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Booking.com 21 plus Airbnb 16. Kayak, Priceline, and photographer hooks are out.
Booking.com writes Marketplace on 21 current seats
As of August 27, 2026, 5:43 a.m. PT (8/27), Booking.com titles Marketplace on 21 current seats.
The word on the req
Booking.com maps 21 current Marketplace seats and 5 jobs. This page reads Marketplace in the title before any company-wide total.
The facing side
Airbnb maps 16 current Host Pricing / travel-payments seats and 4 jobs. The two sides add to 37 current and 9 jobs.
Airbnb does not title Marketplace Engineer this week
Airbnb does not title Marketplace Engineer this week. Host Pricing / Payments / Commerce is the Airbnb token.
The title that is absent
Do not invent Airbnb Marketplace Engineer. Booking.com does title Marketplace. Airbnb engineer titles do not, this week.
Marketplace Intelligence still holds
Staff Data Scientist Marketplace Intelligence and Product Manager Marketplace Data Services hold. They are not Marketplace Engineer, and they do not rewrite the Airbnb token as that title.
Host Pricing carries the Airbnb 16
Airbnb maps 16 current Host Pricing / travel-payments seats. The Host Pricing titles that hold sit here first.
Host Pricing backend
Staff Backend Engineer Host Pricing & Availability. Senior Staff Software Engineer Host Pricing & Settings. Those two are the Airbnb spine.
Intelligence, not an engineer title
Staff Data Scientist Marketplace Intelligence. Product Manager Marketplace Data Services. They carry the Marketplace word and still sit on the Host Pricing / travel-payments slice.
Payments Platform and Passport & Commerce sit with Host Pricing
Airbnb travel-payments tokens sit on the same page as Host Pricing. Payments Platform is a job-book title that holds.
Payments platform job
jobs Senior Software Engineer Payments Platform. That title opened on the Greenhouse board.
Passport & Commerce
Passport & Commerce is the third Airbnb token on this page. It reads with Host Pricing and Payments Platform. It does not widen into company-wide Airbnb.
5 Marketplace jobs sit next to 4 Host Pricing jobs
The job book is thin on both sides. Booking.com maps 5 Marketplace jobs. Airbnb maps 4 Host Pricing / travel-payments jobs.
Booking job titles that hold
Business Operations Manager - Marketplace. Principal Data Engineer Marketplace. Senior Financial Analyst FP&A Marketplace. Current-side titles that hold also include Distinguished Software Engineer - Trips and Director Of Machine Learning.
Airbnb job titles that hold
Senior Software Engineer Payments Platform. Senior Staff Software Engineer Host Pricing & Settings. They are not Marketplace Engineer.
Listing-side 16 faces trip-side 21
Read 16 as the listing / host side. Read 21 as the trip / guest side. This is a talent-flow contrast.
| Company | Mapped current | Mapped open jobs | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booking.com | 21 | 5 | trip side · Marketplace titles |
| Airbnb | 16 | 4 | listing side · Host Pricing token |
| Headline sum | 37 | 9 | these two travel-marketplace names only |
Request the 37-person / 9-job Host Pricing + Marketplace list
The same methodology exports Host Pricing and Marketplace mapped current and jobs. The Airbnb token is not Marketplace Engineer.
As of 5:43 a.m. PT, the visible floor is 37 current and 9 jobs
Marketplace on the Booking side
Title / function tokens: Marketplace on the Booking side. Opened titled evidence: Principal Software Engineer I - Marketplace Data & AI at jobs.booking.com/booking/jobs/28762. Official hiring pages sit in methods and FAQ only.
Host Pricing on the Airbnb side
Airbnb side: Host Pricing, or Payments Platform, or Passport & Commerce. Opened titled evidence: Senior Staff Software Engineer, Host Pricing & Settings and Senior Software Engineer, Payments Platform on the Greenhouse board. careers.airbnb.com/positions/8127109 returns 404.
Mapped current and mapped jobs
The figures are profiles Metix maps as currently employed at that company name, and visible open jobs mapped to that name, not official headcount. Airbnb and Booking.com are read on company records. A bare Booking name collides. This page does not invent city or country integers.
Discarded sample and names kept off
An Owner Operator Photographer title was discarded and is not a public hook. Kayak, Priceline, Booking Holdings parent, Waymo/AV, driver ops, Community Support / Agent Core, Stripe fraud, Acquisition Manager, Romania pipeline, host ops, and photographer-as-hook titles were not used. As of August 27, 2026, 5:43 a.m. PT (8/27). Source: Metix AI. This page sits in the series.
Questions this report answers
- What is the Booking.com 21 Marketplace seat against Airbnb Host Pricing 16?
- As of August 27, 2026, 5:43 a.m. PT, Booking.com titles Marketplace on 21 current seats and 5 jobs. Airbnb holds 16 current Host Pricing / travel-payments seats and 4 jobs. These are Metix-mapped function-slice counts, not official headcount. Source: Metix AI.
- What does 37 current / 9 jobs add on the Host Pricing + Marketplace slice?
- 37 current / 9 jobs adds Booking.com 21 / 5 and Airbnb 16 / 4 only. The slice is travel marketplace platform titles: Marketplace at Booking.com, and Host Pricing / Payments Platform / Passport & Commerce at Airbnb. Kayak, Priceline, and Booking Holdings parent are out. Waymo/AV, driver ops, Community Support / Agent Core, Stripe fraud, Acquisition Manager, Romania pipeline, host ops, and photographer-as-hook titles are out. An Owner Operator Photographer sample was discarded and is not a public hook.
- Does Airbnb title Marketplace Engineer on this week's Host Pricing slice?
- Airbnb does not title Marketplace Engineer this week. The Airbnb token is Host Pricing / Payments / Commerce. Titles that hold include Staff Data Scientist Marketplace Intelligence, Product Manager Marketplace Data Services, Senior Software Engineer Payments Platform, Staff Backend Engineer Host Pricing & Availability, and Senior Staff Software Engineer Host Pricing & Settings. Booking.com does title Marketplace. Official hiring pages: Airbnb https://careers.airbnb.com/ , Booking.com https://jobs.booking.com/booking/jobs. Opened titled evidence: Booking Principal Software Engineer I - Marketplace Data & AI at jobs.booking.com/booking/jobs/28762; Airbnb Senior Staff Software Engineer, Host Pricing & Settings and Senior Software Engineer, Payments Platform on the Greenhouse board. careers.airbnb.com/positions/8127109 returns 404.
- How should the Booking.com 21 Marketplace map be cited?
- Metix AI Talent Intelligence, 2026-08-27. Airbnb 16 vs Booking 21 | Host Pricing / Marketplace | Metix AI. https://metix.ai/reports/series/airbnb-booking-marketplace-2026
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