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eDreams is an online travel agency based in Barcelona, Spain, that offers deals on regular and charter flights, low-cost airlines, hotels, car rentals, dynamic packages, holiday packages and travel insurance.
Etraveli Group was founded in 2007. [8] [9] The name Etraveli was first used in 2007 when Seat24 and SRG Online (Svenska Resegruppen) merged.[10] [11] [12] [13]In 2015, Etraveli Group was acquired by ProSiebenSat.1 Media and placed under its investment subsidiary 7Travel for €235 million.
Ripoff Report is a private for-profit website founded by Ed Magedson. [1] The Ripoff Report has been online since December 1998 and is operated by Xcentric Ventures, LLC which is based in Tempe, Arizona. [2] In 2023 an Australian judge found the company purports to be a consumer review site but profits from extortive business practices. [3]
In 2016, Gogobot, a travel booking and research company founded by entrepreneurs Travis Katz and Ori Zaltzman in 2010, acquired the Trip.com brand from Expedia and rebranded the service as Trip.com. [3] In November 2017, Ctrip acquired Trip.com. [4] At that time, Trip.com had more than 60 million users. [5] [6]
In 2010, Axa acquired Go Voyages and Permira acquired eDreams. Axa and Permira merged eDreams and GO Voyages, which jointly acquired Opodo in 2011. [8] [9]eDreams ODIGEO was created in June 2011 when eDreams merged with GO Voyages and Opodo, the three largest European online travel agencies, through two private equity firms, AXA Private Equity and Permira Funds. eDream's co-founder, Javier ...
Opodo is a Spanish-owned online travel agency which offers deals in regular and charter flights, low-cost airlines, hotels, car rental, dynamic packages, holiday packages and travel insurance. It is a pan-European enterprise, founded by a consortium of European airlines , including British Airways , Air France , Alitalia , Iberia , KLM ...
Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud used in retail sales but also employed in other contexts. First, the merchant "baits" the customer by advertising a product or service at a low price; then when the customer goes to purchase the item, they discover that it is unavailable, and the merchant pressures them instead to purchase a similar but more expensive product ("switching").
In May 2007, Hotels.com was subject to a class action complaint (Smith v. Hotels.com L.P., California Superior Court, Alameda County, Case No. RG07327029) brought against them for “ongoing discrimination against persons with mobility disabilities who desire to, but cannot, use Hotels.com’s worldwide reservation network to make reservations for hotel rooms”. [7]