Official line
Program ended.
Amazon · Commerce · Product
Amazon Destinations
Discontinued
2015–2015 · 0 years in market
Launched
Jun 1, 2015
Discontinued
Dec 1, 2015
Cause of death
Too early / too late
Evidence
Unsourced
What was it?
A hotel-booking experiment that lasted about six months in 2015.
Why it died
Editorial reading
Hotels are a supply-and-trust business Booking and Airbnb already owned. Amazon had SKUs, not rooms.
Founder takeaway
A six-month hotel tab is a slide, not a marketplace.
Sources
Unsourced — editorial reading
No primary source is attached yet. Treat the interpretation as editorial, not a citation.
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