Overview
Lobbying Costs
900,000€ - 999,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.75 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
35
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Booking.com B.V.
EU Transparency Register
146537115285-34 First registered on 16 Dec 2014
Goals / Remit
Founded in 1996 in Amsterdam, Booking.com has grown from a small Dutch startup to one of the world’s leading digital travel companies. By investing in the technology that helps take the friction out of travel, Booking.com seamlessly connects millions of consumers with a range of travel offers. As one of the world’s largest travel marketplaces for both established brands and entrepreneurs of all sizes, Booking.com enables travel suppliers all over the world to reach a global audience and grow their businesses.
Main EU files targeted
Digital policy, including initiatives linked to platform regulation, Competition, Consumer protection, Privacy/Data protection and data-related initiatives, Taxation, Payment Regulation, AI, initiatives linked to tourism such as Package Travel Directive and Passenger Rights Regulation as well as initiatives on sustainable tourism and tourism recovery, STR-related regulation.
Address
Head Office
Oosterdokskade 163
Amsterdam 1011 DL
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Oosterdokskade 163
Amsterdam 1011 DL
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 Sep 2024
Name Start date End Date Laura Schulz 29 Jul 2024 29 Jul 2025 Julia LAMB 02 Sep 2023 02 Sep 2024 Ms Laura SCHULZ 25 Mar 2023 23 Mar 2024 Ms Nadia Antoniou 30 Aug 2022 30 Aug 2023 Julia LAMB 20 Aug 2022 19 Aug 2023 Julia LAMB 16 Jul 2019 01 Aug 2020 Peter LOCHBIHLER 01 Nov 2018 01 Nov 2019 Ms Inge Janssen 18 Oct 2018 18 Oct 2019 Peter LOCHBIHLER 05 Apr 2017 04 Apr 2018 Ms Inge Janssen 12 Oct 2016 11 Oct 2017 Peter LOCHBIHLER 18 Mar 2016 01 Apr 2017 Complementary Information
3 full-time staff in Brussels, with additional staff in the Amsterdam Headquarters being involved in EU affairs on a part-time basis.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
900,000€ - 999,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount apco worldwide 300,000€ - 399,999€ kekstcnc 25,000€ - 49,999€ ct eu affairs 10,000€ - 24,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name apco worldwide kekstcnc Closed year Costs
900,000€ - 999,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Together for EU Tourism – T4T#E03886#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3886 #Member #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
https://bookingpublicaffairs.medium.com/
https://twitter.com/bookingcomPA
Booking.com hosted an event in collaboration with the ETC and the media partner Euronews in June 2023 to discuss the twin transition (green and digital) for the travel and tourism sector. https://tourism-transition.eu/Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
35 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 15 May 2024 Location Brussels Subject Digital policy and AI regulation, competitiveness of the EU in digital and tech Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Apr 2024 Location Brussels Subject Platform regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Attending - Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject Video-conference - Discussion on platform economy pillar of the VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) proposal DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
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Date 25 May 2023 Location BERL Subject VAT in the digital age (with Erik Burckhardt) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni Portfolio Economy Attending - Alienor Margerit (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject presentation by Booking of their efforts to enable greener choices in the travel sector, their Travel Sustainable Badge, empowering consumers in the green transition Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jan 2022 Location virtual Subject Discussion in light of the October OECD statement and the agreement on digital services taxes Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Digital Markets Act - Tourism Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 27 Oct 2021 Location Videoconference Subject State of the tourism ecosystem and gatekeepers regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2021 Location Virtual Subject Digital levy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable with platforms on DSA and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Nov 2020 Location Brussels Subject Digital Services Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject DMA and pact for skills Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 29 Oct 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Pact for Skills: Roundtable with tourism sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eszter Batta (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Oct 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Pact for Skills Roundtable with the tourism sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Aug 2020 Location virtual meeting Subject Patronage vouchers DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 11 Jun 2020 Location Teleconference Subject Recovery of the tourism sector and role of online platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 May 2020 Location BRUSSELS Subject Impact of COVID-19 (virtual) DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 20 Apr 2020 Location Brussels Subject To discuss the digital potential for the wider economy and society Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 23 Jan 2020 Location Davos, Switzerland Subject Digital taxation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni Portfolio Economy Attending - Paolo Gentiloni (Commissioner)
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Date 24 Jan 2019 Location Davos Subject Artificial intelligence/Technology/ Research and Innovation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Antonio Lowndes Marques De Araujo Vicente (Cabinet member)
- Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Jan 2019 Location Davos Subject Digital taxation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Nov 2018 Location LISBON, Portugal Subject New Deal for Consumers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
- Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Women in Digital, Digital Skills Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Meeting to discuss digital taxation (also with representatives from Deezer and Volumental) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Mar 2018 Location Brussels/Belgium Subject Meeting to discuss digital taxation DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
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Date 16 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Digital taxation and economic model of Booking.com Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - David Boublil (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Collaborative economy and regulatory developments impacting the short-term rental sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Marika Lautso-Mousnier (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Platform regulation in EU member states and obstacles to the single market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Platforms, startups Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 22 Jun 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Online platforms and sharing economy and protection of consumers in digital environment Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject platforms DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 May 2016 Location Amsterdam Subject Platforms, e-Commerce, startups Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 17 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject meeting with the new Director of Public Affairs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
- Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Meeting the new Director of Public Affairs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
- Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM platform regulation - competition and consumer protection policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)