Priceline has long warned that Google’s and Bing’s “inroads into online travel” loom as potential threats and now it has added Kayak.com hotel bookings as a concern, too.
In a financial filing May 6, Priceline states:
Some meta-search sites, such as Kayak.com, which recently began offering its users the ability to purchase tickets directly on its website, may evolve into more traditional online travel sites with ticket-booking capability.
Actually, the reference to flight tickets was a mistake and Priceline meant to cite the fact that Kayak began taking direct hotel bookings on Kayak.com, says Brian Ek, Priceline spokesman. For flights, Kayak.com refers users to airline and online travel agency websites for bookings.
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