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Sep. 26, 2000

Merger Turned on Keeping Employees

GetThere Inc. didn't need to sell out in order to survive. Its initial public offering last November had raised an impressive $84 million for the operator of the world's largest Internet marketplace for business-to-business travel services.

        GetThere Inc. didn't need to sell out in order to survive. Its initial public offering last November had raised an impressive $84 million for the operator of the world's largest Internet marketplace for business-to-business travel services. And, while Sabre Holdings Corp., the king of travel marketing and distribution, came up with an attractive offer, some of its other characteristics were less desirable. The deal was going to ...

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