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Booking
Apps and websites like Booking.com and Kayak for booking hotels and trips.
📖 Its story
In 1997, Jay Walker created Priceline, a website where you said how much you wanted to pay for a plane ticket or a hotel. Later it bought Booking.com, a company that had been born in Amsterdam. Over time, the whole company was called Booking Holdings.
💵 How it makes money
It charges hotels and other businesses a fee for each booking people make.
🤯 Fun fact
Booking.com was born in 1996 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as a small hotel booking company.
👍 The good part
Millions of travelers around the world use its apps to book.
⚠️ The risk
If people travel less or hotels prefer to sell directly, it earns less.
🧠 Did you get it?
In what city was Booking.com born?
Its stock
BKNG
on the Nasdaq stock exchange
$168.72
▼ 1.32% today
▼ 21.24% this year
In the game: 168.72 Monis per share (1 Moni = 1 dollar).
Price as of November 5 at 6:49 PM ET, delayed.
🗂️ Quick facts
- Founded in: 1997
- Founded by: Jay S. Walker
- Home: Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
🔎 How to find it on the stock market
- Search the internet for BKNG stock.
- You can also find it in your parents' investing app with the letters BKNG.
- Check how much one share costs and whether today it's green (went up) or red (went down).
🎮 Buy it in the game
Soon you'll be able to invest your Monis in Booking. Ask your mom or dad to join the list.
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