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Expedia to buy Orbitz in $1.6 bn deal

Published: 12 Feb 2015 - 04:54 pm | Last Updated: 17 Jan 2022 - 12:57 am

 

New York--US online travel site Expedia is buying rival Orbitz Worldwide for about $1.6 billion, the two companies said in a statement Thursday.

Expedia will pay $12 in cash for each Orbitz share, in the takeover approved by the companies' boards of directors.

AFP