Booking Holdings will soon own HotelsCombined

Booking Holdings, which earlier snapped up UK-headquartered Momondo Group for US$550 million, is now acquiring hotel metasearch site, HotelsCombined.

With the acquisition, the Sydney-based HotelsCombined will be merged under Booking Holdings’ travel metasearch brand, Kayak.

Commenting on the decision, Glenn Fogel, CEO of Booking Holdings, said: “HotelsCombined has built a strong brand with loyal consumers across Asia-Pacific, and we believe the team will be a great addition to Kayak to further expand our worldwide metasearch strategy.”

Hichame Assi, CEO of HotelsCombined, commented: “Operating under the Kayak umbrella will strengthen our proposition to both customers and partners with greater scale, product breadth and innovation.”

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