Kayak, mulling an exit strategy, added someone to its board who has executed one — Brian Sharples of HomeAway.
In a blog post, Kayak notes that Sharples, co-founder and CEO of HomeAway, led the vacation rental business as HomeAway “raised $405 million in private funding, acquired 17 websites, and in June 2011, the company underwent a successful IPO.”
Meanwhile, Kayak, which likely is considering a replacement for some of its search technology given Google’s acquisition of ITA Software, filed an S-1 statement in November 2010, but hasn’t carried out an IPO to date.
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