Kayak IPO计划进度或将受Google收购ITA影响
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 宋体, arial; line-height: normal; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; ">2011-03-06 环球旅讯 Ronnie/编译</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 宋体, arial; line-height: normal; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 宋体, arial; line-height: normal; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; "><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; ">如果Google真的希望在旅游业大展拳脚,Kayak是否有能力与其竞争?</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> “当然有。”Kayak创始人及首席技术官Paul English说道。</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> Kayak将如何与其竞争?</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> “创新速度,”English毫不含糊地回答道。</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> Bloomberg对English进行了采访,记者首先问及备受瞩目的Kayak IPO计划。</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> 尽管English尽量避免谈及kayak IPO,但这次访谈主要还是围绕着Kayak的IPO计划。</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> 如果Google深入旅游业,Kayak将如何与它进行竞争?</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> 如果Google把ITA Software私有化,Kayak将如何应对?</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> English表示,Kayak欢迎Google加入竞争,而且他还指出,Google不是在每一次投资中都能获得成功。</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> 然后他谈到了Kayak在“创新速度”方面拥有的优势。</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> English说道,虽然Kayak的团队只有130人,但每位员工都是“行业精英”。Kayak每周四早上都会发布新版网站,显然他们拥有更快的创新速度。</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> 同时这个活跃的开发团队每几个星期就会推出一个新版本的手机应用,English说道。</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> 到目前为止Kayak还没有透露其IPO的定价范围,Kayak的IPO估值为8.75亿美元。司法部目前正在对Google收购ITA的计划进行反垄断调查,到底是司法部首先公布Google的调查结果还是Kayak首先完成IPO?</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> 有人认为,在司法部公布调查结果之后,Kayak才能实现IPO,否则Kayak的前景会存在很大的不确定性。</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> 也有人认为,在司法部的调查结果出来之前,Kayak就能实现IPO,因为Google收购ITA的计划已经被纳入Kayak 提交的IPO材料中而且相当透明。</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 宋体, arial; font-weight: normal; "> 证券交易委员会禁止Kayak的管理层公开讨论与其IPO相关的问题。(Ronnie/编译)</p></span></span></div>
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