Priceline-buying-Kayak: Kayak's short history as a public company, in links
Skift Take
Arranged in chronological order, from start of Kayak's IPO roadshow until today:
-- Kayak hits the road with $100 million IPO try
-- Kayak downplays threat from Google Travel in IPO materials
-- Kayak gets its $1 billion valuation: raises $91 million at $26 a share
-- Kayak IPO maiden flight: Will it take off? Live updates
-- Amadeus wants to be a player in the U.S. and thinks supplanting ITA at Kayak would do just that
-- Kayak struts its mobile stuff with first earnings reports since IPO
-- Kayak steps beyond metasearch and into direct bookings
-- SkiftAds: Kayak’s new commercial fails to charm either the ladies or the gentlemen
-- Despite successful IPO, Kayak’s startup gene is still running the show
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