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From the Kayak IPO S-1: In particular, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, Expedia and its affiliates, including its Hotels.com and Hotwire subsidiar
by smackfu 14y ago
From the Kayak IPO S-1:
In particular, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, Expedia and its affiliates, including its Hotels.com and Hotwire subsidiaries, accounted for 25% of our total revenues. Also during this period, Orbitz and its affiliates, including its CheapTickets and ebookers subsidiaries, accounted for 19% of our total revenues.
I guess Priceline wants to get a first shot at all that business, and then to get paid by their competitors for bookings they don't get.
- photorized 14y agoI am curious what their contracts with all these parties looked like... Booking providers seem to like exclusivity. Btw, anyone from Travelocity here? Would love to share some feedback about your platform.
- arbuge 14y agoRelated: Expedia has an API... http://developer.ean.com/ http://developer.ean.com/. Haven't checked it in a while - looks like only hotels are available now (no flights, cars, cruises, etc.) Of course, not saying that Kayak went through this route - this is just something available to the hoi polloi.
- photorized 14y agoI looked at Expedia for somewherenice.net, and didn't choose them for that reason. Needed to be able to package the whole trip, from airfare to lift tickets, so ended up working with Travelocity.