We welcome the opportunity to contribute evidence-based analysis to support proportionate, effective policy development. Short-term rental impacts are highly context-dependent, requiring local regulatory responses grounded in rigorous causal analysis rather than uniform EU-wide restrictions.
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Booking.com
Company · Netherlands · EU Transparency Register 146537115285-34
7
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
6
legislative files
of 326 tracked
6
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 925 companies & groups on this site, they rank #91 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
3.8
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€1.3M+
declared costs / yr (floor)
1
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2014
in the register since
Declares membership of
- EU Travel Tech Association https://eutraveltech.eu/
- European Tech Alliance: http://eutechalliance.eu/
- CERRE - Centre on Regulation in Europe https://cerre.eu/
- Travalyst - https://travalyst.org/
- Coalition for Trusted Reviews (CfTR) - https://www.coalitionfortrustedreviews.com/
- Informal Marketplace Group (IMG) (V@T Policy)
- DotEurope https://doteurope.eu/
- EHHA https://ehha.eu/
- WFA https://wfanet.org/
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Companies & groups
- Registered as
- Booking.com B.V.
- Head office
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Booking.com filed 7 positions between 22 Nov 2017 and 9 Apr 2026, across 6 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 6 times.
2017 · 1 filed2020 · 1 filed2021 · 1 filed2025 · 1 filed2026 · 3 filed
What they argued
The European Commission has tabled an ambitious proposal for keeping digital markets fair and open. Booking.com supports this ambition. A few digital platforms have become so powerful that they are unavoidable trading partners. Often they control entire digital ecosystems. Businesses are dependent on them for access to consumers.
This submission outlines Booking.com’s thinking on the proposed New Competition Tool and ex ante regulation for large online platforms with significant network effects acting as gatekeepers. We are submitting it in parallel to both consultations. We at Booking.com believe in the benefits of competition. It is at the core of our business model.
Booking.com’s feedback on the European Commission’s inception impact assessment on fairness in platforms to businesses relations Introduction Booking.com fully supports the goals of the European Commission’s Digital Single Market Strategy (DSM).
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
Booking.com welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the European Commission's call for evidence on VAT applicable to travel and tourism sectors and the European Commissions aims to reform the VAT rules for Travel and Tourism in line with the digital age and the evolving operating models of the travel sector.
Booking.com welcomes the European Commission's simplification agenda and the intention to address regulatory complexities, overlaps and fragmentation, including those raised in the application of the Directives on Administrative Cooperation (DAC). We believe there is an opportunity to streamline requirements, thus also creating the conditions to deliver more effectively the desired policy outcomes.
Across all areas, we have high level concerns on: timelines, access to source code, and confidentiality. This submission covers four articles only in substance: Arts 2, 7, 9, and 14. The scope of access granted to the Commission in Article 2 is overly broad, and the timelines and mechanisms through which this access will be granted in Article 7 and 14 are not realistic from a business perspective.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- IDEE ECONOMICHE www.idee-economiche.it · 3 files in common
- Bitkom e.V. · 3 files in common
- Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) · 3 files in common
- ITI - Information Technology Industry Council · 3 files in common
- BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation · 2 files in common
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