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'''Febreze''' ist ein [[Geruchsneutralisierer]] des [[Vereinigte Staaten|US-amerikanischen]] Herstellers [[Procter & Gamble]]. Das Produkt wurde ab 1996 in verschiedenen Marktsegmenten getestet und wird seit Juni 1998 großflächig im europäischen und nordamerikanischen [[Einzelhandel]] vertrieben. Das Sortiment umfasst Raumsprays, Textilerfrischer, Duftaufsteller, Duftstecker und Duftkerzen.<ref>[http://www.febreze.de/ Offizielle deutsche Internetpräsenz]</ref><br />
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Laut Hersteller fußt die geruchsvernichtende Eigenschaft von Febreze auf [[Cyclodextrine]]n, deren [[Molekül|molekulare Struktur]] einen Hohlraum beinhaltet, in welchem jene Moleküle, die zu geruchsverursachenden Stoffen gehören, eingeschlossen werden, so dass diese vom Menschen nicht mehr wahrgenommen werden können.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3202072/Does-Febreze-really-banish-bad-odours-Scientists-reveal-molecules-form-cage-trap-smelly-compounds-making-invisible-nose.html Erörterung der Wirkung] (englisch)</ref> Im Jahre 2002 reagierte die amerikanische Tierschutzorganisation ''American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)'' mit einem Produkttest auf Behauptungen, dass Febreze schädlichen Einfluss auf Haustiere genommen habe. Die Vorwürfe wurden nicht bestätigt; Febreze wurde mit einem Siegel der Organisation ausgezeichnet.<ref>{{Internetquelle |url=http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/poisonous-household-products |titel=Poisonous Household Products |werk=[http://www.aspca.org/ aspca.org] |hrsg=ASPCA |zugriff=2016-03-04 |sprache=en}}</ref><br />
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<div>{{Infobox Unternehmen<br />
| Name = MoneyGram International, Inc.<br />
| Logo = MoneyGram_Logo.svg<br />
| Unternehmensform = [[Corporation (Vereinigte Staaten)]]<br />
| ISIN = US60935Y2081<br />
| Gründungsdatum = 1940<br />
| Auflösungsdatum = <br />
| Auflösungsgrund = <br />
| Sitz = [[Dallas]], [[Vereinigte Staaten|USA]]<br />
| Leitung = Alexander Holmes (Chairman und [[CEO]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ir.moneygram.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors|title=Board of Directors|publisher=MoneyGram|date=|accessdate=2019-12-21}}</ref><br />
| Mitarbeiterzahl = 2436<br />
| Umsatz = 1,4 Mrd. [[US-Dollar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ir.moneygram.com/node/20216/html#sa121659f852e466c811d3aabe816c2b3|title=SEC-Filing Form 10-K|publisher=MoneyGram|date=2019-03-06|accessdate=2019-12-21}}</ref><br />
| Stand = 2018-12-31<br />
| Branche = [[Finanzdienstleistung]]en<br />
| Homepage = [http://www.moneygram.com/ www.moneygram.com]<br />
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'''MoneyGram International, Inc.''' ist ein US-amerikanisches, börsennotiertes (Kennung ''MGI'') Finanzunternehmen mit Sitz in [[Dallas]]. Moneygram ist der zweitgrößte Anbieter von Geldüberweisungen in der Welt.<ref name="moneygram">{{cite web|url=http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/513/89002.html|title = MoneyGram remittance costs are just 5%|publisher=Bizcommunity.com|date=2013-02-08|accessdate=2015-04-07}}</ref><ref name="bloomberg">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-21/moneygram-seen-cashing-in-at-decade-high-price-real-m-a.html|title=MoneyGram Seen Cashing In at Decade-High Price: Real M&A|work=Bloomberg|date=2013-06-21|accessdate=2015-04-07|author=Tara Lachapelle, Brooke Sutherland, Matthew Monks}}</ref><ref name="reuters">{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/27/usa-tax-moneygram-intl-idUSL1N0O90S720140527|title=MoneyGram claims bank status in tax dispute with U.S. IRS|work=Reuters|date=2014-05-27|accessdate=2015-04-07}}</ref> Das Unternehmen ist in über 200 Ländern mit 347.000 Verkaufsstellen vertreten.<ref name="aboutmoneygram">{{cite web|url=http://corporate.moneygram.com/who-we-are|title=About MoneyGram|publisher=MoneyGram|accessdate=2015-04-07|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708010832/http://corporate.moneygram.com/who-we-are|archivedate=2014-07-08|offline=yes|archivebot=2019-05-02 05:15:55 InternetArchiveBot}}</ref><br />
[[Datei:MoneyGram neon sign (3784997610) (2).jpg|mini|Einzelhandelsgeschäft wirbt als MoneyGram Agent]]<br />
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== Geschichte ==<br />
MoneyGram International, Inc. wurde nach der Geschäftszusammenführung von Travelers Express und Integrated Payment Systems Inc. gegründet. Ursprünglich wurde Moneygram als Tochtergesellschaft der Integrated Payment Systems gegründet. MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc. gründete MoneyGram International Ltd. in 1997.<ref name="greenland">{{cite news|author= Greenland, Paul R.|title = MoneyGram International, Inc.| work =International Directory of Company Histories|editor= Tina Grant|volume=94 |publisher=Detroit:St.James Press|year=2008|pages=315–318}}</ref> Damals besaß MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc. 51 Prozent des Unternehmens, während die anderen 49 Prozent zu [[Thomas Cook Group]] gehörten.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/article/1997-02-12/aCDC3VghFqeE.html|title=MONEYGRAM, THOMAS COOK FORM JOINT VENTURE FOR|publisher =Bloomberg|accessdate=2015-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ir.moneygram.com/secfiling.cfm?filingid=950123-11-25682&cik=|title=Form 10-K|publisher=Securities & Exchange Commission|accessdate=2015-04-07|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031143710/http://ir.moneygram.com/secfiling.cfm?filingid=950123-11-25682&cik=|archivedate=2014-10-31|offline=yes|archivebot=2019-05-02 05:15:55 InternetArchiveBot}}</ref> April 1998 erwarb Viad Moneygram Payment Systems Inc.<ref>{{cite news|title=Viad raises offer to buy MoneyGram|work=The Denver Post|accessdate=2015-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Vandeveire|first=Mary|title=Viad buys MoneyGram for $219 M|publisher=The Business Journal - Serving Phoenix & the Valley of the Sun|date=1998-05-29}}</ref> für 287 Millionen US-Dollar.<ref name="wsj98">{{cite web|url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB891806460809674000|title=Viad of Phoenix Agrees to Acquire Payments Firm for $287 Million|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=1998-04-06|accessdate=2015-04-07|author=Steven Lipin }}</ref> Moneygram wurde von Viads Travelers Express in [[Minneapolis]] aufgenommen.<ref name="wsj98" /> Ende 1990 hatte MoneyGram Payment Systems Kunden in über 22.000 Standorten in 100 Ländern.<ref name="greenland" /><ref name="wsj98" /><br />
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2003 gewann Travelers Express Volleigentum über das MoneyGram Netzwerk.<ref name="greenland" /> Travelers Express wurde ein unabhängiges Unternehmen.<ref name="businessjournal2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2007/03/26/focus10.html|title=35. MoneyGram International Inc.|publisher=Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal|author=Tom Smith|date=2007-03-22|accessdate=2015-04-07}}</ref> Januar 2004 wurde Travelers Express auf MoneyGram International Inc. umbenannt.<ref name="businessjournal2007" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2004/06/28/daily40.html?page=all|title=Viad completes MoneyGram spinoff|publisher=Phoenix Business Journal|date=2004-07-01|accessdate=2015-04-07}}</ref> Juni 2004 Moneygram wurde ein börsennotiertes, Einzelunternehmen. Anfang 2006 hatte das Unternehmen mehr als 96.000 Internationale Agenten in Regionen wie die Asien-Pazifik, Osteuropa und Lateinamerika.<ref name="greenland" /> Januar 2009 wurde Pamela Patsley Vorsitzender und CEO des Unternehmens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/print-edition/2012/11/30/moneygram-ceo-pamela-patsley-works-to.html?page=all|title=MoneyGram CEO Pamela Patsley works to build new company legacy|publisher=Dallas Business Journal|author=Shashana Pearson-Hormillosa|date=2012-11-30|accessdate=2015-04-07}}</ref> November 2010 wurde [[Dallas]] MoneyGrams globaler Hauptsitz.<ref name="dmagazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-ceo/2011/november/moneygrams-turnaround-artist?single=1|title=MoneyGram's Turnaround Artist|publisher=D Magazine|author=Karen Nielsen|accessdate=2015-04-07}}</ref> Das Unternehmen unterhält globale Operationen und Informationstechnologiezentren in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/business/258992781.html|title=MoneyGram closing Brooklyn Center offices; 28 to lose jobs June 30|publisher=Star Tribune|author=Jennifer Bjorhus|date=2014-05-12|accessdate=2015-04-07}}</ref><br />
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Das chinesische Unternehmen [[Ant Financial|Ant Financial Services Group]] (Betreiber von [[Alipay]]) wollte MoneyGram übernehmen. Der Kauf wurde aber 2018 von der US-Behörde [[CFIUS]] nicht genehmigt.<ref>https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Datenschutz-Alibaba-Chef-darf-Moneygram-nicht-uebernehmen-3930850.html</ref><br />
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== Deutschland ==<br />
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In Deutschland sind in allen größeren Städten Filialen zu finden, die meistens von Kleingewerbetreibenden geführt werden.<ref>{{Webarchiv|url=https://extwww.moneygram.com/wps/portal/moneygramonline/home/findlocation/!ut/p/c5/hY5JDoJAFESP9L82Ir1swDQqIDLDhmBUwkwCwcjpbQ6gVi1fKvUgBdEun8sin8q-yxuIIZUzTrghc0YQd6qOR89XueMiIpcFT-TMoDoa0gUpD7ngikKIej4QVPDPOoIYpcyrlMF6T7G5aLNfLdftqDMyVtrL0pONTU3nHrqByrSBSvsRTpAWTX8TbtFq-_t95fglDME2-vYBQxvMdf1kH7wO5yw!/ |wayback=20151117033134 |text=extwww.moneygram.com |archiv-bot=2019-05-02 05:15:55 InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> Das Unternehmen unterliegt der Kontrolle der FCA.<ref>[http://moneygram.de/geschaeftsbedingungen Geschäftsbedingungen moneygram.de]</ref> In Deutschland besteht eine Ausweispflicht zur Durchführung von Geldtransfers. MoneyGram ist ein Finanzdienstleister, jedoch keine in Deutschland zugelassene Bank.<ref>{{Webarchiv|url=http://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Liste/Unternehmensdatenbank/dl_li_ki_gesamt.html |wayback=20151224120428 |text=bafin.de |archiv-bot=2019-05-02 05:15:55 InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><br />
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== Philanthropie ==<br />
Nach dem Erdbeben in Haiti im Jahr 2010 reduzierte Moneygram seine Gebühren auf 1 US-Dollar für jede Transaktion dorthin und spendete 10.000 US-Dollar an die Pan America Development Foundation. Außerdem bot es kostenlose Transaktionen an das American Red Cross an.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2010/01/11/daily40.html/|title=MoneyGram reduces fees to send money to Haiti|work=Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal|date=2010-01-14|accessdate=2015-04-07|author=Sam Black}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2010792294_apusmoneygramhaitiresponse.html|title=MoneyGram International reduces fees to Haiti|work=The Seattle Times|date=2010-01-14|accessdate=2015-04-07}}</ref><br />
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== Geldüberweisung ==<br />
Über eine MoneyGram-Filiale kann durch Einzahlung in einer Filiale ein Geldbetrag zwischen zwei Personen transferiert werden. Der Einzahler erhält hierbei eine Referenznummer. Der Empfänger kann sich, nachdem ihm die Referenznummer vom Einzahler übermittelt wurde, den für ihn bestimmten Geldbetrag nahezu verzögerungsfrei in einer Filiale an seinem Aufenthaltsort auszahlen lassen. Einzahler und Empfänger müssen sich ausweisen. Die Grundidee dabei ist, Personen, die kein eigenes Girokonto haben, den bargeldlosen Zahlungsverkehr zu ermöglichen. Diese Geldtransfers werden besonders für [[Rücküberweisung (Migranten)|Rücküberweisungen von Migranten]] genutzt.<ref name="moneygram" /> Zahlreiche Kritiker werfen diesem System vor, unter anderem den Terrorismus zu finanzieren.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/western-union-cia-ueberwacht-internationale-geldtransfers-a-933739.html spiegel.de]</ref><ref>Andreas Kopietz: [https://archiv.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/polizei/islamisten-in-berlin-betrueger-in-berlin-finanzieren-terror-der-is-2821224 ''Islamisten in Berlin ‒ Betrüger in Berlin finanzieren Terror der IS.''] In: ''[[Berliner Zeitung]]'', 2. Februar 2015</ref><br />
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== Alternative Angebote ==<br />
* [[Western Union]]<br />
* [[Hawala]]<br />
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== Weblinks ==<br />
*[http://www.moneygram.de/ MoneyGram – deutsche Webseite]<br />
*[http://www.emoneygram.com/ MoneyGram eMoney Transfer]<br />
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| Name = Revlon<br />
| Logo = Revlon logo.svg<br />
| Unternehmensform = [[Corporation (Vereinigte Staaten)|Corporation]]<br />
| ISIN = US7615256093<br />
| Gründungsdatum = 1932<br />
| Sitz = [[New York City]]<br />
| Leitung = [[Alan T. Enis]]<br />
| Mitarbeiterzahl = etwa 6800 (2010)<br />
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| Branche = Kosmetik<br />
| Homepage = [http://www.revlon.com/ www.revlon.com]<br />
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'''Revlon''' ist ein [[Vereinigte Staaten|US-amerikanisches]] [[Unternehmen]] mit Sitz in [[New York City|New York]].<br />
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Das Unternehmen produziert verschiedene [[Kosmetik]]artikel. Im Unternehmen sind rund 6800 Mitarbeiter beschäftigt. Präsident und CEO des Unternehmens ist Alan T. Ennis. <br />
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== Unternehmensgeschichte ==<br />
Gegründet wurde das Unternehmen 1932 durch Joseph und [[Charles Revson]] sowie Charles Lachman. Obwohl Revlon während der Zeit der schweren Wirtschaftskrise in den USA, der [[Great Depression]], gegründet wurde, konnte das Unternehmen bestehen und wachsen. Dabei profitierte es sehr stark von der Mode der [[Dauerwelle]], mit dem die Eröffnung zahlreicher Frisiersalons (beauty salons) einherging, und dem zunehmenden Bewusstsein der Frauen für [[Make-up]]. Revlon konzentrierte sich vollständig auf diesen Markt und verlangte zugleich hohe Preise für qualitativ hochwertige Produkte. Dabei weitete es sein Angebot auf andere Produkte, vor allem [[Lippenstift]], aus. Bis 1941 war Revlon nahezu Monopollieferant für Lippenstift für etwa 100.000 Beauty-Salons und sein Erfolg steigerte sich, als er begann, farbige Lippenstifte in Abstimmung mit unterschiedlichen Gemütslagen und Wetterbedingungen zu liefern. Die Kampagne mit dem Titel „matching lips and fingertips“, bei dem Revlon erstmals die Farben von Lippenstift und Nagellack aufeinander abstimmte, brachte weiteren Erfolg. Zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs war Revlon auf diese Weise der zweitgrößte Produzent für Make-up-Produkte nach [[Estée Lauder]]. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg weitete Revlon seine Produkte im Bereich Kosmetik aus. Auch in den 1950er Jahren nutzte Revlon geschickt Kampagnen für den Erfolg. So startete Revlon 1952 die erfolgreiche „Fire and Ice“-Kampagne, die bewusst an der Grenze zur sexuellen Freizügigkeit angesiedelt war und so den biederen und prüden Moralvorstellungen der US-Amerikaner gegenübergestellt wurde. Auch die Möglichkeiten der Fernsehwerbung erkannte Revlon und 1955 wurde Revlon Hauptsponsor der beliebten Fernseh-Quizshow „The $64.000 Question“. Der Einfluss auf die Kosmetikverkäufe war enorm und der Gewinn von Revlon verdoppelte sich im Jahr 1956.<br />
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In den 1960er Jahren erweiterte Revlon die Produktpalette um [[Hautpflege]]produkte, [[Shampoo]]s, [[Haarspray]], [[Parfum]], [[Lotion]]en und sogar eine Serie von Pflegeprodukten für Männer. Mit der Einführung eines besonders preiswerten Parfums mit dem Namen „Charlie“ erreichte Revlon vor allem junge Kundinnen und schuf so eines der erfolgreichsten Produkte der Kosmetikgeschichte in den Vereinigten Staaten. 1975 verstarb Unternehmensgründer Charles Revson und [[Michel Bergerac]] übernahm die Unternehmensleitung.<br />
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Im November 1985 wurde Revlon von dem US-amerikanischen Unternehmen [[MacAndrews & Forbes]] übernommen, das [[Ronald Perelman]] gehört.<br />
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== Weblinks ==<br />
* [http://www.revlon.com/ Offizielle Webseite von Revlon] (englisch)<br />
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'''B&Q''' ist eine britische [[Baumarkt|Baumarktkette]] mit Sitz in [[Eastleigh]] bei [[Southampton]] im [[Vereinigtes Königreich|Vereinigten Königreich]].<br />
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Im März 1969 wurde der erste Markt von Richard Block und David Quayle in Southampton gegründet. Im Jahre 1979 gab es schon 26 Baumärkte von Block & Quayle ('''B&Q'''). <br />
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B&Q betreibt aktuell 332 Baumärkte mit über 39.000 Beschäftigten im Vereinigten Königreich. Dazu kommen 20 Baumärkte in der VR China und 9 Märkte in Irland. <br />
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Im Geschäftsjahr 2004/2005 wurde ein Umsatz von 4,1 Milliarden [[Pfund Sterling]] und ein Gewinn von 400 Millionen Pfund Sterling erwirtschaftet. <br />
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B&Q gehört zur [[Kingfisher plc|Kingfisher]]-Gruppe.<br />
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| Logo = [[Datei:WebGL Logo.svg|200px]]<br />
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| Hersteller = [[Khronos Group]]<br />
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| AktuelleVersionFreigabeDatum = 3.&nbsp;März 2011<br />
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| Lizenz = [[Lizenzfreiheit|lizenzfrei]]<br />
| Deutsch = nein<br />
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'''WebGL''' (''Web Graphics Library,'' englisch für ''[[World Wide Web|Web]]-[[Grafik]]-[[Programmbibliothek|Bibliothek]]'') ist ein Bestandteil vieler moderner [[Webbrowser]], mit dessen Hilfe [[Bildsynthese|3D-Grafik]]en [[Hardwarebeschleunigung|hardwarebeschleunigt]] ohne zusätzliche Erweiterungen dargestellt werden können.<ref>{{Literatur|Autor=Tony Parisi|Titel=Programming 3D Applications with HTML5 and WebGL|Auflage=1|Verlag=O'Reilly Media|Ort=Sebastopol|Datum=2014-02|Sprache=en|Seiten=3-8|ISBN=1449362966}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Internetquelle|url=http://www.golem.de/1012/80188.html|titel=Chrome aktiviert WebGL|autor=Jens Ihlenfeld|werk=Golem.de|datum=2010-12-17|sprache=de|zugriff=2016-07-26}}</ref><br />
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== Hintergrund und Geschichte ==<br />
WebGL ist eine [[3D-Grafik]]-[[Programmierschnittstelle|Schnittstelle]] für [[Webbrowser]], auf der Basis von [[Open Graphics Library for Embedded Systems|OpenGL ES]] (Version 2.0) im Zusammenspiel mit der Programmiersprache ''[[JavaScript]]'', die von der ''[[Khronos Group]]'' und [[Mozilla]] als lizenzfreier Standard entwickelt wird. Die Arbeiten an dem Projekt wurden im April 2009 begonnen.<ref>{{Internetquelle|url=http://www.golem.de/0903/66105.html|titel=3D-API fürs Web|autor=Jens Ihlenfeld|werk=Golem.de|datum=2009-03-25|sprache=de|zugriff=2016-07-26}}</ref> Im Mai&nbsp;2010 wurde bekannt gegeben, dass der Webbrowser ''[[Google Chrome|Google]]'' [[Google Chrome|Chrome]] den Standard ebenfalls unterstützen wird.<ref>{{Internetquelle|url=http://www.golem.de/1005/75015.html|titel=Google stellt O3D zugunsten von WebGL ein|autor=Jens Ihlenfeld|hrsg=|werk=Golem.de|datum=2010-10-09|sprache=de|zugriff=2016-05-26}}</ref><br />
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Erste Implementierungen von WebGL wurden in den Rendering-Engines [[WebKit]] und [[Gecko (Software)|Gecko]] realisiert. Zudem haben sich bereits seit August 2009 die [[Informationstechnik|IT]]-Unternehmen [[Advanced Micro Devices|AMD]], [[Ericsson]], [[Nvidia]] und [[Opera (Browser)|Opera]] an der Entwicklung des Projektes beteiligt.<ref>{{Internetquelle|url=http://www.golem.de/0909/69946.html|titel=WebGL - Firefox wird 3D-fähig|autor=Jens Ihlenfeld|werk=Golem.de|datum=2009-09-20|sprache=de|zugriff=2016-07-26}}</ref><ref>{{Internetquelle|url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Firefox-mit-anfaenglicher-WebGL-Anbindung-789376.html|titel=Firefox mit anfänglicher WebGL-Anbindung|autor=Andreas Beier|hrsg=Verlag Heinz Heise|werk=heise online|datum=2009-09-20|sprache=de|zugriff=2016-07-26}}</ref><br />
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Am 3.&nbsp;März 2011 wurde die erste Version der WebGL-Spezifikation auf der ''[[Game Developers Conference]]'' in [[San Francisco]] freigegeben.<ref>{{Internetquelle|url=https://www.khronos.org/news/press/releases/khronos-releases-final-webgl-1.0-specification|titel=Khronos Showcases Significant glTF Momentum for Efficient Transmission of 3D Scenes and Models|werk=Khronos|sprache=en|zugriff=2016-07-27}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Internetquelle|url=http://www.golem.de/1103/81890.html|titel=WebGL 1.0 ist fertig|autor=Jens Ihlenfeld|werk=Golem.de|datum=2011-03-04|sprache=de|zugriff=2016-07-26}}</ref><ref>{{Internetquelle|url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/GDC-3D-im-Browser-WebGL-1-0-ist-fertig-1201976.html|titel=GDC: 3D im Browser – WebGL 1.0 ist fertig|autor=Alexander Neumann|hrsg=Verlag Heinz Heise|werk=heise online|datum=2011-03-04|sprache=de|zugriff=2016-07-26}}</ref> Im März 2011 wurde WebGL von Googles Webbrowser ''[[Google Chrome|Chrome]]'' und Mozillas ''[[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]]'' unterstützt und ansonsten in Browser-Vorabversionen von [[Safari (Browser)|Safari]] und Opera standardmäßig aktiviert.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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Im November 2011 wurde das von ''Google'' im März 2011 vorgestellte Projekt ''Angle'' (was ausgeschrieben für ''Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine'' steht) für ''OpenGL ES Version 2.0'' zertifiziert, womit es möglich wird, plattformübergreifende Anwendungen mit WebGL-Unterstützung unter anderem für die drei bekanntesten Betriebssystemplattformen – [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Apple Macintosh|Mac]] und [[GNU/Linux|Linux]] – zu entwickeln.<ref>{{Internetquelle|url=http://www.golem.de/1111/88074.html|titel=Vollständige Implementierung von OpenGL ES 2.0 für Windows|autor=Jens Ihlenfeld|werk=Golem.de|datum=2011-11-29|sprache=de|zugriff=2016-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{Internetquelle|url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Googles-Grafiksystem-ANGLE-fuer-OpenGL-ES-2-0-zertifiziert-1389904.html|titel=Googles Grafiksystem ANGLE für OpenGL ES 2.0 zertifiziert|autor=Robert Lippert|hrsg=Verlag Heinz Heise|werk=heise online|datum=2011-12-05|sprache=de|zugriff=2016-07-26}}</ref><ref>[http://code.google.com/p/angleproject/ Angleproject] (englisch) – Projektseite bei ''[[Google Code]]''; Stand: 9. Dezember 2011</ref><br />
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== Erstellung von Inhalten ==<br />
Programme lassen sich in reinem Code schreiben. Grafiker können Inhalte auch mit Softwarewerkzeugen wie [[Blender (Software)|Blender]], [[CopperCube]] oder [[Maya (Software)|Maya]] erstellen, mit WebGL für den Browser konfigurieren und weiterverarbeiten. Die 3D-Szenen werden dann nach WebGL exportiert. Dies ist beispielsweise mit Inka3D möglich, einem WebGL-Exportmodul für Maya.<ref>{{Literatur|Autor=Tony Parisi|Titel=Programming 3D Applications with HTML5 and WebGL|Hrsg=|Sammelwerk=|Band=|Nummer=|Auflage=1|Verlag=O'Reilly Media|Ort=Sebastopol|Datum=2014-07|Sprache=en|Umfang=384|Kapitel=Developting a simple 3D Application|Seiten=253-280|ISBN=1449362966}}</ref> [[Blend4Web]] ist ein Framework, das die 3D-Grafiksoftware [[Blender_(Software)|Blender]] erweitert, um die dort erstellten 3D-Inhalte auf Webseiten auszugeben.<ref name="blendernation_review">{{cite web|url=http://www.blendernation.com/2014/07/11/blend4web-an-interactive-3d-viewer/ | title=Blend4Web, an Interactive 3D Viewer |publisher=BlenderNation.com |date= |accessdate=2014-08-11}}</ref><br />
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Für Entwickler existieren mehrere umfassende, in der Programmiersprache ''[[JavaScript]]'' implementierte, freie und kommerzielle 3D-Frameworks, beispielsweise ''Three.js''.<ref><br />
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== Siehe auch ==<br />
* [[OpenGL]]<br />
* [[OpenGL ES]]<br />
* [[O3D]]<br />
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== Weblinks ==<br />
* [http://www.khronos.org/webgl/ WebGL - OpenGL ES 2.0 for the Web] (englisch) – offizielle Webseite bei der ''[[Khronos Group]]''<br />
** [http://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/specs/latest/ WebGL Specification] (englisch) – Version 1.0<br />
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* [http://www.peter-strohm.de/webgl/ Deutschsprachiges Tutorial] zu WebGL<br />
* [https://developer.mozilla.org/de/docs/Web/WebGL Deutschsprachiges Tutorial] zu WebGL<br />
* [http://www.iewebgl.com IEWebGL] [[Plug-in]] für den [[Internet Explorer]] von [[Microsoft]]<br />
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;Demoseiten<br />
* [https://playcanvas.com/ PlayCanvas] – Open Source Game Engine von Mozilla<br />
* [http://www.awwwards.com/22-experimental-webgl-demo-examples.html Awards] – 22 experimentelle WebGL Demos<br />
* [http://www.chromeexperiments.com/webgl/ WebGL Experiments] (englisch) – Seite bei ''Chrome Experiments''<br />
* [http://www.meteoearth.com/ MeteoEarth] – Globales 3D Wetter<br />
* [http://www.rheinland-pfalz-in-3d.rlp.de/ Rheinland-Pfalz in 3D] zum Viewer<br />
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[[Kategorie:Grafikbibliothek]]</div>SuperUserCodehttps://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GetYourGuide&diff=159168613GetYourGuide2016-10-28T23:34:39Z<p>SuperUserCode: </p>
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<ref>Kevin May, [http://www.tnooz.com/article/tlabs-showcase-getyourguide/ "TLabs Showcase – GetYourGuide"], tnooz.com, March 4, 2010.</ref>---><br />
{{Infobox Website|Name = GetYourGuide|Logo = [[Datei:Gyg-logo.svg|160x100px|center|Logo]]|Slogan = „Aktivitäten, Touren & Sehenswürdigkeiten online buchen“|Beschreibung = Online-Tourismusplatform|Sprachen = Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Spanisch, Italienisch, Niederländisch|Eigentümer = GetYourGuide AG|Erschienen = 2008|Mitglieder = unbekannt (Web)<br />
211.000 (App, 11/2013)<ref>Lomas, Natasha. [http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/22/getyourguide-goes-to-america/ ''With 210,000 Users In Europe, Travel Startup GetYourGuide Takes Its iOS & Android Apps Stateside'']. Tech Crunch. Abgerufen: 15. März 2014.</ref>|url = [http://www.getyourguide.de/ www.getyourguide.de]}}<br />
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'''GetYourGuide''' ist eine [[Website]], auf der [[Tourismus in Brandenburg|Touristen]] Aktivitäten wie [[Fremdenführer|Führungen]] und A[[Ausflug|usflüge]] buchen und Eintrittskarten für [[Sehenswürdigkeit|Sehenswürdigkeiten]] buchen können.<ref name="WSJ Kolodny">{{cite web|last=Kolodny|first=Lora|title=GetYourGuide Finds You Leisure Activities at Your Travel Destination|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2013/01/07/getyourguide-finds-you-leisure-activities-at-your-travel-destination/|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=15. März 2014}}</ref> Derzeit bietet GetYourGuide mehr als 25.000 Produkte an etwa 2300 Reisezielen auf der ganzen Welt an und ist damit die weltweit größte Online-Buchungsplattform für Touren und Freizeitaktivitäten.<ref>Kathryn Dill: [http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathryndill/2014/01/22/up-and-comers-travel-guides/ ''Up-And-Comers: Travel Guides'']. Forbes. Abgerufen am 17. März 2014.</ref><ref name=":0">Max Boenke: [http://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/wirtschaft/article115588729/Grosse-Tour-kauft-kleine-Tour.html ''Große Tour kauft kleine Tour'']. Berliner Morgenpost, 24. April 2013, S. 8.</ref><ref>René Gribnitz: [http://www.morgenpost.de/berlin-aktuell/startups/article124382467/Gruender-Stars-investieren-in-Urlaubsportal-GetYourGuide.html ''Grüner-Stars investieren in Urlaubsportal GetYourGuide''], Berliner Morgenpost, 30. Januar 2014. Abgerufen am 25. Juni 2014.</ref> <br />
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Drittanbieter können die Website als Plattform nutzen, um ihre Produkte für Nutzer leicht auffindbar zu machen. Unternehmen bieten [[Sightseeing]], Sport- und Abenteueraktivitäten, Mehrtagestouren, Tickets und andere Produkte an können diese unter ihrer eigenen Marke hochladen und verwalten. Die Kunden können diese Produkte direkt auf der Website oder über [[Apple iOS|iOS]]- und [[Android (Betriebssystem)|Android]]-Apps sowie durch ein eigenes Vertriebsnetzwerk mit etwa 1.500 Online-[[Reisebüro|Reisebüros]] und -[[Reiseveranstalter|Veranstaltern]] buchen.<ref name="Wired Magazine">{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Greg|title=Europe's hottest startup capitals: Berlin|url=http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/11/european-startups/berlin|work=European Startups|publisher=Wired.co.uk|accessdate=15. März 2014}}</ref> GetYourGuide erhält für Buchungen eine marktabhängige Provision.<ref>Natasha Lomas: [http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/30/getyourguide-series-a-expansion/ ''GetYourGuide Gets $4.5M Series A Expansion, From Ex-Booking.com CEO (& Others), To Help It Scale Globally.''] TechChrunch, 3. Januar 2014. Abgerufen am 26. Juni 2014.</ref><br />
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== Unternehmensgeschichte ==<br />
Träger der Website ist das 2008 gegründete Schweizer Startupunternehmen GetYourGuide [[Aktiengesellschaft (Schweiz)|AG]].<ref name="WSJ Rooney">{{cite web|last=Rooney|first=Ben|title=Gidsy Acquired by Berlin Rival|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2013/04/24/gidsy-acquired-by-berlin-rival/|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=15. März 2014}}</ref> Es beschäftigt etwa 100 Mitarbeiter am Hauptstandort [[Berlin]] und hat zwei weitere Büros in [[Las Vegas]] und in [[Zürich]].<ref name="Wired Magazine" /> Im April 2013 erwarb GetYourGuide die konkurrierende Website „Gidsy“.<ref name=":0" /> GetYourGuide kooperiert mit anderen Websites wie [[TripAdvisor]] und [[Expedia]].<ref name="WSJ Kolodny" /> Das Unternehmen hat auf seinem Markt zwei Hauptkonkurrenten, „Viator“ und das US-amerikanische Startupunternehmen „Peek.com“.<ref name="WSJ Kolodny" /><br />
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== Weblinks ==<br />
* [http://www.GetYourGuide.de GetYourGuide.de]<br />
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[[Kategorie:Internetunternehmen]]</div>SuperUserCodehttps://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Booking.com&diff=180688382Booking.com2016-10-28T22:31:58Z<p>SuperUserCode: </p>
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{{Infobox website<br />
| logo = [[File:Bookingdotcom logo.png|200px]]<br />
| url = {{URL|http://booking.com}}<br />
| commercial = Yes<br />
| type = Booking Service <br />
| registration = Optional<br />
| language = 42 languages<br />
| owner = [[The Priceline Group]]<br />
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1996}}<br />
| alexa = {{increase}} 90 ({{as of|2016|8|19|alt=August 2016}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/booking.com |title= Booking.com Site Info |publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate= 2016-08-19}}</ref><br />
|current_status = Online<br />
| name = Booking.com<br />
| ceo = [[Gillian Tans]]<br />
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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Booking.com B.V<br />
| logo = [[File:Bookingdotcom logo.png|200px]]<br />
| image = [[File:Booking.com Headquarters2.JPG|270px]]<br />
| image_caption = Headquarters in [[Amsterdam]]<br />
| type = [[Subsidiary]]<br />
| founded = [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]] in 1996<br />
| location = [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]<br />
| key_people = [[Gillian Tans]] ([[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])<br />
| parent = [[The Priceline Group]]<br />
| subsid = Booking.com<br>villas.com<br />
| slogan = Booking.yeah<br />
| homepage = {{URL|http://booking.com}}<br />
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'''Booking.com''' is an online accommodation booking website started as a small start-up in [[Enschede]] in 1996, based in [[Amsterdam, Netherlands]] and since 2005 owned and operated by United States-based [[The Priceline Group|Priceline]]. Its operations centre is located in Amsterdam.<ref>[http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/08/bookingcom_signs_10-year_lease.html]</ref><br />
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Booking.com has over 1,000,000 properties globally under contract<ref name=Age>''The Age'', 3 October 2014, "Booking.com now Australia's biggest".</ref> and that it deals with more than 900,000 room nights reservations each day.<ref>{{cite web|title=Booking.com|url=https://www.booking.com/content/about.en-gb.html?dcid=1&lang=en-gb&sid=0e8f3e5073ba509e48f18582dea21897}}</ref> In 2013, it accounted for more than two thirds of Priceline's revenue.<ref>{{cite news|last=Levy |first=Ari |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-22/booking-com-challenging-parent-priceline-in-u-s-travel.html |title=Booking.com Challenging Parent Priceline in U.S. Travel |publisher=Bloomberg |date=2013-01-22 |accessdate=2014-02-23}}</ref> Booking.com is available in more than 41 languages.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.booking.com/content/about.en-gb.html?dcid=1&lang=en-gb&sid=a8f07b8a5ebf6f469f10f7c00edde40d | work=Booking.com | title=About Us}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Booking.com was formed when bookings.nl, founded in 1997 by Geert-Jan Bruinsma, merged in 2000 with Bookings Online, founded by Sicco and Alec Behrens, Marijn Muyser and Bas Lemmens, which operated as Bookings.org. The name and URL were changed into Booking.com and Stef Noorden was appointed as its CEO<ref>{{cite web|title=Booking.com|url=http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/business/setting-up-your-business/who-is-here/ICT/Booking|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> In 1997, Bruinsma wanted to post an ad in ''[[De Telegraaf]]'', the Dutch newspaper with the highest circulation. The ad was rejected since ''De Telegraaf'' only accepted ads with the phone number, not with a website. In 2002, [[Expedia]] refused to buy bookings.nl.<ref name="skift">{{cite web|url=https://skift.com/history-of-online-travel/|title=The Definitive oral history of online travel|last=Schaal|first=Dennis|year=2016|publisher=[[Skift]]|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref><br />
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In July 2005, the company was acquired by [[The Priceline Group]] for USD133 million, and later it cooperated with ActiveHotels.com, a European online hotel reservation company, purchased by The Priceline Group for USD161 million.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schaal|first=Dennis|title=How Booking.com turned the other OTAs into converts|url=http://skift.com/2012/06/25/how-booking-com-conquered-world/|accessdate=15 October 2014|date=25 June 2012}}</ref><br />
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In 2006, Active Hotels Limited officially changed its name to Booking.com Limited.<ref>{{cite web|title=Active Hotels becomes Booking.com|url=http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?id=1114289|date=19 October 2009}}</ref> The integration successfully helped Priceline to change its financial position from a loss of USD19 million in 2002 to USD1.1 billion in profit in 2011. This acquisition was praised by some social media as “the best acquisition in Internet history” since no other acquisition in the digital travel market had shown to be as profitable.<ref>{{cite web|title=Booking.com, the best acquisition in Internet history|url=http://hotelmarketing.com/index.php/content/article/booking.com_the_best_acquisition_in_internet_history|date=12 September 2012|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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[[Darren Huston]], was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Booking.com in September 2011 by the Priceline Group,<ref name=CEO>{{cite web|title=Darren Huston Named Chief Executive Officer of Booking.com|url=http://news.booking.com/en/darren-huston-named-chief-executive-officer-of-booking-com/||accessdate=15 October 2014|date=26 September 2011}}</ref> and also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Priceline Group since January 1, 2014<ref name=president>{{cite web|title=Darren Huston Named as President and CEO of the Priceline Group|url=http://news.booking.com/en/darren-huston-named-as-president-and-ceo-of-the-priceline-group/|accessdate=15 October 2014|date=7 November 2013}}</ref> until his resignation on 28 April 2016.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/priceline-group-ceo-darren-huston-resigns-chairman-jeffery-h-boyd-appointed-interim-ceo-300259053.html]</ref> Huston was the former executive of [[Microsoft Corporation]], the largest software company in the world in 2003. Later he served as President and Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Japan from 2005 and Microsoft Corporation’s Corporate Vice President, Consumer & Online from 2008.<ref name=CEO /><br />
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==Corporate affairs==<br />
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==== Selected partnerships and agreements====<br />
In August 2012, [[Ctrip|CTRIP.com International Ltd]] (Ctrip), a Chinese online travel company, and Booking.com formed a partnership with a commercial agreement. This allows Ctrip to access Booking.com's global portfolio.<ref>{{cite web|title=CTRIP and Booking.com Forge Global Travel Partnership|url=http://news.booking.com/en/ctrip-and-booking-com-forge-global-travel-partnership/|accessdate=15 October 2014|date=7 August 2012}}</ref><br />
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Panorama Group, Indonesia’s largest tour and travel company, has spent $2 millions on launching bookpanorama.com. Strategic partnership have been formed with Booking.com, so that it will be able to access booking.com’s portfolio of more than 270,000 hotels across 179 countries in the world.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mimil|first=Hudoyo|title=Panorama and Booking.com launch international hotel reservation site|url=http://www.ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=20477|accessdate=15 October 2014|date=20 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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In 2014, Sprylogics International Corporation, which provides local mobile solutions for consumers as well as mobile applications, has signed an agreement with Booking.com. So that Sprylogics’ Poynt App and Poynt-Enabled SDK would be able to use the extensive hotel data of booking.com.<ref>{{cite web|last=SPYl|first=V|title=Booking.com to integrate parking hotel data into Poynt<br />
|url=http://www.stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2014/09/17/sprylogics-signs-agreement-with-booking-com-to-integrate-parking-hotel-data|accessdate=15 October 2014|date=20 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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In October 2014, Ural Airlines, one of the top Russian airlines, announced that it is now formed a partnership with booking.com.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ural Airlines has begun working with Booking.com|url=http://www.rusbiznews.com/news/n2528.html|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=rusbiznews.com|date=6 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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====Advertising====<br />
Booking.com was the top spender in the travel & tourism category for Google Adwords in 2011, with its estimated annual spending on Google Adwords of $40.4 million.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=Larry|title=What Industries Contributed the Most to Google's Earnings?|url=http://www.wordstream.com/articles/google-earnings|website=wordstream.com|accessdate=19 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Booking.com’s first brand campaign, ‘Booking.yeah’, was launched online, aired on television stations and in movie theaters and on TV networks, for the U.S. market with advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Launches ‘Booking.yeah’, Its First-Ever Brand Campaign, Created for the U.S. market|url=http://news.booking.com/booking-com-launches-a-booking-yeah-a-its-first-ever-brand-campaign-created-for-the-u-s-market|accessdate=15 October 2014|location=AMSTERDAM|date=22 January 2013}}</ref> In September, Australia became the second market to view the campaign.<ref>{{cite news|author=Ricki|title=Booking.com launches first-ever Australian brand campaign with Mick Molloy via W+K Amsterdam|url=http://www.campaignbrief.com/2013/09/bookingcom-launches-first-ever.html|accessdate=14 October 2014|date=16 September 2013}}</ref> Later in 2014, Canadian,<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Launches First Canadian Brand Campaign|url=http://news.booking.com/bookingcom-launches-first-canadian-brand-campaign|accessdate=15 October 2014|location=Toronto|date=22 January 2014}}</ref> the U.K.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Launches First UK Brand Campaign|url=http://news.booking.com/bookingcom-launches-first-uk-brand-campaign|accessdate=19 October 2014|date=18 February 2014|location=London}}</ref> and German <ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com ramps up European push with German branding campaign|url=http://www.travolution.co.uk/articles/2014/07/16/8000/booking-com-ramps-up-european-push-with-german-branding-campaign.html|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=Travolution|date=16 July 2014}}</ref> branding campaign were also being launched by Booking.com.<br />
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===Operation===<br />
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==== Applications development====<br />
In November 2010, Booking.com launched its own hotel and accommodation booking app in iPad version.<ref name=app>{{cite news|last1=Scott|first1=Jennifer|title=Booking.com embraces mobile apps|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240178646/Bookingcom-embraces-mobile-apps|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=computerweekly.com|date=27 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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In February 2011, Booking.com launched its Android version’ hotel and accommodation booking app.<ref name=app /><br />
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In April 2012, Booking.com announced the launch of the first global last-minute hotel app, ‘Booking.com Tonight’. It is an app designed for iPhone and iPod touch.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Launches First Global Last-Minute Hotel App|url=http://news.booking.com/en/booking-com-launches-first-global-last-minute-hotel-app/|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=Booking.com|date=10 April 2012|location=Amsterdam}}</ref><br />
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In October 2012, Booking.com launched its first app in Windows version, which allows customers to complete their hotel and accommodation bookings directly from the new Windows 8 platform.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Joins Windows 8 Push with Launch of its First Windows App|url=http://news.booking.com/booking-com-joins-windows-8-push-with-launch-of-its-first-windows-app|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=Booking.com|date=29 October 2012|location=Amsterdam}}</ref><br />
After launching the initial iPhone app, Booking.com updated the version of the iPhone app with a new function, Passbook.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Enables Passbook on Latest Release of iPhone App|url=http://news.booking.com/en/booking-com-enables-passbook-on-latest-release-of-iphone-app/|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=Booking.com|date=16 October 2012|location=amsterdam}}</ref><br />
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In December 2012, Booking.com launched its native Kindle Fire app, which is available for download in all Amazon’s Appstores including the U.S., U.K., Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Japan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Launches Native Kindle Fire App|url=http://news.booking.com/en/booking-com-launches-native-kindle-fire-app/|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=Booking.com|date=6 Dec 2012|location=Amsterdam}}</ref><br />
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A continuous growth in Booking.com’s mobile bookings has been shown since 2011. booking.com announced over PR Newswire in 2014 that its mobile bookings grew 160% in 2013, which the total transaction value of mobile accommodation bookings grew over to $8 billion. In 2011, the mobile bookings’ figure was $1 billion and tripled to over $3 billion in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com's Mobile Bookings Grow 160% in 2013|url=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/booking-coms-mobile-bookings-grow-141200164.html|accessdate=19 October 2014|agency=PR Newswire|publisher=Booking.com|date=21 February 2014|location=Amsterdam}}</ref><br />
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==Brand==<br />
Booking.com developed villas.com as product extension. It is more focused on [[vacation rental]] market, which covers villas, apartments and rental homes.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Villas.com|url=http://www.villas.com/content/about.html?dcid=4&sid=f97426d0d0f5480b4edb8be7b8518236|website=http://www.villas.com/|accessdate=19 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Controversy and criticism==<br />
In September 2012, the United Kingdom's competition authority, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), issued a statement of objections against Booking.com, its direct competitor [[Expedia]] and the hotel chain IHG.<ref>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140402142426/http://oft.gov.uk/news-and-updates/press/2012/65-12</ref> The OFT alleged that Booking.com and Expedia had entered into separate arrangements with IHG which restricted the online travel agent's ability to discount the price of room only hotel accommodation. Booking.com, Expedia and IHG made a proposal to the OFT to change their restrictions. The OFT accepted the proposal but it was later rejected by a higher authority at a tribunal.<ref>http://www.tnooz.com/article/skyscanner-touts-win-british-regulator-ruling-expedia-booking/</ref><br />
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In March 2014, Booking.com sent a request to Ukrainian and Crimean Hotels to clarify if they have connections to Viktor Yanukovych and 17 other Ukrainians, who the European Union sanctions were imposed on. Since Booking.com is a Dutch company, which headquarters are based on Amsterdam, it is required to obey the trade restrictions of the EU, so that business is not allowed to be done with those sanctioned individuals.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kulchitskaya|first1=Diana|title=Booking.Com Investigates Hotels for Links to Sanctioned Ukrainians|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/booking-com-investigates-hotels-for-links-to-sanctioned-ukrainians/496536.html|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=www.themoscowtimes.com|date=21 Mar 2014}}</ref> Booking.com’s behavior aroused deprecation from its Russian competitors.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lekarev|first1=Peter|title=Booking.com supports EU sanctions|url=http://voiceofrussia.com/radio_broadcast/36172287/270499774/|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=voiceofrussia.com}}</ref><br />
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In the beginning of November 2014, it was known that by accessing Booking.com reservations, criminals were able to obtain customer details through demands for prepayment. Booking.com said it was countering the fraudsters and refunding customers from the UK, US, France, Italy, the UAE and Portugal, all of which had been affected. Since the fraud, Booking.com has made changes so data can only be accessed from a computer linked to the hotel's server. Its teams have also worked to "take down" dozens of phishing sites, as well as working with some banks to freeze the money mule bank accounts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29942503|title=BBC News - Scammers target leading online travel agent Booking.com|work=BBC News}}</ref><br />
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In February 2015, an open letter published by German hotelier Marco Nussbaum, Co-founder and CEO of the budget-design hotelbrand "prizeotel", the brand hijacking of booking.com met strong criticism. His letter explained detailed how the Adwords policy of booking.com is doing damage to his business. The letter was noticed in specialist media and led to a discussion about current difficulties and challenges of online distribution within the hotel industry.<ref>http://www.so-geht-hotel-heute.com/2015/02/brand-hijacking-booking-com/</ref><br />
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In April 2015 the French, Swedish and Italian competition authorities accepted a proposal by Booking.com to drop its "rate parity" clause and thereby allow competitor travel agents to offer lower hotel prices than Booking.com.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/21/us-booking-france-idUSKBN0NC10W20150421 | work=Reuters | title=France, Sweden, Italy accept booking.com antitrust proposals | date=21 April 2015}}</ref> Booking.com further agreed to extend and apply its proposal across all EU states.<ref>http://www.konkurrensverket.se/globalassets/english/news/13_596_bookingdotcom_eng.pdf</ref> Hotels are still prevented from discounting prices directly on their own websites.<ref>http://www.tnooz.com/article/hoteliers-claim-booking-com-parity-agreement-still-wrong-and-anti-competitive/</ref><br />
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Booking.com remains under investigation by competition authorities in the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Sweden and Switzerland.<ref>http://biz.yahoo.com/e/150219/pcln10-k.html</ref> The EU has warned that Booking.com and Tripadvisor may have reached market dominance beyond the point of no return.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/24/eu-warns-internet-firms-regulated-amazon-etsy</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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{{Infobox website<br />
| logo = [[File:Bookingdotcom logo.png|200px]]<br />
| url = {{URL|http://booking.com}}<br />
| commercial = Yes<br />
| type = Booking Service <br />
| registration = Optional<br />
| language = 42 languages<br />
| owner = [[The Priceline Group]]<br />
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1996}}<br />
| alexa = {{increase}} 90 ({{as of|2016|8|19|alt=August 2016}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/booking.com |title= Booking.com Site Info |publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate= 2016-08-19}}</ref><br />
|current_status = Online<br />
| name = Booking.com<br />
| ceo = [[Gillian Tans]]<br />
}}<br />
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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Booking.com B.V<br />
| logo = [[File:Booking.com logo blue.jpg|200px]]<br />
| image = [[File:Booking.com Headquarters2.JPG|270px]]<br />
| image_caption = Headquarters in [[Amsterdam]]<br />
| type = [[Subsidiary]]<br />
| founded = [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]] in 1996<br />
| location = [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]<br />
| key_people = [[Gillian Tans]] ([[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])<br />
| parent = [[The Priceline Group]]<br />
| subsid = Booking.com<br>villas.com<br />
| slogan = Booking.yeah<br />
| homepage = {{URL|http://booking.com}}<br />
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'''Booking.com''' is an online accommodation booking website started as a small start-up in [[Enschede]] in 1996, based in [[Amsterdam, Netherlands]] and since 2005 owned and operated by United States-based [[The Priceline Group|Priceline]]. Its operations centre is located in Amsterdam.<ref>[http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/08/bookingcom_signs_10-year_lease.html]</ref><br />
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Booking.com has over 1,000,000 properties globally under contract<ref name=Age>''The Age'', 3 October 2014, "Booking.com now Australia's biggest".</ref> and that it deals with more than 900,000 room nights reservations each day.<ref>{{cite web|title=Booking.com|url=https://www.booking.com/content/about.en-gb.html?dcid=1&lang=en-gb&sid=0e8f3e5073ba509e48f18582dea21897}}</ref> In 2013, it accounted for more than two thirds of Priceline's revenue.<ref>{{cite news|last=Levy |first=Ari |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-22/booking-com-challenging-parent-priceline-in-u-s-travel.html |title=Booking.com Challenging Parent Priceline in U.S. Travel |publisher=Bloomberg |date=2013-01-22 |accessdate=2014-02-23}}</ref> Booking.com is available in more than 41 languages.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.booking.com/content/about.en-gb.html?dcid=1&lang=en-gb&sid=a8f07b8a5ebf6f469f10f7c00edde40d | work=Booking.com | title=About Us}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Booking.com was formed when bookings.nl, founded in 1997 by Geert-Jan Bruinsma, merged in 2000 with Bookings Online, founded by Sicco and Alec Behrens, Marijn Muyser and Bas Lemmens, which operated as Bookings.org. The name and URL were changed into Booking.com and Stef Noorden was appointed as its CEO<ref>{{cite web|title=Booking.com|url=http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/business/setting-up-your-business/who-is-here/ICT/Booking|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> In 1997, Bruinsma wanted to post an ad in ''[[De Telegraaf]]'', the Dutch newspaper with the highest circulation. The ad was rejected since ''De Telegraaf'' only accepted ads with the phone number, not with a website. In 2002, [[Expedia]] refused to buy bookings.nl.<ref name="skift">{{cite web|url=https://skift.com/history-of-online-travel/|title=The Definitive oral history of online travel|last=Schaal|first=Dennis|year=2016|publisher=[[Skift]]|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref><br />
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In July 2005, the company was acquired by [[The Priceline Group]] for USD133 million, and later it cooperated with ActiveHotels.com, a European online hotel reservation company, purchased by The Priceline Group for USD161 million.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schaal|first=Dennis|title=How Booking.com turned the other OTAs into converts|url=http://skift.com/2012/06/25/how-booking-com-conquered-world/|accessdate=15 October 2014|date=25 June 2012}}</ref><br />
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In 2006, Active Hotels Limited officially changed its name to Booking.com Limited.<ref>{{cite web|title=Active Hotels becomes Booking.com|url=http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?id=1114289|date=19 October 2009}}</ref> The integration successfully helped Priceline to change its financial position from a loss of USD19 million in 2002 to USD1.1 billion in profit in 2011. This acquisition was praised by some social media as “the best acquisition in Internet history” since no other acquisition in the digital travel market had shown to be as profitable.<ref>{{cite web|title=Booking.com, the best acquisition in Internet history|url=http://hotelmarketing.com/index.php/content/article/booking.com_the_best_acquisition_in_internet_history|date=12 September 2012|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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[[Darren Huston]], was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Booking.com in September 2011 by the Priceline Group,<ref name=CEO>{{cite web|title=Darren Huston Named Chief Executive Officer of Booking.com|url=http://news.booking.com/en/darren-huston-named-chief-executive-officer-of-booking-com/||accessdate=15 October 2014|date=26 September 2011}}</ref> and also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Priceline Group since January 1, 2014<ref name=president>{{cite web|title=Darren Huston Named as President and CEO of the Priceline Group|url=http://news.booking.com/en/darren-huston-named-as-president-and-ceo-of-the-priceline-group/|accessdate=15 October 2014|date=7 November 2013}}</ref> until his resignation on 28 April 2016.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/priceline-group-ceo-darren-huston-resigns-chairman-jeffery-h-boyd-appointed-interim-ceo-300259053.html]</ref> Huston was the former executive of [[Microsoft Corporation]], the largest software company in the world in 2003. Later he served as President and Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Japan from 2005 and Microsoft Corporation’s Corporate Vice President, Consumer & Online from 2008.<ref name=CEO /><br />
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==Corporate affairs==<br />
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===Marketing===<br />
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==== Selected partnerships and agreements====<br />
In August 2012, [[Ctrip|CTRIP.com International Ltd]] (Ctrip), a Chinese online travel company, and Booking.com formed a partnership with a commercial agreement. This allows Ctrip to access Booking.com's global portfolio.<ref>{{cite web|title=CTRIP and Booking.com Forge Global Travel Partnership|url=http://news.booking.com/en/ctrip-and-booking-com-forge-global-travel-partnership/|accessdate=15 October 2014|date=7 August 2012}}</ref><br />
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Panorama Group, Indonesia’s largest tour and travel company, has spent $2 millions on launching bookpanorama.com. Strategic partnership have been formed with Booking.com, so that it will be able to access booking.com’s portfolio of more than 270,000 hotels across 179 countries in the world.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mimil|first=Hudoyo|title=Panorama and Booking.com launch international hotel reservation site|url=http://www.ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=20477|accessdate=15 October 2014|date=20 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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In 2014, Sprylogics International Corporation, which provides local mobile solutions for consumers as well as mobile applications, has signed an agreement with Booking.com. So that Sprylogics’ Poynt App and Poynt-Enabled SDK would be able to use the extensive hotel data of booking.com.<ref>{{cite web|last=SPYl|first=V|title=Booking.com to integrate parking hotel data into Poynt<br />
|url=http://www.stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2014/09/17/sprylogics-signs-agreement-with-booking-com-to-integrate-parking-hotel-data|accessdate=15 October 2014|date=20 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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In October 2014, Ural Airlines, one of the top Russian airlines, announced that it is now formed a partnership with booking.com.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ural Airlines has begun working with Booking.com|url=http://www.rusbiznews.com/news/n2528.html|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=rusbiznews.com|date=6 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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====Advertising====<br />
Booking.com was the top spender in the travel & tourism category for Google Adwords in 2011, with its estimated annual spending on Google Adwords of $40.4 million.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=Larry|title=What Industries Contributed the Most to Google's Earnings?|url=http://www.wordstream.com/articles/google-earnings|website=wordstream.com|accessdate=19 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Booking.com’s first brand campaign, ‘Booking.yeah’, was launched online, aired on television stations and in movie theaters and on TV networks, for the U.S. market with advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Launches ‘Booking.yeah’, Its First-Ever Brand Campaign, Created for the U.S. market|url=http://news.booking.com/booking-com-launches-a-booking-yeah-a-its-first-ever-brand-campaign-created-for-the-u-s-market|accessdate=15 October 2014|location=AMSTERDAM|date=22 January 2013}}</ref> In September, Australia became the second market to view the campaign.<ref>{{cite news|author=Ricki|title=Booking.com launches first-ever Australian brand campaign with Mick Molloy via W+K Amsterdam|url=http://www.campaignbrief.com/2013/09/bookingcom-launches-first-ever.html|accessdate=14 October 2014|date=16 September 2013}}</ref> Later in 2014, Canadian,<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Launches First Canadian Brand Campaign|url=http://news.booking.com/bookingcom-launches-first-canadian-brand-campaign|accessdate=15 October 2014|location=Toronto|date=22 January 2014}}</ref> the U.K.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Launches First UK Brand Campaign|url=http://news.booking.com/bookingcom-launches-first-uk-brand-campaign|accessdate=19 October 2014|date=18 February 2014|location=London}}</ref> and German <ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com ramps up European push with German branding campaign|url=http://www.travolution.co.uk/articles/2014/07/16/8000/booking-com-ramps-up-european-push-with-german-branding-campaign.html|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=Travolution|date=16 July 2014}}</ref> branding campaign were also being launched by Booking.com.<br />
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===Operation===<br />
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==== Applications development====<br />
In November 2010, Booking.com launched its own hotel and accommodation booking app in iPad version.<ref name=app>{{cite news|last1=Scott|first1=Jennifer|title=Booking.com embraces mobile apps|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240178646/Bookingcom-embraces-mobile-apps|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=computerweekly.com|date=27 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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In February 2011, Booking.com launched its Android version’ hotel and accommodation booking app.<ref name=app /><br />
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In April 2012, Booking.com announced the launch of the first global last-minute hotel app, ‘Booking.com Tonight’. It is an app designed for iPhone and iPod touch.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Launches First Global Last-Minute Hotel App|url=http://news.booking.com/en/booking-com-launches-first-global-last-minute-hotel-app/|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=Booking.com|date=10 April 2012|location=Amsterdam}}</ref><br />
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In October 2012, Booking.com launched its first app in Windows version, which allows customers to complete their hotel and accommodation bookings directly from the new Windows 8 platform.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Joins Windows 8 Push with Launch of its First Windows App|url=http://news.booking.com/booking-com-joins-windows-8-push-with-launch-of-its-first-windows-app|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=Booking.com|date=29 October 2012|location=Amsterdam}}</ref><br />
After launching the initial iPhone app, Booking.com updated the version of the iPhone app with a new function, Passbook.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Enables Passbook on Latest Release of iPhone App|url=http://news.booking.com/en/booking-com-enables-passbook-on-latest-release-of-iphone-app/|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=Booking.com|date=16 October 2012|location=amsterdam}}</ref><br />
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In December 2012, Booking.com launched its native Kindle Fire app, which is available for download in all Amazon’s Appstores including the U.S., U.K., Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Japan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com Launches Native Kindle Fire App|url=http://news.booking.com/en/booking-com-launches-native-kindle-fire-app/|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=Booking.com|date=6 Dec 2012|location=Amsterdam}}</ref><br />
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A continuous growth in Booking.com’s mobile bookings has been shown since 2011. booking.com announced over PR Newswire in 2014 that its mobile bookings grew 160% in 2013, which the total transaction value of mobile accommodation bookings grew over to $8 billion. In 2011, the mobile bookings’ figure was $1 billion and tripled to over $3 billion in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booking.com's Mobile Bookings Grow 160% in 2013|url=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/booking-coms-mobile-bookings-grow-141200164.html|accessdate=19 October 2014|agency=PR Newswire|publisher=Booking.com|date=21 February 2014|location=Amsterdam}}</ref><br />
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==Brand==<br />
Booking.com developed villas.com as product extension. It is more focused on [[vacation rental]] market, which covers villas, apartments and rental homes.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Villas.com|url=http://www.villas.com/content/about.html?dcid=4&sid=f97426d0d0f5480b4edb8be7b8518236|website=http://www.villas.com/|accessdate=19 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Controversy and criticism==<br />
In September 2012, the United Kingdom's competition authority, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), issued a statement of objections against Booking.com, its direct competitor [[Expedia]] and the hotel chain IHG.<ref>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140402142426/http://oft.gov.uk/news-and-updates/press/2012/65-12</ref> The OFT alleged that Booking.com and Expedia had entered into separate arrangements with IHG which restricted the online travel agent's ability to discount the price of room only hotel accommodation. Booking.com, Expedia and IHG made a proposal to the OFT to change their restrictions. The OFT accepted the proposal but it was later rejected by a higher authority at a tribunal.<ref>http://www.tnooz.com/article/skyscanner-touts-win-british-regulator-ruling-expedia-booking/</ref><br />
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In March 2014, Booking.com sent a request to Ukrainian and Crimean Hotels to clarify if they have connections to Viktor Yanukovych and 17 other Ukrainians, who the European Union sanctions were imposed on. Since Booking.com is a Dutch company, which headquarters are based on Amsterdam, it is required to obey the trade restrictions of the EU, so that business is not allowed to be done with those sanctioned individuals.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kulchitskaya|first1=Diana|title=Booking.Com Investigates Hotels for Links to Sanctioned Ukrainians|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/booking-com-investigates-hotels-for-links-to-sanctioned-ukrainians/496536.html|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=www.themoscowtimes.com|date=21 Mar 2014}}</ref> Booking.com’s behavior aroused deprecation from its Russian competitors.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lekarev|first1=Peter|title=Booking.com supports EU sanctions|url=http://voiceofrussia.com/radio_broadcast/36172287/270499774/|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=voiceofrussia.com}}</ref><br />
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In the beginning of November 2014, it was known that by accessing Booking.com reservations, criminals were able to obtain customer details through demands for prepayment. Booking.com said it was countering the fraudsters and refunding customers from the UK, US, France, Italy, the UAE and Portugal, all of which had been affected. Since the fraud, Booking.com has made changes so data can only be accessed from a computer linked to the hotel's server. Its teams have also worked to "take down" dozens of phishing sites, as well as working with some banks to freeze the money mule bank accounts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29942503|title=BBC News - Scammers target leading online travel agent Booking.com|work=BBC News}}</ref><br />
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In February 2015, an open letter published by German hotelier Marco Nussbaum, Co-founder and CEO of the budget-design hotelbrand "prizeotel", the brand hijacking of booking.com met strong criticism. His letter explained detailed how the Adwords policy of booking.com is doing damage to his business. The letter was noticed in specialist media and led to a discussion about current difficulties and challenges of online distribution within the hotel industry.<ref>http://www.so-geht-hotel-heute.com/2015/02/brand-hijacking-booking-com/</ref><br />
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In April 2015 the French, Swedish and Italian competition authorities accepted a proposal by Booking.com to drop its "rate parity" clause and thereby allow competitor travel agents to offer lower hotel prices than Booking.com.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/21/us-booking-france-idUSKBN0NC10W20150421 | work=Reuters | title=France, Sweden, Italy accept booking.com antitrust proposals | date=21 April 2015}}</ref> Booking.com further agreed to extend and apply its proposal across all EU states.<ref>http://www.konkurrensverket.se/globalassets/english/news/13_596_bookingdotcom_eng.pdf</ref> Hotels are still prevented from discounting prices directly on their own websites.<ref>http://www.tnooz.com/article/hoteliers-claim-booking-com-parity-agreement-still-wrong-and-anti-competitive/</ref><br />
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Booking.com remains under investigation by competition authorities in the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Sweden and Switzerland.<ref>http://biz.yahoo.com/e/150219/pcln10-k.html</ref> The EU has warned that Booking.com and Tripadvisor may have reached market dominance beyond the point of no return.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/24/eu-warns-internet-firms-regulated-amazon-etsy</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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| key_people = Gary Lipkowitz (COO)<br />
| services = [[Video production]]<br />
| website = {{URL|http://goanimate.com}}<br />
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=== Early history ===<br />
GoAnimate was founded in 2007 by Alvin Hung, and the first version of GoAnimate went live in mid 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/print-edition/2013/08/16/alvin-hung-founder-ceo-goanimate.html?page=all|title=Alvin Hung: Founder & CEO, GoAnimate - San Francisco Business Times|website=San Francisco Business Times|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref><br />
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In early 2011, GoAnimate became a founding partner of YouTube Create – a suite of apps available to content creators within [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/23/youtube-now-helps-you-make-movies-without-a-camera/|title=YouTube Now Helps You Make Movies Without a Camera|last=|first=|date=|website=TechCrunch|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2011/03/25/youtube-create/#SntYCBiil8qr|title=YouTube Adds Animation Tools for Easier Content Creation|last=|first=|date=|website=Mashable|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><br />
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In late 2011, a custom set of “[[United States presidential election, 2012|Election 2012]]” characters became popular.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/goanimate-goes-political-make-and-post-your-own-election-season-cartoons-here/2011/10/17/gIQAqptJrL_blog.html|title=GoAnimate goes political: You can make and post your own election-season cartoons|last=|first=|date=|website=Washington Post|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://searchenginewatch.com/sew/news/2118065/goanimate-unveils-political-characters-backgrounds|title=GoAnimate Unveils New Political Characters and Backgrounds|last=|first=|date=|website=Search Engine Watch|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.webpronews.com/look-out-politicians-animated-videos-just-got-easier-to-make-2011-10/|title=Look Out Politicians - Animated Videos Just Got Easier To Make|last=|first=|date=|website=WebPro News|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><br />
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By July 2013, over ten million videos had been created using the GoAnimate platform.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://press.goanimate.com/2013/07/08/goanimate-corporate-fact-sheet/|title=GoAnimate Corporate Fact Sheet|last=goanimateairfoil|website=GoAnimate Press Page|access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref><br />
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=== Growth ===<br />
In May 2009, DomoAnimate was launched. This program allowed users to create GoAnimations based on the [[Domo (NHK)|Domo]] shorts. The site closed down in September 2014, and later redirected to the GoAnimate for Schools website.<br />
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A [[United States|U.S.]] office in [[San Francisco]] opened in June 2011.<br />
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In late August 2011, GoAnimate for Schools was publicly launched. GoAnimate for Schools is a school-safe version of GoAnimate featuring dedicated privacy, security, content moderation and group management features.<br />
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In April 2012, the first business-oriented subscription plans were publicly launched. These included 1080p download, logo removal & replacement, and new business-oriented visual themes. These plans led to increased popularity and exposure for GoAnimate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1142/go-and-animate-with-goanimate|title=Go and Animate with GoAnimate|last=|first=|date=|website=Learning Solutions Magazine|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/service-simplifies-creation-of-marketing-and-product-animations/|title=Service Simplifies Creation of Marketing and Product Animations|last=|first=|date=|website=ZDNet|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><br />
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At the end of 2013, the “paper cutout” assets of explainer video pioneer Common Craft were integrated into GoAnimate as a new visual theme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.goanimate.com/features/common-craft-partnership|title=GoAnimate Team Up With Common Craft For New Explainer Video Tool|website=blog.goanimate.com|access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref><br />
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In April 2014, multi-seat business subscription plans were launched, including full-featured administrative tools along with group collaboration and review. Around the same time, GoAnimate also released the Whiteboard Animation theme and a publishing integration with elearning courseware authoring platform Lectora.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1409/goanimate-launches-whiteboard-theme-and-lectora-online-integration|title=GoAnimate Launches Whiteboard Theme and Lectora Online Integration by News Editor : Learning Solutions Magazine|website=Learning Solutions Magazine|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref><br />
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By the end of 2014, GoAnimate’s library contained over 10,000 assets, including a new set of Supreme Court justices and settings.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/2014/10/22/f5604e88-58a3-11e4-8264-deed989ae9a2_story.html|title=The Supreme Court’s devotees go DIY|last=Barnes|first=Robert|date=2014-10-22|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref><br />
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In 2015, the [[Taiwan]] office was opened,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.acnnewswire.com/press-release/english/24425/goanimate-expands-to-taiwan|title=GoAnimate Expands to Taiwan|website=en.acnnewswire.com|access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref> making it GoAnimate’s third location (after [[Hong Kong]] and San Francisco).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.investhk.gov.hk/success-stories/go-animate-go/|title=GoAnimate|last=MW|first=Chloe|website=www1.investhk.gov.hk|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref> <br />
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As of May 2015, GoAnimate announced future expansion plans included going public, but there had been no decision on the listing venue. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20150508-goanimate-eyes-listing-amid-expansion-plans/|title=GoAnimate eyes listing amid expansion plans|date=2015-05-08|website=EJ Insight|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-05}}</ref><br />
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In October 2015, it was announced that GoAnimate was migrating off [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] and onto [[HTML5]] and that GoPlus will be retired as well as the non-business themes, even though they were still in use on GoAnimate for Schools until July 26, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.goanimate.com/html5-animation|title=HTML5 Is Coming!|website=blog.goanimate.com|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref><br />
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By the end of 2015, the company had over 50 employees. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://press.goanimate.com/|title=GoAnimate Press Page|website=GoAnimate Press Page|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref><br />
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== Product ==<br />
GoAnimate provides its users with a library containing tens of thousands of pre-animated assets, which can be controlled through a simple drag & drop interface. Asset types include characters, actions, templates, props, text boxes, music tracks and sound effects. Users can also upload their own assets, such as audio files, image files or video files.<br />
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There is also a drag & drop composition tool, which users can employ to create pans and zooms.<br />
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Spoken dialogue and narration can be recorded directly into the platform or imported as an audio file. Characters can automatically lip-sync dialogue that is assigned to them. Alternatively, audio can be set as voiceover narration. Users can download their finished videos as MP4 files, [[GIF]]s or video presentations. They can also export them directly to a variety of video hosting sites including [[YouTube]], [[Wistia]] and [[Vidyard]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official website|http://goanimate.com/}}<br />
* {{official website|https://goanimate4schools.com/public_index}} (for schools)<br />
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.cnet.com/news/goanimate-puts-powerful-animation-tools-in-your-browser/|title=GoAnimate puts powerful animation tools <br />
in your browser|website=CNET|access-date=2016-05-22}}<br />
* {{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2009/10/15/goanimates-character-builder-lets-you-draw-yourself-into-cartoons-and-it-has-spock/|title=GoAnimate's Character Builder Lets You Draw Yourself Into Cartoons. And It Has Spock.|last=Kincaid|first=Jason|website=TechCrunch|access-date=2016-05-22}}<br />
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