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Hotels.com Booked the Longest URL in Internet History to Prove It Has More Than Hotels

And Captain Obvious will read all 2,083 characters to you

Captain Obvious was up for the task of reading the entire URL in a video. Hotels.com
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By David Griner

May 3, 2018

You know that Hotels.com can help you book a hotel, but you might be unaware that it also offers seaside cabanas, yurts and the occasional dolphin motel in lower San Diego.

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David Griner

David Griner is Adweek's international editor and host of the Adweek podcast, "Yeah, That's Probably an Ad."

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