the history of direct bookings

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Hotels.com launched

Booking.com + Expedia + Travelocity launched

Lastminute + Agoda launched

Tripadvisor + Wotif launched

CTrip launched - China’s largest travel provider

Google allows advertisers to bid on trademark keywords

Meta search sites Trivago + Kayak launched

Priceline acquires Booking.com - $133 million

Priceline acquires Asian OTA Agoda - $156 million

Air BnB launched

Fair trading starts investigating anti-competitor contracts between hotels + OTA’s

Expedia spinoff Tripadvisor

Priceline acquires Kayak - $2.1 billion

Expedia acquires Trivago meta search site $564 million

Lastminute sold to Swiss travel firm - $120 million

Tripadvisor adds Booking.com with others to follow

Air BnB valued at $30 billion

ACCC in Australia signs contract with Expedia + Booking.com

Trivago aiming to go public, IPO corporate reorganisation with Expedia to remain majority share holder

Expedia on track to be the first travel company to exceed $100 billion in revenue over the next few years

Hotels.com launches rewards 10 for 1 room nights

Sabre acquires Lastminute - $577 million

Wotif listed on AU stock exchange

Priceline acquires Open Table for - $2.6 billion

Expedia acquires Wotif - $703 million

Priceline acquires Buuteeq + Hotel Ninjas - $98 million - creates Booking Suite

Tripadvisor offers instant booking

CTrip – 1.2 billion revenue

Expedia - $6.6 billion revenue from 200 countries

Expedia acquires Home Away + Orbitz

Priceline - $9.2 billion revenue

Expedia acquires Travelocity - $280 million

Expedia acquires Home Away (Air BnB competitor) $3.9 billion

CTrip acquires air ticketing specialist Skyscanners for $1.7 billion

Expedia acquires Hotels.com

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