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Grow Your Hotel Business With Booking.com Genius Commission Discount Offer

Booking.com is synonymous with hospitality.

It is by far one of the most comprehensive travel booking sites in the market with vast offerings. Also, having a simple yet effective interface, makes it supremely easy for both inexperienced and seasoned travelers to make all sorts of travel arrangements without the hassle.

Founded in 1996, Booking.com today offers more than 28 million reported accommodation listings from all around the world. Meaning, the options to pick from for travelers are just massive.

Moreover, the company has initiated some of the most sought-after programs for hospitality establishments and the industry as a whole, over the years.

And at present, as part of the Partner Performance Investment Programme, Booking.com is offering Genius Commission Discount Offer to hotels that are eligible.

Now, let’s dig a little deeper and understand what exactly this programme is and how hotels can reap the benefits.

What is booking.com Genius Commission Discount Offer for Hotels?

Genius Commission Discount Offer is an exclusive marketing programme that is curated to give eligible accommodation partners an extra mileage on Booking.com’s platform.

When a partner joins the Genius program, they get extra visibility through special tagging, ranking boosts, and various marketing investments from Booking.com.

According to the company, there are several benefits of joining Genius which include:

  • Accommodation partners who join Genius witness an increase of 70% in search result views.
  • Properties also see an increase in bookings by an average of 45%.
  • 75% of Genius customers start their booking journey either from the Booking.com platform or via a Booking.com partnership. Meaning, your chances of acquiring reservations on Booking.com increases significantly.  
  • Not to mention, Genius travelers on average spend 15% more when they book, book up to 2x further in advance, and leave 29% more reviews

But how does this exactly work? Can any property opt for this programme and start enjoying the benefits?

Well, not really.

Booking.com has certain protocols in place for this entire program to run effectively and smoothly. Let me address them for you in the next points.

Who can Join the Booking.com Genius Programme?

This Genius Commission Discount Offer program to increase hotel business is certainly intriguing. But if you want to join, then your property needs to meet three eligibility criteria.

Here are they:

  • The property’s listing is open and bookable on the Booking.com platform.
  • The hotel has received at least three guest reviews.
  •  It has a review score of at least 7.5.
    (However, Booking.com may make an exception if the average review score in the property’s area/city is lower than 7.5 and the property’s review score is above that average)

Does your property meet these criteria?

If so, then you’re good to go and sign up for Genius.

How to Join the Genius Program?

Talking about the elephant in the room, joining the Booking.com Genius Program is simple.

  • Once you check your eligibility, you can simply head to the Booking.com extranet.
  • Once you’re on your property’s Extranet page, look for the ‘Opportunities’ options.
  • Under that option, you’ll find ‘Genius Programme’.
  • On that ‘Genius Programme’ page, you’ll find the option to ‘Try Genius now’.
  • Follow all the given instructions and voila.

Now, if your property joins the Genius Programme before the end of June, you’ll receive 20% off commissions on all Genius-rate till 30th September.

However, what if you want to opt-out of the Genius Commission Discount?

Is there a way to do that?

Well, the answer is a YES.

Booking.com also allows hotels to opt-out whenever they want. All they have to do is send Booking.com a message via your extranet inbox.

Note: Once you opt-out, you won’t be eligible to join the program again for six months.

The Outlook

The hospitality industry is ever-evolving and the competition keeps on rising. For hotels to keep their heads high and make a mark in this volatile segment, it is important to turn to the latest hotel business exposure programs by leading entities and leverage everything that’s on offer.

Booking.com’s Genius Programme is gaining tremendous traction and is proving to be a worthwhile discount program for hoteliers.

So, if you have been shying away from this Genius Commission Programme, then it’s high time to change your mind. After all, the benefits are worth all the tea in China.

For more information on the introductory commission discount, visit  FAQs or the terms and conditions.

eZee Gets Awarded Booking.com Premier Connectivity Partner Badge for 2021

Every milestone is the first step to achieve greater success. With the same spirit, 2021 is going to be a new wave of achievement for eZee as it becomes a Booking.com Premier Connectivity Partner for the second consecutive year. 

Booking.com is one of the world’s leading digital travel companies. Every year the company recognizes its connectivity partners under the ‘Premier’ tier. eZee, over the past few years, has continued to meet all their goals and once again been rewarded with the badge.

eZee has been closely working with Booking.com to offer its customers complete and efficient services. It has always considered the industry’s slightest needs and fulfilled them with their cutting-edge technology solutions. 

On this note, Anuja Bhosle, Connectivity Business Partner Manager at Booking.com stated, “eZee has consistently exceeded the expectations of our Partner Program and has been one of our top connectivity partners. They are quality-driven and have great customer and support services. The entire team of eZee has been actively working towards achieving and maintaining our Partner Program goals for both technical and commercial pillars.”

eZee’s recent alliance with Yanolja, the #1 cloud-based hospitality solutions provider in South Korea, has solidified its technologies even more with its upcoming introduction of the Y FLUX solution. This has not only made eZee to the Premier tier but has also aced its performance in major categories like product quality, business value, property performance, and engagement.

Excited about this accomplishment, Harshdeep Khatri, the Chief Technology Officer at eZee expressed, “It marks a delightful moment for us to be honored as the Premier Partner for 2021. This gives us a positive strength to work even harder and deliver the best technology solutions to the industry. Being recognized for the second time in a row throws light on the hard work our team gives to bring in such power-packed recognitions. I thank each one’s contribution to have us awarded with this excellent honor.”

eZee consistently focuses to recognise the different needs of its customers and has always put forth the best through its innovations. The new partnership leverage between eZee and Booking.com will bring higher opportunities for properties using their services and new ways to attract bookings. The company’s ingrained expertise in the hospitality industry has helped them establish their presence across the globe to become the clear #1 cloud-based solution provider within the next two years.

eZee secure Booking.com’s Top Connectivity Performer Award in the APAC region

This year spring has fueled us with high spirits. We’ve attained yet another momentous milestone. We’ve been awarded as the Top Connectivity Performer by the popular travel titan- Booking.com, which was announced at their Connectivity Exchange event in Singapore.

eZee and Booking.com share a great alliance since a long time. That being the reason, we have been able to collectively put forth remarkable innovations together in the industry.

Additionally, we’ve been acknowledged as a Premier Partner by gaining 60/60 on their connection quality with Booking.com’s API. Owing to the development of our robust channel manager system and offering a stable connection to the hotels; we’ve received a recommendation on Booking.com’s extranet as well.

On this occasion, Eddie Veldhuizen, the Director of Connectivity Partnerships at Booking.com commented,


Congratulations on the 2018 Top Connectivity Performance in APAC, Partner Achievement Award! Ezee’s seamlessly integrated hospitality solutions help our mutual accommodation partners simplifying complex tasks through technology. Your robust products enable accommodations to grow their revenue and to deliver excellent guest experience, which is in line with our goals in Booking.com Connectivity Partner Programme!

eZee's Award by Booking.comn

On receiving this award, Vipul Kapoor, the Co-founder of the company says, “This award certainly symbolizes our employed efforts in providing the best to the industry and helping them overcome their challenges in conducting their business. It feels great to be backed by a team like eZee and partners like Booking.com who support you steadily in your endeavors. It’s because of their efforts and guidance that we won this award last year, and I am sure; that we’ll work harder and smarter to achieve this next year as well.”  

Booking.com, that is an expert in its own dynamic has a set of rigorous criteria to rates its connectivity partners. Out of a wide range of criteria, the main ones are as mentioned below: :

  • Connection stability and security of the channel manager,
  • Number of outages,
  • The number of room nights booked,
  • The number of new properties registered by the connectivity partner,
  • The number of APIs connected with the connectivity partner,
  • The frequency of rates and availability pushed by the connected hotels via the channel manager.

Needless to say that we’ve not only met but also exceeded all these and many other prototypes and has grabbed the award of Top Connectivity Performer Award in the APAC region. Winning this award definitely strengthens our rank as a prominent leader in the industry.

With our passionate dedication and constant upgrades in our technology, our customers now witness nil downtime, zero outages along with real-time inventory and rate updates on connected channels through a rock-solid channel manager; which increases their business efficiency.

Being in the industry for more than a decade, we are fully familiar with the fact that the connectivity between different technology service providers is coal and ice of the industry. On that note, with innovative and robust technology we’ve developed a stable and secure channel management system that is recognized as the fastest in the industry.  

We’ve put the best leg forward when it comes to casting the growth of the industry with new technologies. We always tend to stay updated with changing kinetics of the hospitality industry, which leads us to introduce trailblazing products.

Well, this recognition along with many others stands as proof.

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