Originally Posted by
flatlander
That is not correct.
Hotels.com is an operating brand of Expedia Inc. while Booking.com is a separate company, owned by The Priceline Group Inc. Expedia and Priceline Group are separate publically traded companies.
I stand corrected I think I was confused with Orbitz or one of the other ones, Hotels.com is still better though
Another thing I like about hotels.com is I can pay using paypal that seems to provide a decent exchange rate for me if I am booking abroad without the non sterling fees etc