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UK regulator to investigate Expedia and Priceline meta acquisitions

February 27, 2013 By Sean O'Neill 2 Comments

Britain’s Office Of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating the recent acquisitions of Trivago by Expedia and Kayak by Priceline.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: competition, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, Expedia Inc., kayak, mergers, mergers and acquisitions, office of fair trading, OFT, priceline, trivago

BCD Holdings to operate five online travel agencies as one unit

January 21, 2011 By Dennis Schaal 1 Comment

BCD Holdings is taking its Vayama online travel agency and uniting it with four other OTAs with presences in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France and Singapore and will operate them as one unit within BCD.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: BCD Holdings, BudgetAir.nl, Cheaptickets.nl, Flugladen, mergers, OTAs, Vayama, Vliegwinkel

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