booking holdings stock is trading sharply higher in late trading wednesday on betterthanexpected thirdquarter results the online travel agency posted strong growth as the economy begins to emerge from the pandemic period in short there are signs that people are traveling again for the quarter booking ticker bkng reported revenue of 47 billion up 77 from a year ago and well ahead of the street consensus forecast of 43 billion nongaap profits were 3770 a share likewise above the street consensus at 3290