BKNG Booking Holdings (BKNG) Q1 FY26 earnings call
A resilient quarter absorbed the late-February Middle East conflict drag, yet underlying execution held: U.S. room-night growth accelerated a fourth straight quarter and Connected Trip cross-vertical adoption deepened. Management framed the disruption as transient — pointing to prior crises that reversed — leaned into GenAI and Genius as structural levers, and trimmed full-year guidance at the midpoint while preserving the high end and its record pace of capital return.
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BKNG operating KPIs by quarter
| KPI | Dec 2024 Q4 FY24 | Jun 2025 Q2 FY25 | Sep 2025 Q3 FY25 | Dec 2025 Q4 FY25 | This call Mar 2026 Q1 FY26 | Change vs prior quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Properties Alternative Accommodations | 7.9MFor alternative accommodations at Booking.com, we continue to see year-over-year growth with listings at the end of Q4, reaching 7.9 million, up about 8% from last year.Source: earnings call transcript | 8.4MWith Booking.com's alternative accommodation listings reaching 8.4 million, an increase of 8% year-over-year.Source: earnings call transcript | 8.6M+In the most recent quarter, listings grew to over 8.6 million, up approximately 10% year-over-year, with double-digit room night growth.Source: earnings call transcript | 8.6MWe're now at 8.6 million listings.Source: earnings call transcript | — | — |
| Room nights booked | — | 309MRoom nights reached 309 million, an 8% year-over-year increase exceeding the high end of our prior expectations, driven by strong performance across Europe and Asia.Source: earnings call transcript | 323MOur third quarter room nights reached 323 million, an 8% year-over-year increase.Source: earnings call transcript | 285MOur fourth quarter room nights reached $285 million, a 9% year-over-year increase.Source: earnings call transcript | 338MWe booked 338 million room nights, which was in line with our prior expectations and represented 6% year-over-year growth.Source: earnings call transcript | +18.6% |
| Airline tickets booked | — | 16M+We achieved another quarter of healthy growth across our other travel verticals, as Glenn mentioned, during the second quarter, over 16 million airline tickets were booked across our platforms, representing an increase of 44% year-over-year.Source: earnings call transcript | 17M+During the third quarter, over 17 million airline tickets were booked across our platforms, representing an increase of 32% year-over-year, driven by the continued growth of our flight offerings at Booking.com and Agoda.Source: earnings call transcript | — | — | — |
| Gross bookings | — | — | $50BGross bookings of $50 billion increased 14% year-over-year or about 10% on a constant currency basis.Source: earnings call transcript | — | $53.8BOn a year-over-year basis, first quarter gross bookings of $53.8 billion grew 15%.Source: earnings call transcript | — |
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