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I had always assumed Booking.com had some resale agreement with hotels and airlines - there was always some weird issue where if I called a hotel and asked for

I had always assumed Booking.com had some resale agreement with hotels and airlines - there was always some weird issue where if I called a hotel and asked for a room it was more expensive than booking.com or was not available yet was on booking.com What gets me is why on Earth any provider would allow this - dealing direct is so much more sane 99% of the time, and a package holiday provider already has a reseller agreement. Just stomp booking.com into the ground - I simply don’t understand why hotels and airlines don’t do it?

carlosjobim 2y ago
Hotel owners like working with booking, and yes, they have resale agreements with all hotels and other accommodation providers they list on their website.
jsiepkes 2y ago
> Just stomp booking.com into the ground - I simply don’t understand why hotels and airlines don’t do it? Classic prisoners dillema. The problem is all the hotels, etc. need to be on the same page.
- lifeisstillgood 2y ago
  No that’s the search engine trap - which hotel shall I go to is a map not a search page. It’s a marketing exercise - which influencer, which email drop, which word of mouth. It’s everything that was before Google captured all the advertising revenue there ever was. And reduced it to a list on a black ink on white page Airlines are in a race to the bottom because there are only 8 bits in the 1970s booking system so there is only a competition on seat price. Chnage that to be able to have different parameters and we compete on other factors If hotels are just competing for price on booking.com then they are heading to the same trap - beautiful architecture, fantastic location, smiling staff, 1950s movie stars making films in the courtyard- none of it matters if it’s price per room in NYC. The only way cows stop being treated like cattle is to make sure every human sees them as individuals - it’s a lot of work. But the struggle is worth the abbatoir.
robjan 2y ago
Booking.com is a travel agent and they do have agreements with most airlines using GDS such as Amadeus or Sabre. It's a symbiotic relationship.

carlosjobim 2y ago

Hotel owners like working with booking, and yes, they have resale agreements with all hotels and other accommodation providers they list on their website.

jsiepkes 2y ago

> Just stomp booking.com into the ground - I simply don’t understand why hotels and airlines don’t do it? Classic prisoners dillema. The problem is all the hotels, etc. need to be on the same page.

lifeisstillgood 2y ago
No that’s the search engine trap - which hotel shall I go to is a map not a search page. It’s a marketing exercise - which influencer, which email drop, which word of mouth. It’s everything that was before Google captured all the advertising revenue there ever was. And reduced it to a list on a black ink on white page Airlines are in a race to the bottom because there are only 8 bits in the 1970s booking system so there is only a competition on seat price. Chnage that to be able to have different parameters and we compete on other factors If hotels are just competing for price on booking.com then they are heading to the same trap - beautiful architecture, fantastic location, smiling staff, 1950s movie stars making films in the courtyard- none of it matters if it’s price per room in NYC. The only way cows stop being treated like cattle is to make sure every human sees them as individuals - it’s a lot of work. But the struggle is worth the abbatoir.

robjan 2y ago

Booking.com is a travel agent and they do have agreements with most airlines using GDS such as Amadeus or Sabre. It's a symbiotic relationship.