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Articles tagged “kayak”

Online Travel

How are online travel stocks faring the day after Priceline-Kayak deal announcement?

The reaction has been muted, for most part, as industry players and analysts wait to see how the Priceline-Kayak deal plays out.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Priceline and Kayak: Comparing the numbers

Priceline is buying a much smaller, younger travel tech company in Kayak, but one that has earned a lot of fans for its innovation.

Dan Nguyen, Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

What Priceline’s purchase of Kayak means: Brand power and big mobile push

The culture clash between relatively button-down Priceline and sometimes sockless and irreverent Kayak couldn't be more stark. But Kayak will operate semi-independently and the merger may finally help Kayak become the global brand that Priceline's Boyd thinks it can become.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Priceline-buying-Kayak: Kayak’s short history as a public company, in links

It wil take couple of quarters before the deal closes, so Kayak will still have couple of opportunities to report separate earnings.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Kayak reaps $3.5 million in mobile revenue in Q3 as overall revenues rise 30 percent

With 3.1 million downloads of its mobile apps in the third quarter (bringing total to over 20 million overall), and increasing prowess in monetizing queries from smartphones, Kayak is certainly a leader in mobile within the travel industry.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Mergers and Acquisitions

Priceline to Buy Kayak for $1.8 Billion and Keep Kayak Brand

This ends the short life of Kayak as a public company -- it just finished its first post-IPO quarter. Priceline will gain a great online and mobile team to build its portfolio and will put muscle behind the Kayak brand.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 12 years ago

Priceline to Buy Kayak for $1.8 Billion and Keep Kayak Brand

Media and PR

Despite successful IPO, Kayak’s startup gene is still running the show

With Kayak's co-founder still answering customer service calls from time to time, the company is showing it is nimble and not too big for its britches.

Skift | 12 years ago

Skift Originals

SkiftAds: Kayak’s new commercial fails to charm either the ladies or the gentlemen

Kayak's advertising agency obviously knows more about commercials than we do. In 2010 a Kayak spot featured sexy Mandy cavorting on a pier while the latest ad features a crooner who's way past his prime. See one and done.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Kayak steps beyond metasearch and into direct bookings

Kayak is increasingly a hybrid as its direct-booking option gathers momentum. It's a competitive advantage over other travel metasearch companies, and it shouldn't be long before some of them follow along.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Kayak steps beyond metasearch and into direct bookings

Media and PR

Kayak struts its mobile stuff with first earnings reports since IPO

Kayak doesn't have to disclose mobile revenue and wouldn't unless it paints an upbeat picture, which it does.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago