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Dan Wasiolek
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Priceline's upcoming brand and IT investments will support its strengthening network advantage.

Similar to Expedia’s near-term investments, we view Priceline’s higher spend the next few years being done for offensive (market opportunity) versus defensive reasons (competition). We don’t expect much change to our $2,080 fair value estimate, and view the pullback in shares as an opportunity for investors.
We see three takeaways from narrow-moat Priceline’s third quarter. First, Priceline is shifting ad spend to brand (TV) from performance (search and meta) to drive direct bookings. This shift...
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Booking Holdings

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Morningstar
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Dan Wasiolek

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