh family 'split up in filthy seaside hotel' on holiday from hell

The Blackpool Promenade Hotel, which has been in the media in recent weeks due to complaints made by guests, has once again been the centre of claims made by a local family

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