ʻO Priceline, ʻo Orbitz e makaʻala i ka mokulele M&A

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hiki i nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi pūnaewele ke manaʻo i ka pinch mai ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mokulele, ʻoiai ʻo nā kuʻikahi e hui pū ana i nā mea lawe moku nui loa o US e hoʻololi i ke koena o ka mana ma ka ʻoihana kūʻai tiketi.

"Maopopo iaʻu ke kumu e hoʻohui nei nā mokulele a no ke aha lākou e manaʻo ai ʻo ia ka mea ʻoi loa no kēlā ʻoihana," ʻo Jeffery Boyd, ka luna nui o Priceline.com (PCLN.O: Quote, Profile, Research), i ʻōlelo ʻia ma Reuters Travel a Leisure Summit ma Los Angeles i ka Pōʻakahi.

“Aia kekahi hopena maikaʻi ʻole no kekahi ʻōnaehana hoʻoili…. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hoʻohui, ʻaʻole maikaʻi ia no nā mea hāʻawi i ka nui. ”

ʻO Steve Barnhart, CEO o Orbitz Worldwide Inc (OWW.N: Quote, Profile, Research), i hoʻopuka i kēia mau ʻōlelo. "ʻAʻole au i ʻike aia kahi hihia i luna mai iā mākou mai kēlā ʻano hoʻohui hoʻohui," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma ka Reuters Summit. "Akā ʻaʻole pono e loaʻa kahi haʻahaʻa."

Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Delta Air Lines Inc i ke kūkā kamaʻilio ʻana me Northwest Airlines Corp, kahi a nā mea nānā ʻoihana i ʻōlelo ai hiki ke hoʻomaka i kahi hana ma waena o ka UAL Corp's United Airlines a me Continental Airlines Inc.

E hana kēlā i ʻelua mau mokulele mokulele US me ka nui o ka kaohi o kā lākou mau kaha kūʻai aku a unuhi i kahi koho liʻiliʻi no nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā kūlana paʻakikī no nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi pūnaewele.

I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻāʻo nā mokulele e hoʻonui i ka helu o nā hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma kā lākou pūnaewele ponoʻī.

KUMU O PRICELINE

Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Priceline, ka mea hoʻokūkū me Orbitz a me Expedia Inc, i kahi niche me kāna "inoa i kāu kumu kūʻai ponoʻī" kumu kūʻai kūʻai no ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā mokulele a me nā uku hōkele, akā hāʻawi pū i kēia manawa i nā lawelawe hoʻopaʻa pūnaewele pololei.

ʻO ka lawelawe "inoa i kāu uku ponoʻī" i nā mea lawelawe hōkele a me nā mokulele e kūʻai aku i nā keena keu a me nā noho me ka ʻole o ke kūʻai nui ʻana.

Ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā waihona i nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi e neʻe ai i ka wā lohi, Priceline "kūlana kūikawā" e hana maikaʻi ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku e hele ma ka pūnaewele "e ʻimi maoli nei i kahi kūʻai", wahi a Boyd.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e ʻoi aku ka hopena o Priceline ma mua o nā mea hoʻokūkū inā aia ka lohi ma ʻEulopa, no ka nui o ka nui a me ka ulu ʻana o kāna ʻoihana ma laila.

Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia a hiki i kēia manawa "ʻaʻohe o nā hōʻailona kūlike i ʻEulopa" o ka lohi e like me ka mea i loaʻa i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

Ke hoʻokūkū ikaika nei nā ʻoihana huakaʻi pūnaewele e hoʻonui i nā mākeke ʻEulopa a me ʻAsia, kahi i hapa ai nā puke huakaʻi e hana ʻia ma ka pūnaewele. Ua hōʻole ʻo Boyd e hāʻawi i nā helu hoʻopaʻa kikoʻī ma mua o ka hōʻike o ka loaʻa kālā hapahā o Priceline i ka Pōʻahā.

Ua ʻike ʻo Priceline i kāna hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka hapaha ʻekolu ma o nā hana a ʻEulopa e hoʻonui ana ma kahi o 98 pākēneka, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka 54 pākēneka e ulu ana i kāna mau hoʻopaʻa inoa holoʻokoʻa. Ua pani ʻo Priceline i nā $ 1.01 ma $ 102.80 ma Nasdaq i ka Pōʻakahi.

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