Transforming the Way People Travel

Interesting Facts* Acquired by Expedia in Sep. 2015 for $1.3 billion in CASH

History - Rapid growing online travel industry1999: A group of leading U.S. airlines.

2001: Official Launch

2004: Acquisition

2005 - 2007: MORE Acquisitions

2015: EVEN MORE Acquisitions

IPO, Sales2003 Aug.: Filed an IPO. lost $5.3 million in first half of 2003

2003 Nov.: $22 and $24 per share

2003 Dec.: $26/share. The airlines held 70% stock and over 90% voting power

2004 Sep.: Acquired by Cendant for $27.5 per share

2005 - 2006: Acquired Travelport (in debt), travel distribution service business for ~$4.3B in CASH $$$$$$$

2007: Available for trading

TechnologiesFastEasyVisualEfficientCHEAP

ProductsVacation Packages

● Flight● Hotel● Car● Activities● Cruises

“ A web site used to research, plan and book travel. ” - Wikipedia

Revenue

Competitors +

Competitors

FUTUREMORE acquisitions?

Advertisement

Data Mining/ Machine Learning

Thank you