Acquisition closed
Booking Holdings acquires Booking.com (2005)
Booking Holdings completed the acquisition of Booking.com on 1 September 2005 for $133 million.[1]
Priceline acquired Bookings B.V., the Dutch operator of Booking.com, for about $133 million. The business grew so far beyond its American parent that the group renamed itself Booking Holdings in 2018, so the acquired company ended up naming the acquirer.
Deal facts
- Announced
- Closed
- Value
- $133 million (enterprise value)
- Buyer
- Booking Holdings
- Seller
- —
- Assets
- Booking.com
- Regulatory review
- None recorded
Ownership changes recorded from this deal
| Owner | Owned | Relationship | Stake | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booking Holdings | Booking.com | owns | 100% | 2005-09-01 | present |
Who owns Booking.com today?
- Booking.com — owned by Booking Holdings since 2005
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] priceline.com Incorporated Form 8-K — acquisition of Bookings B.V. — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 8-K, published 1 September 2005; retrieved 8 September 2026.
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