tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post8795498290250472025..comments2024-03-09T20:40:14.660+11:00Comments on The BOOT - The Business of Online Travel: TripAdvisor rolls up and ends up with SeatGuruTim Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383381229302650553noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-16231674777235218762008-11-22T01:31:00.000+11:002008-11-22T01:31:00.000+11:00Have you came to any conclusions?Have you came to any conclusions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-61746591733781454512007-07-07T07:26:00.000+10:002007-07-07T07:26:00.000+10:00whats interesting is if you do some digging here h...whats interesting is if you do some digging here http://sec.edgar-online.com/2007/05/09/0000950134-07-010871/Section2.asp <BR/><BR/>and determine when each one was purchased someone could connect the dots of purchase amount and timing of purchase. I'll be looking more into this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-21749806931980803442007-07-07T06:49:00.000+10:002007-07-07T06:49:00.000+10:00Dan - Well spotted on that paragraph. I have not ...Dan - Well spotted on that paragraph. I have not heard anything more detailed. In my interview with Luc of Travelpod he would not disclose the amount. Any one else out there know anything?Tim Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383381229302650553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-34193305951110074772007-07-07T04:50:00.000+10:002007-07-07T04:50:00.000+10:00Any word on the sale price i found this a while ba...Any word on the sale price i found this a while back but couldn't attach the number to the respective site><BR/><BR/>For TripAdvisor, a unit of Expedia Inc., the purchase of Independent Traveler is its fifth acquisition of a travel media company in the last nine months. Previous acquisitions included Travel Library (September 2006); TravelPod (December 2006); Smarter Travel Media (February 2007); and SeatGuru (March 2007).<BR/><BR/>Expedia Inc. didn't disclose the purchase prices of any of the acquisitions, but did note recently that it bought one travel-information firm in the first quarter of this year for $41.1 million, and a 50% ownership interest in another on March 30 for $26 million in cash.Local Tripshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361262382116417304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-18137763883860260272007-05-09T23:23:00.000+10:002007-05-09T23:23:00.000+10:00Wow, that is great news for Luc over at travelpod ...Wow, that is great news for Luc over at travelpod (don't know the other owners, but have traded emails with Luc in the past). And I agree with you Tim, SeatGuru is definitely one of the best travel sites out there! Congrats to tripadvisor on this move; I think it's very smart and provides a lot of great content to them for integration within tripadvisor as well (on the side of keeping the sites standalone)!samdaamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05806676900907442017noreply@blogger.com