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Trip.com Group helps leisure and business travelers find and book accommodation, transportation and other travel services through apps and websites. It operates Ctrip and Qunar in China, Trip.com for global travelers, and the global travel-search business Skyscanner. Hotels, airlines and other travel providers supply the underlying services; the group usually arranges bookings rather than owning what travelers buy.
Accommodation reservations and transportation ticketing account for most revenue. Hotels pay commissions on reservations, while airlines and other ticket partners pay commissions for ticket sales. Packaged tours, corporate travel management, advertising and financial services contribute smaller revenue streams. The business depends on travelers continuing to book and on suppliers making rooms and tickets available on terms that let the group earn commissions; suppliers can also sell directly to travelers.
Travel-agency and internet-related operations require permits and approvals. China restricts foreign investment in some telecommunications services, so the group runs part of its China business through contracts with locally licensed entities rather than owning them. China’s market regulator has also opened an investigation into possible abuse of a dominant market position. It remained ongoing at the annual-report date and could require changes to business practices.
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Booking Holdings competes globally with Trip.com Group to connect travelers with accommodation providers and earn reservation revenue; Trip.com earns hotel-partner commissions, while Booking.com accommodation bookings underpin most of Booking Holdings’ revenue. Watch its accommodation bookings alongside Trip.com’s outbound and international hotel demand.
Expedia competes with Trip.com Group for travelers booking hotels, flights, packages and destination activities online. Expedia collects travelers’ booking payments or passes reservations to providers for commissions and ticketing fees, making its hotel and flight business a useful comparison for Trip.com’s booking business.
Trip.com Group retains a significant investment in MakeMyTrip Limited, whose India-focused hotel and ticket marketplace offers a counterpart to Trip.com’s China-led business. MakeMyTrip’s hotel and flight bookings serve travelers to India, while news of Trip.com’s stake also matters: its partial disposal was the primary reason for Trip.com’s net-income improvement in 2025.
H World Group’s Chinese hotels draw on the same travel demand that generates Trip.com Group’s hotel-booking commissions: guests pay for rooms, and hotel owners pay H World management and franchise fees. Watch room revenue and hotel fees across its Chinese brands for a view of the lodging demand behind Trip.com’s bookings.
Airbnb competes with Trip.com Group for travelers booking accommodation and destination experiences, connecting guests with hosts through its website and app. Watch its accommodation availability and total guest cost—two factors Airbnb names in competing for the travelers Trip.com also seeks.
Atour Group’s China hotel network depends on the domestic lodging demand that also drives Trip.com Group’s hotel bookings and commissions from hotel partners. Watch Atour’s hotel business rather than its sleep-focused retail sales for this comparison; it speaks to Chinese domestic demand, not the outbound and international bookings that primarily drove Trip.com’s hotel-revenue growth in 2025.
Tripadvisor competes with Trip.com Group for activity bookings through Viator and for travelers researching trips through its planning services, overlapping with Trip.com’s activities marketplace and Skyscanner travel search. Watch commissions from completed experience bookings, the main revenue source for Tripadvisor’s Experiences business, rather than treating all its revenue as a comparison.
Marriott International’s worldwide hotel royalties and Trip.com Group’s hotel-booking commissions both depend on room spending, but Marriott’s direct booking channels also compete with Trip.com. Hotel owners pay Marriott to use its brands and systems, typically with royalties of 4%–7% of room revenue, making those royalties a concrete line to watch alongside Trip.com’s accommodation revenue.
MakeMyTrip Limited earningsMMYT
MakeMyTrip’s report will show how its Indian hotel and flight businesses are doing, providing an operating read on Trip.com Group’s retained investment.
Look at MakeMyTrip’s hotel and flight businesses separately. If both strengthen, that points to firmer travel-booking demand in India and a stronger operating backdrop for Trip.com Group’s investment; if both weaken, the business behind that investment is facing a softer market. India’s results do not directly measure demand from Trip.com Group’s China customers.
Booking Holdings Inc. earningsBKNG
Booking Holdings’ report will show how global online hotel bookings are faring, offering a comparison with Trip.com Group’s international hotel business.
Read Booking Holdings’ accommodation-booking performance alongside Trip.com Group’s reported international hotel demand. Strength in both points to broad support for online hotel bookings; Booking gaining while Trip.com Group weakens raises the possibility that competitors are taking bookings; weakness in both points more toward softer demand. The comparison helps distinguish market demand from competitive pressure on Trip.com Group.
Trip.com Group Limited earningsThis company
Trip.com Group’s report will show whether hotel-booking commissions, which carry a higher take rate, are growing faster than commissions from ticketing.
Read accommodation-reservation revenue alongside transportation-ticketing revenue. Faster growth in accommodation would mean the higher-take-rate hotel business is contributing more to revenue growth. Faster ticketing growth would mean more growth is coming from a lower-take-rate business, which earns less revenue per dollar of bookings. The distinction shows which business is driving Trip.com Group’s revenue growth.
H World Group Limited earningsHTHT
H World’s report will show how Chinese hotel room revenue and management and franchise fees are doing, offering a read on the domestic lodging demand behind Trip.com Group’s bookings.
Read H World’s room revenue alongside its management and franchise fees. Rising room revenue with rising fees points to support from both guest spending and hotel operations, a firmer domestic lodging backdrop for Trip.com Group’s hotel partners. Weakening room revenue means less support from demand. Fees also depend on hotel numbers and contract terms, so they are not, on their own, proof of occupancy demand.
