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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Booking is 100% owned by Priceline (renamed Booking Holdings). They only paid $113M for the company in 2005. That's a damn steal.

The other travel "alternatives" are either owned by Expedia, majority stock holders by Expedia, or just act as a front end search for Expedia and VRBO. It's honestly ridiculous.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Interesting, didn't know this. Thanks for pointing it out.