The UK’s Office of Fair Trading had a key point: Kayak makes less than £70 million a year in the UK.
MakeMyTrip eyes acquisitions as pilgrimages and other specialist travel areas beckon
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
MakeMyTrip, India’s leading OTA tells Tnooz about its acquisition plan with its $70 million cash reserve.
Priceline’s acquisition of Kayak is okayed by UK regulators
May 9, 2013 By 2 Comments
The $1.8 billion merger has received the green light from the UK’s Office of Fair Trading.
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Changing its tune, UK regulator declines to investigate Expedia’s acquisition of Trivago
March 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Last week, we reported that Britain’s Office Of Fair Trading (OFT) is casting its eye over US travel giant Expedia’s recent bid to buy control of Düsseldorf-based hotel search company Trivago. Among other things, there had been some questions about Expedia using Trivago to display its own results more prominently, despite assurances of otherwise during [...]
UK regulator to investigate Expedia and Priceline meta acquisitions
February 27, 2013 By 2 Comments
Britain’s Office Of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating the recent acquisitions of Trivago by Expedia and Kayak by Priceline.
UPDATE: Tech media gets punked: Google is NOT acquiring ICOA, a US provider of wifi to airports and other high traffic public areas
November 26, 2012 By 2 Comments
Search giant Google announced today that it has acquired ICOA, a Rhode Island company that services broadband wifi Internet networks for airports and other high traffic public spaces, in a deal worth $400 million.
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Bravofly’s purchase of Rumbo consolidates the European OTA landscape
November 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The combined company will earn one billion euro in annual revenue.
Yelp buys Qype for $50 million in a European landgrab by the user-review giant
October 24, 2012 By 2 Comments
Yelp is going global, and Qype gets its “safe exit.”
Airbnb buys obscure Fondu app, may create printed city guidebooks
October 3, 2012 By 2 Comments
Financial terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed for the purchase of the restaurant recommendation app. AIrbnb wants to distribute printed guides of what’s worth seeing in major cities.
HotelTonight buys PrimaTable in talent acquisition of ex-Googlers
October 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Today HotelTonight, a builder of mobile apps for the last-minute booking of boutique hotels, announces its first acquisition, acquiring PrimaTable, a data-savvy restaurant booking app similar to OpenTable.
