Venere.com was a website focusing on online hotel reservations . Its listing included various types of accommodation. Venere.com started in the year 1994 as Venere Net Srl, an online travel agency based in Rome , Italy . ^[1] In 2008, it was acquired by Expedia Group . ^[2] The president of the company was Johan Svanstrom. ^[3] The company offered scholarships for Business & Management and Tourism students in Europe ^[4] and Australia . ^[5]

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In 1994, four partners launched Venere.com and developed the first beta version of the hotel booking engine. In February 1995, the first marketing activities were launched for hotels in Rome and Florence . The first reservation arrived in June 1995. In 2001, Venere.com became a Joint Stock Company (Venere Net SPA) and opened international offices in London (Venere UK LTD) and Paris (Venere France SARL). ^[6]

In 2007, the global private equity firm Advent International acquired a 60% stake in Venere Net. Expedia Inc. acquired 100% of Venere.com in 2008. ^[7] In 2008, Venere.com acquired the Italian online hotel booking agency Worldby.com. ^[8]

On December 1, 2016, Venere.com was redirected to Hotels.com (another brand owned by Expedia). The Venere.com app became non-operational after this date, with users advised to download the existing Hotels.com app and register an account there instead. ^[9]

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