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Lastminute.com Lastminute.com, the online travel company, is to be acquired by Sabre Holdings, the owner of Travelocity, for £577m. 12-May-2005 Lastminute.com is planning to close 10 of its 25 offices, including six in the UK, with the loss of 350 jobs. 06-Aug-2004 Lastminute.com has acquired Lastminute.de, the German online travel company, for £31m. 01-Jul-2004 Lastminute.com has acquired Gemstone Travel, the Bracknell-based operator of a travel call centre, for an initial £1.5m. 05-Mar-2004 Lastminute.com is to acquire rival travel firm Online Travel Corporation for about £55m. 04-Mar-2004 Lastminute.com has acquired First Option, the hotel booking agency with 200 staff at 21 retail desks and a Stockport call centre, for £12m. 15-Jan-2004 Lastminute.com has acquired Med Hotels, the Woking-based hotel consolidator and package holiday reseller with 117 staff, for £16m. 04-Dec-2003 Lastminute.com has raised £72m in a bond issue, in order to fund acquisitions for its online travel agency and to rebrand some businesses. 04-Sep-2003 Lastminute.com has acquired Holiday Autos, the car rental broker, for £40m. 27-Mar-2003 Lastminute.com has acquired eXhilaration, the provider of adventure experiences to both individual and corporate customers, for an initial £1m. 19-Nov-2002 Lastminute.com is to acquire Travelprice, the provider of online travel services in France, Italy, Belgium and Spain, for £32m. 23-Jul-2002 Lastminute.com is to acquire The Destination Holdings Group, the online travel group offering holidays, flights and car hire, for £12m, partly funded by a £8m share placing. 14-Jun-2002 Lastminute.com is investing £2.4m in a partnership with LCC24, Lufthansa's online travel agency, gaining access to about 4m German customers. 11-Jun-2002 Lastminute.com has acquired TravelSelect.com, the London-based online travel company, for £12m. 09-Apr-2002 Lastminute.com has acquired Degriftour, the French travel business, for £59m, as part of a strategy to expand across Europe. 15-Aug-2000 Lastminute.com is forming a joint venture with Tourvest to set up a South African internet travel business, and is making similar deals in Australia, New Zealand, Spain and the Netherlands. 09-May-2000 Lastminute.com, the internet-based seller of travel and gifts, is planning to raise up to £100m in a flotation in order to fund marketing and geographical expansion. 11-Feb-2000 Lastminute.com, the internet-based supplier of last-minute deals on holidays and theatre tickets, is planning to float next year with an estimated value of about £400m. 17-Sep-1999 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007