OpenTable Acquires GuestBridge September 15, 2009
On September 15, 2009, OpenTable announced the acquisition of GuestBridge.
What Was Announced
- OpenTable agreed to buy most of the assets of GuestBridge, a Milwaukee guest-management software vendor serving about 150 restaurants, for about $3 million in cash.
- GuestBridge's technology was to be folded into OpenTable's restaurant software and its staff into OpenTable's engineering team.
Key Facts
- Kind
- Acquisition
- Announced
- September 15, 2009
- Amount
- $3M
- Companies
- OpenTable, GuestBridge
The Companies Involved
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Reservation software
OpenTable
Online restaurant reservation network and table-management software for restaurants, headquartered in San Francisco and part of Booking Holdings since 2014.
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GuestBridge
Milwaukee-based guest management software provider for restaurants (founded 1999 as ReservationSource.com), whose assets OpenTable bought in 2009.
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- Official announcementOpenTable to Acquire GuestBridge
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