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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