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Sidestep Abandons UK Presence - Tue. 15 Jan. 2008
Following the merger of Kayak and Sidestep, it has been announced that Sidestep shall no longer have a UK presence, instead concentrating purely on the US market. The Sidestep website has already started re-directing traffic to Kayak as part of the re-structure.
Kayak is to buy travel rival Sidestep in a deal reportedly worth £90 million. The revolutionary deal, which is the first of its kind between two of the leading travel search engines, is to be funded by an initial $27 million raised by Kayak and followed by an additional $197 million , for which, $180 million is to be used in the cash deal with Sidestep.
Kayak.com, the world's largest travel search site, is undergoing a series of design enhancements and functionality changes based on constant feedback from users.
Travel search engine Kayak has lunched a new function on its UK website enabling customers to search for hotels. It is expected that holidays and car hire search will be added towards the end of 2007.
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