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Episode: Active Hotels, via Booking.com, to Angel Investing: A Discussion with Andy Phillipps
Description: Excitingly, Invested Investor Andy Phillipps joined Peter Cowley for a two part podcast. In part one, Andy explains how he established the hotel booking company, Active Hotels, alongside his co-founder and cousin Adrian Critchlow. Active Hotels grew rapidly, bought by Priceline and merged with Bookings BV to become Booking.com. Andy's business model transformed the UK online hotel market and continues to lead global trends. Having successfully exited to Priceline, Andy describes how he approached the topic of acquisition, and then how he approached the acquirers. Part two follows his transition into Angel Investing, what he learnt and his...