KAYAK is owned by Booking Holdings (the United States, NASDAQ: BKNG), which acquired the brand on 21 May 2013 for $1.8 billion.[1][2] KAYAK was founded in 2004 in Stamford, Connecticut and was independent until 2013.
KAYAK searches other travel sites rather than selling tickets itself, and was founded in 2004 by people who had built Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz. Priceline acquired it in 2013 for about $1.8 billion, so a metasearch tool that ranks agencies is owned by one of them.
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Priceline acquired KAYAK for about $1.8 billion. A metasearch site that ranks travel agencies against each other thereby became owned by one of the largest of them, which is the arrangement most of its users would be surprised by.
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The parent company of KAYAK is Booking Holdings, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. KAYAK originated in the United States in 2004 and its owner, Booking Holdings, is also headquartered in the United States.
Booking Holdings completed its acquisition of KAYAK on 21 May 2013, after announcing the deal on 8 November 2012. The deal was valued at $1.8 billion (enterprise value).
KAYAK was an independent company from its founding in 2004 in Stamford, Connecticut until Booking Holdings acquired it in 2013.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, KAYAK is still owned by Booking Holdings. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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