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Kayak and OpenTable Layoffs and Furloughs Impact 400 Employees

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Dennis Schaal

Photo Credit: This file photo shows Kayak and OpenTable CEO Steve Hafner with team members. Hafner informed employees of layoffs and furloughs April 29, 2020 growing out of the coronavirus pandemic. Kayak / Jesse Neider

Skift Take

The job cuts at Kayak and OpenTable represent the first reported layoffs and furloughs at parent company Booking Holdings growing out of the coronavirus crisis other than for 48 contractors at Booking.com whose agreements weren't renewed. Few travel companies will emerge unscathed so it wouldn't be surprising if more cuts were coming at other Booking brands.

Citing a tremendous drop in revenue from the coronavirus pandemic, Kayak and OpenTable laid off, furloughed or handed out reduced hours to 400 employees, Skift has learned. Steve Hafner, the CEO of both of these Booking Holdings brands, informed employees of the job cuts in an email Wednesday that Skift obtained. [See the email embedded below.] "We did everything we could to avoid these steps," Hafner wrote. "B

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