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Priceline.com acquires Kayak for $1.8B

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Re: Priceline.com acquires Kayak for $1.8B

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Post by smackfu »

From the Kayak IPO S-1:

In particular, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, Expedia and its affiliates, including its Hotels.com and Hotwire subsidiaries, accounted for 25% of our total revenues. Also during this period, Orbitz and its affiliates, including its CheapTickets and ebookers subsidiaries, accounted for 19% of our total revenues.

I guess Priceline wants to get a first shot at all that business, and then to get paid by their competitors for bookings they don't get.

Re: Priceline.com acquires Kayak for $1.8B

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Post by andrewcross »

photorized wrote: post #17

I don't like any of the existing travel sites, so even had to write one for friends and family (we like pick a random place and just go): http://www.somewherenice.net/ This was put together over several weekends, so don't be too harsh on me. :)

Go for all the feedback you can get, harsh or not ;)

Re: Priceline.com acquires Kayak for $1.8B

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Post by ssharp »

duck wrote: post #11
daakus wrote: post #3

I hope this doesn't kill the current best UX that hides the junk in this industry.

There is always http://hipmunk.com , which I think has the best UX of any of them (although maybe it is lacking some features, but none I would use anyhow). Edit: Doh, fixed the link!

Hipmunk's visualization is a great way to show the flight times.

I also love the tabs they use to open different searches. I live equal distance to three airports and can quickly compare prices at each.

Re: Priceline.com acquires Kayak for $1.8B

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Post by photorized »

andrewcross wrote: post #22
photorized wrote: post #17

I don't like any of the existing travel sites, so even had to write one for friends and family (we like pick a random place and just go): http://www.somewherenice.net/ This was put together over several weekends, so don't be too harsh on me. :)

Go for all the feedback you can get, harsh or not ;)

OK thank you :)

Re: Priceline.com acquires Kayak for $1.8B

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Post by colinsidoti »

In recent times, Kayak has been shifting to push customers directly to airlines and hotels, instead of pushing them through online travel agencies like Priceline.

I suspect this is Priceline admitting that it (and other OTAs) are losing relevance in preference for the meta-search model.

Smart move, and I don't think they're dumb enough to ruin it. Read up on how successful Priceline was with their Booking.com acquisition.

Re: Priceline.com acquires Kayak for $1.8B

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Post by newhouseb »

bradleyjg wrote: post #14
duck wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is always http://hipmunk.com , which I think has the best UX of any of them (although maybe it is lacking some features, but none I would use anyhow). Edit: Doh, fixed the link!

I agree their UI is somewhat nicer, but they don't have all the features. In particular they don't have one way.

They do, you just leave the return date blank.

Re: Priceline.com acquires Kayak for $1.8B

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Post by photorized »

andrewcross wrote: post #22
photorized wrote: post #17

I don't like any of the existing travel sites, so even had to write one for friends and family (we like pick a random place and just go): http://www.somewherenice.net/ This was put together over several weekends, so don't be too harsh on me. :)

Go for all the feedback you can get, harsh or not ;)

My current goal is to minimize, and have 5 words and 2 graphics on the home page, nothing else. TLDR etc. don't know how yet.

Re: Priceline.com acquires Kayak for $1.8B

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Post by colinsidoti »

colinsidoti wrote: post #25

In recent times, Kayak has been shifting to push customers directly to airlines and hotels, instead of pushing them through online travel agencies like Priceline. I suspect this is Priceline admitting that it (and other OTAs) are losing relevance in preference for the meta-search model. Smart move, and I don't think they're dumb enough to ruin it. Read up on how successful Priceline was with their Booking.com acquisi…

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if we see another OTA scoop up Hipmunk soon while it's (relatively) cheap.
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