2021 sales: $76.6 billion
Previous ranking: 2
Employees: 19,500
800 Connecticut Ave.
Norwalk, CT 06854
Phone: (203) 209-8000
Website Executives
CEO: Glenn D. Fogel
EVP/CFO: David I. Goulden
EVP/GENERAL COUNSEL: Peter J. Millones Jr.
Booking
Holdings did not submit a Power List survey, so information was
obtained from the company's public financial reports and articles from
Northstar Travel Group publications.
Company facts
* Publicly traded OTA.
* Brands include Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, RentalCars.com, Kayak and OpenTable.
2021 developments
* Acquired Getaroom, a business-to-business hotel room distributor, for about $1.2 billion from Court Square Capital Partners. The company rolled it into the Priceline brand.
* Acquired Swedish flight-technology firm Etraveli Group from CVC Capital Partners for approximately $1.8 billion to boost Booking.com's air capabilities.
* Kayak was the lead investor in a $60 million backing of Life House, a provider of hotel management and boutique accommodations.
* Expanded Booking.com's Genius loyalty program, opening the lowest level of benefits to any customer who creates an account.
* Enhanced Booking.com's mobile app, making it more user-friendly.
* Improved the coverage of Booking.com's attractions product, due in part to the integration of inventory from Viator and Musement.
Looking ahead
* Booking Holdings took in $27.3 billion in gross travel bookings in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 129% from the year before and the highest quarterly amount in the company's history. CEO Fogel said during its full-year 2021 earnings call that there's "a very strong desire to travel among our leisure bookers."