(Online Dating Industry Journal) Easy Date Ltd, a company that runs online singles services, has acquired SpeedDater, a singles event company in the UK. The acquisition of SpeedDater brings the number of dating sites that Easy Date owns to eight. Other sites the company owns include Date The UK, SMS Text Dating, DatingBridge, UK Gay Life, MoyIdeal, BeNaughty, and YouCanGetMe.
SpeedDater originally launched in September 2002, but expanded in 2004 to include an online dating service and in 2005 to include a singles vacation service. SpeedDater hosts dating events in more than 40 cities across the UK.
"We believe the SpeedDater brand is in very good hands, leaving us to forge ahead with growing our SpeedBreaks travel business" said Simon Prockter, SpeedBreaks Director.
The team behind SpeedDater is now throwing its attention to their singles travel company.
"This is a good opportunity for us as we now have the resources necessary to take our SpeedBreaks business to another level, leaving the Speed Dating events and online business in the hands of one of the most promising dating companies in the UK," said Ben Tisdall, one of the original founders of SpeedDater.
Both companies are refusing to release any details of the financial transaction for the acquisition.
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