Priceline Group Will Not Challenge Expedia for Control of HomeAway


Skift Take

With the Priceline Group out of the running to get into the Expedia-HomeAway sweepstakes, it appears very likely that the deal will sail through toward closing.

The Priceline Group has decided it won't be naming its own price to acquire HomeAway. It won't be the Priceline Group jumping into a bidding war with Expedia to acquire HomeAway and it probably won't be anyone else, either. Leslie Cafferty, a spokesperson for the Priceline Group, tells Skift "we will not be making a bid" for HomeAway. So it wo