Get a Room!

by David Evans on April 11, 2003

in Finance, Marketing

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USA Interactive (USAI), the owner of 500-lb gorilla Match.com, is buying all remaining shares of hotel.com in an all-stock transaction worth a reported $1.1 billion. Now you can find a date on Match.com, buy tickets to an event through Ticketmaster and book a hotel room at hotel.com, all from one company. Talk about cornering a market! Read more at WIRED.

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