WOTIF buys Travel.com.au, seeks to challenge Webjet

[Mal]

Wotif.com moves into the online air travel market | The Courier-Mail

AFTER capturing the lions share of the cyberspace accommodation market, Brisbane-based Wotif.com is moving into the online air travel market.

Chief executive Robbie Cooke revealed yesterday that one of his major priorities was to give rival online travel group and the country's market leader Webjet a "good run for its money".

Mr Cooke said the company had bought flight booking website Cheap flights, accommodation, holiday packages, hire cars - travel.com.au and hoped to acquire more sites in the future.

Poor Webjet. First Zuji and Expedia turn up the heat, now Wotif is doing the same...

 

[markis10]

The purchase of Travel.com.au happened over two years ago, they sure are taking their time to challenge webjet :shock:, another slow news/no news day?

 

[Mal]

The purchase of Travel.com.au happened over two years ago, they sure are taking their time to challenge webjet :shock:, another slow news/no news day?

Yeah you're right - just checked it, and it was happening in Jan 2008.

I embellished the headline a bit to make up for the poor article headline from the Courier-Mail, but am surprised that they've been owned by Wotif for so long!