priceline

Priceline was established in 1998 by Jay Walker, a self-made digital businessman and venture capitalist Jesse Fink, then went public with their IPO in 1999. As of 2008, Priceline.com had approximately 300 employees working for them, most out of their headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Booking travel on the Internet in the 21st Century has become mainstream, but almost all sites involve directly buying tickets or booking hotel rooms at fixed prices. Priceline is one of the few sites which allows travelers to buy flights, rent cars, or get hotel rooms around the world by naming their own price in hopes that the company on the other end of the transaction will accept their bid. Of course, this hasn't stopped travelers from trying to beat the system any way possible.

Priceline.com is also well known for their series of advertisements, featuring former "Star Trek" leading man William Shatner, playing the part of the "Priceline Negotiator."

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• 3-night Park City Vacation Packages from Just $436 per person!

  
  Travel Deals, Cheap Deals, Discount Travel, Last Minute Travel — Authority: 154
  A special deal from Priceline. Deal ends: 1/3/2010
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• 4-Star Altanta Hotels Just $77/night This Weekend!

  
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  A special deal from Priceline. Deal ends: 1/3/2010
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• 3-Night Vacation Packages To Key West as Low As $175/night per person!

  
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  A special deal from Priceline. Deal ends: 1/3/2010
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• 36% off Puerto Vallarta Mexico 4-star Resort Next Week!

  
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  A special deal from Priceline. Deal ends: 1/3/2010
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• 4-Star Disney World Vicinity Hotel for ONLY $109/night Next Week!

  
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  A special deal from Priceline. Deal ends: 1/3/2010
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• 3-Night Hawaii Vacation Packages from Just $207/night per person!

  
  Travel Deals, Cheap Deals, Discount Travel, Last Minute Travel — Authority: 154
  A special deal from Priceline. Deal ends: 1/3/2010
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• 48% off 4-Star New York City Hotel This Week!

  
  Travel Deals, Cheap Deals, Discount Travel, Last Minute Travel — Authority: 154
  A special deal from Priceline. Deal ends: 1/3/2010
  3 days ago

• 3-Night Vacation Packages to All-Inclusive Aruba Resort From Just $360/night per person!

  
  Travel Deals, Cheap Deals, Discount Travel, Last Minute Travel — Authority: 154
  A special deal from Priceline. Deal ends: 1/3/2010
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• 3-Star Toronto Hotels From $59/night This Weekend!

  
  Travel Deals, Cheap Deals, Discount Travel, Last Minute Travel — Authority: 154
  A special deal from Priceline. Deal ends: 1/3/2010
  3 days ago

• Never use Priceline after 5am

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 633
  IdiotFilter: I booked a Priceline hotel with the wrong region selected. Should I eat it and book somewhere else? Or will it work for New Years Eve? I made the catastrophic mistake of Pricelineing after 5am last night and during my rebid process (where you add regions that dont have the star level youre looking for, ...
  4 days ago

• Agoda.com announces top 10 China hotels for winter 09/10

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 504
  Agoda.com, Asia’s leading hotel booking site and a subsidiary of Priceline.com, has drawn up its Top 10 China Hotels for Winter 09/10 to help tourists and travelers get the most out of one of the wo read more
  1 week ago

• Internet Travel Sites File Suit Against New York City

  
  NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut digital media technology news — Authority: 522
  Some of the biggest travel and ticketing Web sites on the Internet have filed suit against the City of New York  to stop the extension of a hotel tax.  The sites filing the suit include Expedia ,  Hotels.com , Orbitz , Priceline and Travelocity. They are claiming that a law enacted in June to extend the ...
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• Five predictions for the European travel market

  
  Gadling — Authority: 697
  Filed under: Business , Europe , France , Germany , United Kingdom The end of the year is the time for all kinds of predictions for the next one. Usually, I treat such conjecture as the bullshit that it is, but when PhoCusWright puts out a list of whatll happen for the travel market, I tend to take it a ...
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• Hot Caribbean Cruises from $42/Night, FREE Hotel Stay & More!

  
  Travel Deals, Cheap Deals, Discount Travel, Last Minute Travel — Authority: 154
  A special deal from Priceline Cruises. Deal ends: 1/7/2010
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• Long Weekend or Quick Cruises from $40/Night including Food!

  
  Travel Deals, Cheap Deals, Discount Travel, Last Minute Travel — Authority: 154
  A special deal from Priceline Cruises. Deal ends: 1/7/2010
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• Save Big on Celebrity Cruises from $50/Night + EXTRAS!

  
  Travel Deals, Cheap Deals, Discount Travel, Last Minute Travel — Authority: 154
  A special deal from Priceline Cruises. Deal ends: 1/7/2010
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• Carnival Cruises from $42/Night, Upgrades & FREE Hotel Stay!

  
  Travel Deals, Cheap Deals, Discount Travel, Last Minute Travel — Authority: 154
  A special deal from Priceline Cruises. Deal ends: 1/7/2010
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• 3-Night Vacation Packages to MGM Grand Las Vegas From $271/person!

  
  Travel Deals, Cheap Deals, Discount Travel, Last Minute Travel — Authority: 154
  A special deal from Priceline. Deal ends: 12/27/2009
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• 5-Star Las Vegas Resort & Casino for $127/night + $150 in Resort Credits This Week!

  
  Travel Deals, Cheap Deals, Discount Travel, Last Minute Travel — Authority: 154
  A special deal from Priceline. Deal ends: 12/27/2009
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• 3-Night Vacation Packages to Myrtle Beach from $71/night per person!

  
  Travel Deals, Cheap Deals, Discount Travel, Last Minute Travel — Authority: 154
  A special deal from Priceline. Deal ends: 12/27/2009
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