Quote from Christian Saller, general partner of Holtzbrinck Ventures, in an article on PhocusWire this week. Read More

We now admit to starting our theme month in October pondering how much discussion there was to be had around metasearch in travel. Read More

Metasearch has tried to become a part in the rental ecosystem - with some big investment rounds going into startups and, unfortunately, some fairly high-profile casualties along the way. Read More

When we started Hipmunk in 2010, we were trying to solve a problem we faced firsthand: the agony of searching and booking travel. Read More

According to recent industry buzz and rumors, Trivago has seen better times. Hardly a month (or even a week!) goes past by without an article or press release highlighting even more trouble for the... Read More

The very promise to compare rates on hundreds of sites for the same hotel is what makes hotel metasearch inherently flawed. Read More

Compared to other aspects of travel, metasearch has not seen as much activity from startups. For our final piece in this series, we explore the question of why, with insights from a venture... Read More

Here is a fairly unknown fact: the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International is as old as Mount Rushmore in the U.S. Read More

After four quarters that CEO Rolf Schrömgens describes as “quite a challenge,” hotel metasearch platform Trivago posted a dramatic turnaround in the third quarter of 2018.  Read More

Skyscanner has joined NDC Exchange, an industry-owned marketplace created by ATPCO and SITA to facilitate adoption of IATA’s New Distribution Capability.   Read More

Berlin-based GoEuro has raised $150 million to grow its multimodal travel booking platform, which currently works with more than 800 providers across Europe.   Read More

A few days ago, Google informed users that it will change the brand-protection policy on its text adverts on Google Ads (what used to be known as AdWords). Read More

This sector, what is known as multimodal metasearch, is the topic of this third piece in our series on metasearch.   Read More

There’s a common misconception in our industry that brands are cheap and online travel agencies are expensive. And no-one knows when it started. Read More

In the early days of metasearch, roughly the first decade of the 21st century, the model was strictly one of price comparison and referral.    Read More

Google's recent efforts to expand further into the online travel space could result in a pivotal change for the hospitality industry. Read More

This month we are digging into the topic of metasearch. We begin with perspective from a company that is both one of the newest entrants and also one of the most dominant figures in the travel search... Read More

Developments in APAC will require different thinking and tactics on the part of foreign brands that wish to be part of the “next billion users” market. Read More

Smart and never short of an opinion or two (or ten), Kayak's leader since the outset features in an executive interview at The Phocuswright Conference 2018. Read More