News Summary

• Booking.com is offering a free program to hotels called Travel Proud.
• The program is designed to help hoteliers and accommodation providers see things from a different perspective.
• Travel Proud has been adopted by more than 150,000 properties across 163 countries and 20,000 cities.
• For LGBTQ+ travelers, that's more places working to remove moments of friction so guests can spend less time worrying about how they'll be received and more time enjoying why they traveled in the first place, the company says.