Expedia on its way to own travel on Facebook?
August 21, 2007 | Online Travel
In what is by far the largest Facebook application acquisition to date, Expedia has reportedly acquired "Where I’ve Been" for $3 million, to be folded in its TripAdvisor unit, which now owns the two must popular travel applications on Facebook. Or not? The company issued a denial.
Just two months after asking, “I Have 250,000 Users, Now What?”, Craig Ulliott has an answer. In what is by far the largest Facebook application acquisition to date, travel company TripAdvisor has reportedly acquired Where I’ve Been from Craig Ulliott for $3 million.
With 2.3 million users, “Where I’ve Been” established itself as by far the biggest travel application on Facebook, leading #2 Cities “I’ve Visited” (also TripAdvisor owned) by over 1 million users.
Yet, TripAdvisor denies by saying “This is untrue. Beyond that, we do not have any comment.” The company would not specifically comment on whether acquisition hasn’t happened or simply that the reported price was inaccurate.
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