Booking.com
E276906
Booking.com is a major global online travel agency that allows users to search for and book accommodations such as hotels, apartments, and vacation rentals.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Booking.com canonical | 3 |
| Booking.com headquarters | 1 |
| Bookings.nl | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2553561 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Booking.com Context triple: [Vrbo, competesWith, Booking.com]
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A.
trivago
trivago is a global hotel and accommodation metasearch platform that compares prices from numerous booking sites to help users find and book lodging deals.
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B.
Wotif Group
Wotif Group is an online travel company best known for its hotel and accommodation booking platforms, particularly in the Australian and Asia-Pacific markets.
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C.
easyHotel
easyHotel is a UK-based budget hotel chain offering no-frills, low-cost accommodation, primarily in city-center locations across Europe and beyond.
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D.
Vrbo
Vrbo is a vacation rental marketplace that connects travelers with owners and property managers offering homes, condos, cabins, and other short-term lodging options worldwide.
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E.
Airbnb
Airbnb is a global online marketplace that connects people seeking short-term lodging or experiences with hosts offering accommodations and activities in locations around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Booking.com Target entity description: Booking.com is a major global online travel agency that allows users to search for and book accommodations such as hotels, apartments, and vacation rentals.
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A.
trivago
trivago is a global hotel and accommodation metasearch platform that compares prices from numerous booking sites to help users find and book lodging deals.
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B.
Wotif Group
Wotif Group is an online travel company best known for its hotel and accommodation booking platforms, particularly in the Australian and Asia-Pacific markets.
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C.
easyHotel
easyHotel is a UK-based budget hotel chain offering no-frills, low-cost accommodation, primarily in city-center locations across Europe and beyond.
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D.
Vrbo
Vrbo is a vacation rental marketplace that connects travelers with owners and property managers offering homes, condos, cabins, and other short-term lodging options worldwide.
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E.
Airbnb
Airbnb is a global online marketplace that connects people seeking short-term lodging or experiences with hosts offering accommodations and activities in locations around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
e-commerce company
ⓘ
online travel agency ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ travel website ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Priceline
ⓘ
surface form:
Booking Holdings
|
| acquisitionYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| availableIn | multiple languages ⓘ |
| businessModel |
commission-based model
ⓘ
online marketplace ⓘ |
| competitor |
Agoda
ⓘ
Airbnb ⓘ Expedia Group ⓘ
surface form:
Expedia
Hotels.com ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| formerName |
Booking.com
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Bookings.nl
|
| founder | Geert-Jan Bruinsma ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
24/7 customer support
ⓘ
filters for amenities ⓘ map-based search ⓘ user ratings ⓘ |
| hasMobileApp |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ |
| hasService |
airport taxi booking
ⓘ
attraction booking ⓘ car rental search ⓘ flight search ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Amsterdam
ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ |
| inception | 1996 ⓘ |
| industry |
hospitality
ⓘ
online travel ⓘ |
| legalForm | private company ⓘ |
| loyaltyProgramName | Genius ⓘ |
| offers |
customer reviews
ⓘ
free cancellation options ⓘ loyalty program ⓘ price comparison ⓘ |
| operatesIn | global ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Priceline
ⓘ
surface form:
Booking Holdings
|
| productOrService |
apartment booking
ⓘ
hotel booking ⓘ travel metasearch ⓘ vacation rental booking ⓘ |
| supports |
online payment
ⓘ
pay at property ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
business travelers
ⓘ
leisure travelers ⓘ |
| websiteURL | https://www.booking.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Booking.com Description of subject: Booking.com is a major global online travel agency that allows users to search for and book accommodations such as hotels, apartments, and vacation rentals.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Booking.com headquarters
this entity surface form:
Bookings.nl