M&A Deal Summary

Booking.com Acquires Kayak Software

On November 8, 2012, Booking.com acquired internet software and services company Kayak Software for 1.8B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Booking.com’s 7th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Booking.com’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Booking.com’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Booking.com’s 1st transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-11-08
Target Kayak Software
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Booking.com
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.8B USD

Target

Kayak Software

Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Kayak.com, the world's largest travel search engine, displays results from more than 400 travel sites, providing prices and itineraries for hundreds of airlines, more than 90,000 hotels, all leading rental car companies and 18 cruise lines.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Booking.com

Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees24,000
Revenue 21.4B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Booking office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Entrance to Booking office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Booking.com is a provider of online travel and related services, offers customers and partners in over 220 countries through six primary brands - Booking.com, KAYAK, priceline.com, agoda.com, Rentalcars.com and OpenTable. Booking was incorporated in 1997 as Priceline and is based in Norwalk, Connecticut.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 20
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 7 of 18
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 19
State (Connecticut) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 4 of 8
Year (2012) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-05-18 Traveljigsaw

Manchester, United Kingdom

TravelJigsaw sells into countries spanning Europe, Australia and South Africa via local language websites and a call centre based in Manchester. International online B2C car hire broker, delivering a multi lingual online and call centre service to customers from over 20 source countries, to over 75 destinations worldwide.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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