Brand | Hotwire |
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Website | http://www.hotwire.com |
Category | Online Travel Agency |
Primary Business | Hotel, Car, Flight, Vacation |
Operating Company | Hotwire, Inc. |
Parent Company | The Expedia Group |
Headquarter | San Francisco, CA, United States |
# of Employees | 300 |
Online Year | 2000 |
Service Languages | English |
Property Inventory | 173,000 |
Total Visits in May 2017: | 8.8M |
Description | Hotwire specializes in selling off unsold travel inventory, including hotel rooms, airline tickets, rental cars and vacation packages, at discounted prices. Similar to Priceline's Express Deal, Hotwire.com offers up to 60% off Hot Rates of hotel rooms, airline seats or rental cars without disclosing providers. You have to complete the transaction before seeing all details. |
History | Hotwire was founded in 2000 by Karl Peterson, Eric Grosse, Gregg Brockway, and Spencer Rascoff and by six major airlines - American, Northwest, Continental, America West and United. In 2003, it was acquired by InterActiveCorp (IAC) for $663 million. In 2005, it was spun off from IAC as part of Expedia, Inc. |
Brand | Hotwire |
---|---|
Website | http://www.hotwire.com |
Category | Online Travel Agency |
Primary Business | Hotel, Car, Flight, Vacation |
Operating Company | Hotwire, Inc. |
Parent Company | The Expedia Group |
Headquarter | San Francisco, CA, United States |
# of Employees | 300 |
Online Year | 2000 |
Service Languages | English |
Property Inventory | 173,000 |
Total Visits in May 2017: | 8.8M |
Description | Hotwire specializes in selling off unsold travel inventory, including hotel rooms, airline tickets, rental cars and vacation packages, at discounted prices. Similar to Priceline's Express Deal, Hotwire.com offers up to 60% off Hot Rates of hotel rooms, airline seats or rental cars without disclosing providers. You have to complete the transaction before seeing all details. |
History | Hotwire was founded in 2000 by Karl Peterson, Eric Grosse, Gregg Brockway, and Spencer Rascoff and by six major airlines - American, Northwest, Continental, America West and United. In 2003, it was acquired by InterActiveCorp (IAC) for $663 million. In 2005, it was spun off from IAC as part of Expedia, Inc. |
Brand | Hotwire |
---|---|
Website | http://www.hotwire.com |
Category | Online Travel Agency |
Primary Business | Hotel, Car, Flight, Vacation |
Operating Company | Hotwire, Inc. |
Parent Company | The Expedia Group |
Headquarter | San Francisco, CA, United States |
# of Employees | 300 |
Online Year | 2000 |
Service Languages | English |
Property Inventory | 173,000 |
Total Visits in May 2017: | 8.8M |
Description | Hotwire specializes in selling off unsold travel inventory, including hotel rooms, airline tickets, rental cars and vacation packages, at discounted prices. Similar to Priceline's Express Deal, Hotwire.com offers up to 60% off Hot Rates of hotel rooms, airline seats or rental cars without disclosing providers. You have to complete the transaction before seeing all details. |
History | Hotwire was founded in 2000 by Karl Peterson, Eric Grosse, Gregg Brockway, and Spencer Rascoff and by six major airlines - American, Northwest, Continental, America West and United. In 2003, it was acquired by InterActiveCorp (IAC) for $663 million. In 2005, it was spun off from IAC as part of Expedia, Inc. |