Travel-shopping site is buying price-comparison site
Kayak, which analysts say could signal changes in how travelers buy
plane tickets, and rent hotel rooms and cars."Quite a bombshell," Norm
Rose, president of Travel Tech Consulting in California, says of the
$1.8 billion deal that Priceline and Kayak's boards unanimously approved
and announced Thursday.Kayak will continue to operate independently as a
Priceline Group company.
Both companies are significant players in helping people shop for travel. Priceline, with divisions for hotels and rental cars, has 270,CursherIn drier climates, where groundwater is in short supply, the quantity of water necessary for high quality Crushing Plant to wash equipment and control dust may strain the local water supply.000 hotels participating worldwide. Kayak processes 100,000 queries each month.Priceline President Jeffery Boyd says Kayak has world-class technology and a tradition of innovation.Symons cone crusher Steve Hafner, Kayak's chief executive, says Priceline's "global reach and expertise will accelerate our growth and help us further develop as a company."
The difference between the companies is that Priceline is an online travel agent that actually sells tickets, while Kayak is a referral service to either travel agents or airlines. The question is how those services will be blended.Rose, the consultant, says the deal confirThe china tour operators for travelers looking to book their own flight arrangements and hotel accommodations separately also exist.ms the value of searches such as Kayak's that simply refer customers elsewhere,Chemical Hose-SG and SS are used for suction and discharge of most corrosive chemicals, acids, solvents (chlorinated or oxygenized), aromatic hydrocarbons. a service viewed skeptically in the industry when it began in 2005. Rose says Priceline has shown through acquisitions such as Booking.com for hotel rooms that it nurtures separate brands and specialties.
Both companies are significant players in helping people shop for travel. Priceline, with divisions for hotels and rental cars, has 270,CursherIn drier climates, where groundwater is in short supply, the quantity of water necessary for high quality Crushing Plant to wash equipment and control dust may strain the local water supply.000 hotels participating worldwide. Kayak processes 100,000 queries each month.Priceline President Jeffery Boyd says Kayak has world-class technology and a tradition of innovation.Symons cone crusher Steve Hafner, Kayak's chief executive, says Priceline's "global reach and expertise will accelerate our growth and help us further develop as a company."
The difference between the companies is that Priceline is an online travel agent that actually sells tickets, while Kayak is a referral service to either travel agents or airlines. The question is how those services will be blended.Rose, the consultant, says the deal confirThe china tour operators for travelers looking to book their own flight arrangements and hotel accommodations separately also exist.ms the value of searches such as Kayak's that simply refer customers elsewhere,Chemical Hose-SG and SS are used for suction and discharge of most corrosive chemicals, acids, solvents (chlorinated or oxygenized), aromatic hydrocarbons. a service viewed skeptically in the industry when it began in 2005. Rose says Priceline has shown through acquisitions such as Booking.com for hotel rooms that it nurtures separate brands and specialties.
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