OpenTable is owned by Booking Holdings (the United States, NASDAQ: BKNG), which acquired the brand on 24 July 2014.[1][2] OpenTable was founded in 1998 in San Francisco, California and was independent until 2014.
OpenTable handles restaurant reservations and was founded in 1998, building its position by supplying restaurants with the booking terminals that fed its network. Priceline acquired it in 2014 for about $2.6 billion, an unusual purchase for a company otherwise focused on travel.
Priceline acquired OpenTable for $103 per share, about $2.6 billion, moving into restaurant reservations. It was an unusual purchase for a travel group, and the company later wrote down a substantial part of its value.