OpenTable

OpenTable is an <a href="/facts/Internet/Xw1rVvJU">online</a> <a href="/facts/Table_reservation/sy6Wvcjv">restaurant-reservation</a> <a href="/facts/Social_networking_service/qFIh6VT1">service</a> company founded by Sid Gorham, Eric Moe and <a href="/facts/Chuck_Templeton/2HEVHAI4">Chuck Templeton</a> on July 2, 1998, and based in <a href="/facts/San_Francisco%2c_California/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco, California</a>.
In 1998, operations began with a limited selection of restaurants in San Francisco. Restaurants used the company's back-end software to process the reservations made on the website, resulting in a real-time reservation system for both diners and restaurants. The service has since expanded to cover more than 55,000 restaurants in more than 80 countries as of 2024. In June 2014, the company was acquired by <a href="/facts/Booking_Holdings/bAXqsvy7">Priceline Group</a> for $2.6 billion. 
Reservations are free to end users; the company charges restaurants flat monthly and per-reservation fees for their use of the system. According to the company, it provides online reservations for more than 50,000 restaurants around the world and seats over 1 billion diners per year.

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