{"id":114346,"date":"2024-08-01T22:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travmagazine.nl\/booking-exceeds-its-own-expectations-in-second-quarter\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T14:13:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T13:13:06","slug":"booking-exceeds-its-own-expectations-in-second-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travmagazine.nl\/en\/booking-exceeds-its-own-expectations-in-second-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Booking exceeds its own expectations in second quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Booking Holdings, the company behind the well-known hotel booking site Booking.com, has had a good second quarter.<br \/>\nThanks to the strong demand for travel and hotel stays, both turnover and profit were on the rise.<br \/>\nThe number of overnight stays booked through Booking Holdings&#8217; platforms grew by more than 7 percent compared to the same quarter a year earlier.<br \/>\nThe total number came to 287 million.<br \/>\nTurnover was also 7 percent higher than a year earlier, totalling 5.9 billion dollars (or 5.5 billion euro).<br \/>\nNet profit rose by 18 percent to 1.5 billion dollars (1.4 billion euro).<br \/>\nGross travel bookings, including taxes and fees, and excluding cancellations, amounted to 41.4 billion dollars (38.4 billion euros).<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s an increase of 4 percent compared to the previous year&#8217;s quarter.<br \/>\nAccording to CEO Glenn Fogel, the company exceeded its own expectations with these results.<br \/>\nThe good figures are overshadowed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travmagazine.nl\/booking-com-overweegt-beroep-tegen-megaboete\/\">a hefty fine<\/a> of more than 413 million euros from the Spanish competition watchdog CNMC, which Booking .com received earlier this week for abusing its dominance in the market. 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