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Why UK regulators okayed the Priceline/Kayak tie-up

By Sean O'Neil | May 14, 2013

The UK's Office of Fair Trading had a key point: Kayak makes less than £70 million a year in the UK. Read More

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The story of two startups by Terry Jones - Travelocity and Kayak

By PhocusWire | May 10, 2013

Terry Jones was founder of Travelocity and is currently chairman of Kayak. Both companies have made their mark but have developed as businesses in vastly different ways. Read More

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Priceline's acquisition of Kayak is okayed by UK regulators

By Sean O'Neil | May 9, 2013

The $1.8 billion merger has received the green light from the UK's Office of Fair Trading. Read More

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China travel search portal Qunar speaks about the past, present and future

By Karthick Prabu | May 7, 2013

China's Baidu-backed travel company Qunar has become one of the country's leading online travel search providers, boasting about 75 million monthly visits. Read More

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Kayak finally launches in Canada

By Kevin May | May 6, 2013

Kayak has spent plenty of time and effort over the years launching local sites around the world but, perhaps surprisingly, it has never had one next door in Canada. Read More

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Expedia and Priceline soar away - Top US travel websites, March 2013

By PhocusWire | April 24, 2013

Travelocity, Kayak and Orbitz et al are watching their rivals and top performing web brands, Expedia and Priceline, stretch their lead in the list of leading travel websites in the US. Read More

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Airbnb, Kayak, and Expedia dish a bit about their plans

By Sean O'Neil | April 10, 2013

At a panel talk in London last night, representatives from the European divisions of these major online players revealed insights into their strategies, the limits to their growth, and which smaller... Read More

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The SCAN - Apple streetview patent, Kayak turns profit, IHG inventory in Ctrip and more travel tech news

By PhocusWire | April 7, 2013

The SCAN - Apple streetview patent, Kayak turns profit, IHG inventory in Ctrip and more travel tech news. Read More

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Room 77 taps Drew Patterson to be CEO [UPDATED with Brad Gerstner Q&A]

By Sean O'Neil | March 28, 2013

Patterson, 36, widely regarded as an industry wunderkind, earned raves for his performance as a former vice president at Kayak and as co-founder of Jetsetter. Read More

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Kayak plans to keep its white-label booking partnerships, despite Priceline acquisition

By Sean O'Neil | March 22, 2013

Kayak plans to keep its "direct" booking options for flights, hotels and cars, which are serviced by Travelocity, Expedia and other white-label providers. Read More

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Why the Priceline plan to buy Kayak should be investigated by regulators

By Viewpoints | March 20, 2013

A UK competition regulator, The Office of Fair Trading (OFT), is being kept busy in the travel space right now. Read More

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Google Flight Search (finally) goes international

By Kevin May | March 18, 2013

Almost three years on from announcing the acquisition of ITA Software and 18 months after launching a domestic-only service, Google Flight Search is finally heading overseas. Read More

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Expedia completes Trivago investment deal

By Kevin May | March 12, 2013

Ten weeks after giving the folk at Trivago a very nice pre-Christmas present, Expedia has finalised its acquisition of a majority stake in the European hotel search service. Read More

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The Scan - Lowcostholidays film map, Louvre Hotels on Google, Air New Zealand Bears All (again) and other travel tech stories

By PhocusWire | March 8, 2013

Lowcostholidays, Air New Zealand, Priceline-Kayak, Inner Maldives, Reardon Commerce, American Express, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Micros Systems, Etihad and NYC & Company all make the cut in our round of... Read More