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Pricing
1997
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Priceline founder Jay Walker launches Priceline.com with its famous Name Your Own Price service. This service earned Priceline.com a first time patent denoted as “buyer-driven eCommerce” in the USA.
1999
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Priceline undergoes initial public offering and reaches $12.9 billion market value on the first day, the highest first day value for a corporation at the time.
2000
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Priceline founder Jay Walker steps down from Priceline Board of Directors.
2001
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Priceline becomes profitable.
2002
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Jeff Boyd is named Chief Executive Officer of Priceline.
2003
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Priceline moves beyond its Name Your Own Price service and enters the retail air space.
2004
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Priceline acquires ActiveHotels.com, a leading online hotel booking service in Europe at the time.
2004
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Priceline enters the retail hotel business by acquiring a majority stake in TravelWeb.
2005
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Priceline acquires Booking.com, the leading hotel booking website in Europe and world’s largest accommodation website today and combines it with ActiveHotels.com.
2007
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Priceline acquires agoda.com, an Asia-based leader in hotel accommodations.
2009
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Priceline is added to the S&P 500 index.
2010
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Priceline acquires TravelJigsaw, a multinational rental car service which is known today as rentalcars.com.
2010
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Priceline surpasses Expedia to become the world’s largest online hotel reservation service.
2012
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Priceline launches Priceline Ventures to invest in small growth companies that align with its strategic interests across the Priceline businesses.
2013
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The Priceline Group acquires global travel search tech company KAYAK.
2014
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Priceline acquires OpenTable, a website that allows customers to make online reservations for restaurants.
2014
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Priceline changes its name to The Priceline Group to reflect its evolution as a company with multiple independently-operated brands.
2015
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The Priceline Group acquires ASDigital, a leading provider of restaurant table and reservation management solutions based in Australia.
2015
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The Priceline Group acquires PriceMatch, a leading cloud-based data and analytics solution for hotels.
2015
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The Priceline Group acquires RocketMiles, a Chicago-based company that allows travelers to book hotels while earning frequent flyers airline miles.
2015
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The Priceline Group is named by Forbes as one of the top 25 most innovative companies in the world.
2016
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Ranked by Fast Company as a “World’s Most Innovative” company.