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Curated Wealth Partners LLC sells 260,317 shares of Booking Holdings Inc. $BKNG. Posted by ABMN Staff on Oct 16th, 2026 Curated Wealth Partners LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG - Free Report) by 98.6% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 3,829 shares of the business services provider's stock after selling 260,317 shares during the period. Curated Wealth Partners LLC's holdings in Booking were worth $624,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in BKNG. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Booking in the 2nd quarter worth $11,646,302,000. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Booking by 2,674.6% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 39,420,711 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $7,026,348,000 after acquiring an additional 37,999,915 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG purchased a new position in shares of Booking during the 2nd quarter valued at $1,691,186,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new position in shares of Booking in the second quarter worth about $1,370,455,000. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 2,525.5% in the second quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 6,101,866 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $1,087,597,000 after buying an additional 5,869,459 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.42% of the company's stock. Key headlines impacting Booking. Here are the key news stories impacting Booking this week: * Booking launched Vayo, an AI-powered personal travel agent now entering private beta, and plans to invest $100 million in the platform. Management is positioning Vayo as a tool that organizes complete trips, learns user preferences and continues assisting travelers after booking. The initiative could create new customer-engagement and monetization opportunities over time. * Booking recently advanced even as the broader market declined, suggesting company-specific buying interest. The move may reflect investor enthusiasm for Vayo and confidence in Booking's travel-market position. * Booking has an average analyst price target of $233.95, well above the stock's recent trading level, indicating substantial potential upside if the company meets expectations. Price targets are estimates, not guarantees. * BKNG has attracted unusually high attention among Zacks users, but the reports do not identify a new earnings forecast, upgrade or fundamental catalyst. The increased visibility may support trading interest without necessarily changing valuation. * Reports noting approximately $10.1 billion in advance deposits emphasize that much of the money belongs to hotels and other travel providers. This supports Booking's role as a platform but should not be interpreted as equivalent to revenue or cash available to shareholders. Analyst ratings changes. Discover more Financial services comparison Market data reports Share price alerts A number of research firms have weighed in on BKNG. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Booking from $266.00 to $274.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Rosenblatt Securities began coverage on Booking in a research report on Tuesday, September 1st. They issued a "buy" rating and a $245.00 price target for the company. Cantor Fitzgerald lowered their target price on shares of Booking from $220.00 to $170.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Monday. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $250.00 price objective (up from $240.00) on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Susquehanna reaffirmed a "positive" rating and issued a $240.00 price objective on shares of Booking in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Booking presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $233.95. Booking stock up 3.2%. NASDAQ:BKNG opened at $165.80 on Friday. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 52 week low of $150.14 and a 52 week high of $220.81. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $183.10 and its 200-day moving average price is $177.55. The stock has a market capitalization of $124.58 billion, a PE ratio of 18.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.99 and a beta of 1.13. Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, August 3rd. The business services provider reported $2.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.43 by $0.11. Booking had a net margin of 25.53% and a negative return on equity of 102.96%. The company had revenue of $7.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.19 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $55.40 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.1% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts expect that Booking Holdings Inc. will post 10.48 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Booking announces dividend. The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 11th were given a dividend of $0.42 per share. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 11th. Booking's dividend payout ratio is currently 18.58%. Insider buying and selling. In other news, CFO Ewout L. Steenbergen sold 20,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $211.03, for a total transaction of $4,220,600.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 59,794 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $12,618,327.82. This represents a 25.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Vanessa Wittman sold 1,125 shares of Booking stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $192.00, for a total transaction of $216,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 16,508 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,169,536. This represents a 6.38% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 83,050 shares of company stock worth $17,182,274 over the last three months. 0.17% of the stock is owned by insiders. Booking company profile. Booking Holdings Inc is a global online travel and restaurant reservation company headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut. Through its digital platforms, the company helps consumers search for, compare and reserve accommodations, flights, rental cars, vacation packages, attractions and restaurant reservations. Its portfolio includes Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, OpenTable, Rentalcars.com and the travel metasearch brands Momondo and Cheapflights. Booking.com is primarily known for lodging reservations, while Priceline focuses on travel deals, Agoda serves customers across international markets with a strong presence in Asia, KAYAK and its related brands provide travel search and comparison services, and OpenTable operates a restaurant reservation platform. The company was founded in 1997 as Priceline.com and was later renamed The Priceline Group before adopting the Booking Holdings name in 2018. Want to see what other hedge funds are holding BKNG? 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Booking Holdings launches vayo with planned $100M investment. Oct 14, 2026, 08:55 ET The waitlist opens today at vayo.com for the personal travel agent built for trips, not tasks, that organizes everything you've booked, learns how you travel and never stops working for you SEATTLE, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) today announced a planned $100M* investment in its new company Vayo, which is launching in private beta with a waitlist now open at vayo.com. Vayo is where your trips live: a personal travel agent that knows how you travel and makes every trip better before you have to ask. Unlike a chatbot that answers questions in walls of text or an AI assistant that completes individual tasks, Vayo holds every trip together and keeps working on it long after the planning is done. Planning a trip often means piecing together flights, hotels, activities and reservations across multiple channels, while keeping track of confirmation numbers, plans still in progress and details yet to be booked. Vayo calls the time, effort and mental load of managing it all a "planning tax." Vayo takes on that work, bringing your existing reservations together from your inbox, filling in what's missing and watching prices. Because every booking is connected, Vayo sees how one change affects everything else: when a flight changes, Vayo flags the late check-in and the dinner reservation now at risk. It's like a thousand travel agents working for you, with the care of one who truly knows you. "A trip isn't a task, and travelers deserve more than a chatbot," said Mike Fridgen, CEO and co-founder of Vayo. "With the backing of Booking Holdings, we're building a personal travel agent that understands the entire trip, knows how you travel and never stops working for you. That's Vayo." As a Booking Holdings company whose portfolio includes Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, and OpenTable, Vayo combines the scale and supply of the global leader in online travel with a consumer experience built from the ground up. Built on openness, Vayo works across Booking Holdings brands and beyond, including reservations made through other travel platforms or directly with airlines and hotels. Travelers rarely book an entire trip through a single source, and a personal travel agent has to work the way travelers actually do. "Travel is one of the most complex consumer experiences, and too much of the work still falls on the traveler to manage," said Glenn Fogel, CEO of Booking Holdings. "Vayo is exploring how AI can anticipate needs to make planning and managing a trip more seamless. I have confidence in the Vayo team and their ability to move with purpose, capitalize on early learnings and adapt at pace as they explore what the next generation of personalization in travel can look like." Vayo's private beta offers free, invite-only access initially focused on frequent travelers who feel the planning tax most: those who take multiple trips a year but don't always have the time to plan them. The beta is designed as a learning period, giving early users a direct role in shaping the product and informing what gets built next. Vayo accesses only the travel confirmations needed to build and manage trips, keeping the rest of a user's inbox private. In the months ahead, Vayo plans to add direct booking, launch a native app and make it possible to plan trips with travel companions. It will also go deeper once a trip begins, helping travelers navigate the changes and decisions that come up along the way. The destination is a trusted travel agent in your pocket, for every trip in your life. The waitlist is open now at vayo.com. *Intention to invest subject to continued advancement of the product and market conditions. About Vayo Vayo, a Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) company, is where your trips live. Unlike general assistants built to complete individual tasks, Vayo is a personal travel agent designed around the whole trip. It knows how you travel with unprecedented depth, brings every detail together, and keeps working after booking to make each trip better. It's like a thousand travel agents working for you, with the care of one who truly knows you. Vayo works across the travel industry, and its only agenda is your agenda. Vayo's private beta waitlist is open at vayo.com. About Booking Holdings Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world leader in online travel and services that support the entire travel journey. Our platforms-including Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable - utilize advanced AI, machine learning and other innovative technologies to simplify and personalize the travel experience for consumers and partners in over 220 countries and territories. Our mission is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. For more information, visit BookingHoldings.com and follow us on X @BookingHoldings. SOURCE Vayo

BlackLine honors global enterprise leaders transforming Financial Operations. BlackLine's 2026 Modern Accounting Awards recognize Booking Holdings, Bristol Myers Squibb, James Hardie, LAZ Parking, Payoneer, and US Foods. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL) announced the winners of its 2026 Modern Accounting Awards, celebrating six enterprise leaders that are redefining how modern finance and accounting teams work. This year's honorees achieved large-scale operational breakthroughs by combining unified data architectures with intelligent automation and agentic workflows. These organizations have eliminated tens of thousands of manual close hours, unified fragmented systems, and established continuous, audit-ready financial operations. "Accounting and finance teams are at an inflection point. Organizations can no longer meet 21st -century expectations with 20th -century workflows," said Owen Ryan, CEO and Chairman of BlackLine. "This year's award winners aren't just accelerating month-end - they are redefining enterprise agility by demonstrating what continuous, modern accounting delivers in practice." 2026 Modern Accounting Award Honorees Booking Holdings, Inc. Booking Holdings and its global portfolio of leading travel and hospitality brands - including Booking.com, Agoda, Priceline, KAYAK, and OpenTable - continue to grow, and the company is evolving its finance operations to keep pace with the scale of its increasing complexity. With finance operations spanning a multi-ERP environment, Booking Holdings partnered with BlackLine to drive standardization and business-led automation to create greater efficiency and operational excellence across its finance organization. Bristol Myers Squibb Bristol Myers Squibb is transforming financial close for one of the world's most complex biopharmaceutical enterprises. Operating within a highly regulated, large-scale global footprint, BMS replaced siloed, spreadsheet-heavy record-to-report workflows with a unified digital command center, automating the majority of its balance sheet reconciliations and eliminating thousands of manual close tasks. As a strategic partner deeply engaged in BlackLine and SAP's joint AI roadmap, BMS is helping lead the industry toward an intelligent, touchless close, actively piloting agentic workflows and expanding its use of BlackLine's Studio360 platform. James Hardie Following a major corporate acquisition that left the company navigating eight disparate ERP systems and siloed accounting processes, the industry leader in exterior home and outdoor living solutions standardized nearly 500 global finance users on BlackLine under its unified "One Hardie" vision. A customer for over a decade, James Hardie modernized its end-to-end financial operations by adopting Studio360, rolling out Invoice-to-Cash, and piloting Verity(TM) AI to establish automated, audit-ready governance across the combined enterprise. LAZ Parking, LLC Managing decentralized operations across thousands of nationwide locations and 1,200 separate bank accounts, the country's largest parking operator modernized its accounting foundation with the BlackLine platform. Today, LAZ Parking automates tens of millions of transactions annually with an astounding daily auto-match rate. Demonstrating its commitment to practical innovation, LAZ Parking is also an early adopter of Verity Prepare, leveraging AI to drive speed, precision, and financial control. Powering cross-border payments for millions of digital businesses worldwide, Payoneer modernized its high-velocity financial operations by replacing a legacy reconciliation solution with BlackLine's unified platform. By linking transaction matching directly to automated journal entries, Payoneer created a closed-loop ecosystem and is now exploring how BlackLine's agentic AI capabilities could support further efficiencies. Partnering with approximately 250,000 restaurants and operators nationwide, US Foods modernized close management and governance during a company-wide finance operating model transformation. The foodservice distributor drove a 160% surge in active user adoption and a 5x expansion in automated journal processing. Centralized task workflows, embedded SOX controls, and real-time leadership dashboards enhanced project deadline alignment while drastically improving first-time accounting accuracy and close times. Celebration at BeyondTheBlack(TM) 2026 The 2026 Modern Accounting Award recipients will be celebrated at BlackLine's flagship annual conference, BeyondTheBlack(TM), taking place November 16-18, 2026, in Orlando, Florida. Transformation leaders from each organization will present real-world case studies detailing their technical blueprints and operational results. About BlackLine BlackLine (Nasdaq: BL) provides the trust infrastructure where finance drives the agentic era with intelligence, integrity, and trust. The BlackLine Agentic Financial Operations Platform(TM), powered by Verity(TM) AI, is where the Office of the CFO puts AI to work, governs it at every step, and guarantees its integrity across the work of finance. By unifying data and embedding AI agents that finance teams direct, BlackLine moves finance and accounting beyond reporting on the business to orchestrating it in real time. More than 4,300 customers across multiple industries partner with BlackLine to lead their organizations into the future. For more information, visit BlackLine.com