SCOOP: Former CNBC Host Acquires Reservations.com


A view of a resort hotel with a big pool on a sunny day Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos

Skift Take

This is the next chapter for Reservations.com after a cancelled SPAC deal in 2022.

A former CNBC and MSNBC host and serial entrepreneur acquired hotel-booking site Reservations.com this week.

Dylan Ratigan, the buyer and new CEO, confirmed that the deal closed Monday after Skift received a tip about the deal.

Ratigan said he was attracted to Reservations.com for the domain name, and the potential to expand its hotel business, as well as to branch out