REVENUE (Notes)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

REVENUE

Disaggregation of revenue

Geographic Information

The Company's international information consists of the results of Booking.com, agoda and Rentalcars.com in their entirety and the results of the international businesses of KAYAK and OpenTable. This classification is independent of where the consumer resides, where the consumer is physically located while using the Company's services or the location of the travel service provider or restaurant. For example, a reservation made through Booking.com (which is domiciled in the Netherlands) at a hotel in New York by a consumer in the United States is part of the Company's international results. The Company's geographic information is as follows (in millions):


			International
	United States		The Netherlands		Other		Total
Total revenues for the three months ended June 30,
2020	$	105	$	444	$	81	$	630
2019 ⁽¹⁾	400		2,997		453		3,850

Total revenues for the six months ended June 30,
2020	$	390	$	2,121	$	407	$	2,918
2019 ⁽¹⁾	766		5,069		852		6,687

(1) Geographic information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 has been recast to conform to the current period presentation.

Revenue by Type of Service

Approximately 86% and 85% of the Company's revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, and 87% and 86% of the Company's revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, relates to online accommodation reservation services. Revenue from all other sources of online travel reservation services and advertising and other revenues each represent less than 10% of the Company's total revenues.

Deferred Revenue

Cash payments received from travelers in advance of the Company completing its service obligations are included in "Deferred merchant bookings" in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets and are comprised principally of amounts estimated to be payable to the travel service providers as well as the Company's estimated deferred revenue for its commission or margin and fees. The Company expects to complete its service obligation within one year from the reservation date. The amounts are subject to refunds for cancellations.

The following table summarizes the activity of deferred revenue for online travel reservation services for the six months ended June 30, 2020 (in millions):




Balance, December 31, 2019	$	220
Revenues recognized from the beginning deferred revenue balance	(147)
Cancellations and amendments	(61)
Payments received from travelers, net of amounts estimated to be payable to travel service providers, and other	137
Balance, June 30, 2020	$	149

Loyalty and Other Incentive Programs

The Company provides loyalty programs where participating consumers are awarded loyalty points on current transactions that can be redeemed in the future. At June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, liabilities for loyalty program incentives of $67 million and $80 million, respectively, were included in "Accrued expenses and other current liabilities" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company’s largest loyalty program is at OpenTable, where points can be redeemed for rewards such as qualifying reservations at participating restaurants, third-party gift cards and accommodation reservations booked through some of the Company’s other platforms. The estimated fair value of the loyalty points that are expected to be redeemed is recognized as a reduction of revenue at the time the incentives are granted.

In addition to the loyalty programs, at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, liabilities of $30 million and $22 million, respectively, for other incentive programs, such as referral bonuses, credits and discounts, were included in "Accrued expenses and other current liabilities" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Impact of COVID-19

Due to the high level of cancellations of existing reservations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (see Note 1), the Company has incurred, and may continue to incur, higher than normal cash outlays to refund travelers for prepaid reservations, including certain situations where the Company has already transferred the prepayment to the travel service provider. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded a reduction in revenue of $63 million for refunds paid or estimated to be payable to travelers where the Company has agreed to provide free cancellation for certain non-refundable reservations without a corresponding estimated expected recovery from the travel service providers.