Booking.com and Hilton Sign Global Distribution Deal

Booking.com, a global online hotel provider today announced a distribution agreement with Hilton Hotels Corporation. Under the new agreement, Hilton’s worldwide portfolio of hotels will be available directly on Booking.com and via their network of over 4,500 distribution partners. Hilton properties will have access to Booking.com’s customer base of over 30 million unique visitors each month. Booking.com is part of priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN).

Gillian Tans, Director Hotels at Booking.com said “Hilton’s high quality brands are recognized globally and we are excited to offer them to our customers. With Hilton Family hotels in 77 countries, we are eager to further develop this beneficial relationship as we continue our global expansion.”

Philippe Garnier, Senior Director, Distribution Sales at Hilton Hotels Corporation added “We are pleased to be establishing a strategic global partnership with Booking.com, an ideal partner to help us reach millions of additional travelers worldwide. We trust that Booking.com will complement our distribution globally.”

About Booking.com

Headquartered in Amsterdam, with 25 offices worldwide, Booking.com is part of the priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) family of travel companies. Booking.com is one of the world’s leading online hotel providers and market leader in Europe, with over €2.8 billion (US$4 billion) in gross travel bookings in 2008. Gross travel bookings refer to the total euro/dollar value, inclusive of all taxes and fees, purchased by customers. Its website attracts over 30 million unique visitors each month. Booking.com works with more than 60,000 hotels in 10,000 destinations around the world. Its services are available in 21 languages.

About Hilton

Hilton Hotels Corporation is the leading global hospitality company with more than 3,200 hotels and 545,000 rooms in 77 countries and territories, including 135,000 team members worldwide. The company owns, manages or franchises some of the best known and highly regarded hotel brands including Hilton®, Conrad® Hotels & Resorts, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites Hotels®, Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Hilton Grand Vacations™, Homewood Suites by Hilton®, Home2™ Suites by Hilton and The Waldorf Astoria Collection™.

Contacts

For Booking.com
Brian Ek, 203-299-8167
brian.ek {at} priceline(.)com