Priceline.com | priceline com incorporated
founded:1998ContactInformation:headquarters:800connecticutave.norwalk,ct06854-9998phone:(203)299-8000fax:(203)299-8948email:[email protected][1]url:http://www.priceline.comOVERVIEWpriceline.comgavethepublicthepowerto"NameYourOwnPrice"onlineforthefirsttimeongoodsandservicesinfourareas:travel,withairlinetickets,hotelrooms,cruises,andrentalcars;personalfinance,withhomemortgages,refinancingandhomeequityloans;automotive,offeringnewcars;andtelecommunications,withlongdistancecallingserviceandcallin...
founded: 1998
Contact Information:headquarters: 800 connecticut ave.norwalk, ct 06854-9998 phone: (203)299-8000 fax: (203)299-8948 email: [email protected][1] url: http://www.priceline.com
OVERVIEWpriceline.com gave the public the power to "Name Your Own Price" online for the first time on goods and services in four areas: travel, with airline tickets, hotel rooms, cruises, and rental cars; personal finance, with home mortgages, refinancing and home equity loans; automotive, offering new cars; and telecommunications, with long distance calling service and calling cards. As long as a customer was flexible and prepaid, he/she could soon be airborne for far less money than ever before. priceline.com founder and former vice chairman, Internet commerce pioneer Jay S. Walker, came up with the innovative idea of patenting priceline.coms method of doing business, along with a slew of other patents granted and pending, that could revolutionize industries outside the Internet[2] a...