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Booking Holdings owns and operates several travel fare aggregators and metasearch engines, including Booking.com, Priceline.com, Agoda, Kayak, and OpenTable. It was founded in 1996 by Jay S. Walker and is based in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Jumia Travel is a subsidiary of Travelstart that offers online hotel and flight reservations across the African continent. It was founded in 2013 by Africa Internet Group and has faced controversies, acquisitions and partnerships over the years.
Ostrovok.ru is a Russian online platform for booking hotels and searching for flights, founded in 2010 by Serge Faguet and Kirill Makharinsky. It has over one million accommodation options, a loyalty program, and partners with various companies and websites.
Jumia is a marketplace, logistics service and payment service, operating throughout Africa. It was founded in 2012 and became the continent’s first unicorn in 2016, but faced challenges and changes in 2019-2023.
Sabre is a global distribution system (GDS) that allows travel agents and companies to book travel services from various providers. It was developed by American Airlines and IBM in 1960 and became independent in 2000.
Online hotel reservations are a popular method for booking hotel rooms. Travellers can book rooms on a computer by using online security to protect their privacy and financial information and by using several online travel agents to compare prices and facilities at different hotels.
An extranet is a private network that allows access to authorized parties, such as partners, vendors or customers, to a subset of the information on an organization's intranet. Learn how extranets are used in different industries, what benefits they offer and what challenges they face.
Pulse is an electronic funds transfer network that serves over 4,400 U.S. financial institutions and offers Pulse Pay, a point-of-sale service. It is owned by Discover Financial, issuer of the Discover Card, and has a history of acquisitions and mergers since 1981.