booking holdings shares were trading higher after the online travel agency posted betterthanexpected results for the third quarter—and provided encouraging commentary on the outlook for both its own results and the overall travel sector for the fourth quarter booking ticker bkng posted thirdquarter revenue of 61 billion up 29 from a year ago and above the wall street consensus forecast of 592 billion on an adjusted basis the parent of priceline kayak opentable and other online services earned 21 billion or 5303 a share up 41 from a year ago and ahead of analysts’ forecast of 4985 a share under generally accepted accounting principles booking earned 17 billion or 4198 a share up 126 from a year earlier