Metasearch

PhocusWire's in-depth coverage of the metasearch sector, featuring news, analysis, interviews, research and more on the brands and their strategies, executives and positions in the market.

News / Distribution

Booking.com leads in online traffic with market-customized strategies

By Mitra Sorrells | June 4, 2018

Booking.com is the most visited travel website in the world according to SimilarWeb, with an average of more than 420 million visit per month in the last six months. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Why Asia is eating the world

By PhocusWire | June 1, 2018

A rapid-fire presentation is perhaps the perfect metaphor to outline the fast, jaw-dropping growth and influence of the Asia region. Read More

Interview / Distribution

Europe Travel Battleground 2018: AdsHotel

By PhocusWire | May 31, 2018

Filippo Fasolo, CEO of AdsHotel, pitches the business at Phocuswright Europe 2018, then takes questions from PhocusWire. Read More

News / Online

Skyscanner executive shift: Dove to CEO, Williams heads to chair role

By Mitra Sorrells | May 30, 2018

Skyscanner chief technology officer Bryan Dove is now CEO of the Edinburgh-based company, moving into a role that had been held by co-founder Gareth Williams. Read More

News / Online

Kayak now helps travelers get compensation for delayed flights

By Mitra Sorrells | May 23, 2018

Travelers who book flights anywhere in the United States on Kayak now have instant access to automated flight monitoring and compensation assistance from Service. Read More

News / Technology

PODCAST: PhocusWire PundIT Show #13

By Kevin May | May 23, 2018

Whoever thought you could have an extremely detailed and combative discussion about metasearch and hotels? Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Google on its progress in travel so far (read: substantial)

By PhocusWire | May 22, 2018

Google has lots of folk in a senior leadership positions who have some degree of responsibility for its focus on travel. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Tripcents brings idea-save-pay process to trip planning

By Kevin May | May 11, 2018

Founded in mid-2017, Tripcents has a different take on the trip planning model by tapping into one of the most important parts of traveling: paying for the trip. Read More

News / Online

Trivago buys AI startup TripHappy to improve personalized search

By Jill Menze | May 10, 2018

In a bid to expand its personalized offerings for consumers, German hotel metasearch platform Trivago has acquired artificial intelligence startup TripHappy. Read More

News / Distribution

It's the end of search as we know it (and I feel fine)

By Simone Puorto | May 10, 2018

Over the years, online hotel bookings have increased dramatically: according to Statista, last year the market value for hotel reservation made on the web was over 42 billion in the US alone. However, Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Dissecting the dark world of travel search engines, hotels and online agencies

By Pablo Delgado - Mirai | May 3, 2018

We have always defended the notion that the value online travel agencies have is to provide visibility to hotels and help them generate new sales, sales that otherwise would be impossible to access. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Hoteliers should care about voice technology - here's why

By Max Starkov - HEBS Digital | April 30, 2018

With internet users preferring communication with images and, most importantly, voice activation, there is a great opportunity for hotels in this landscape. Read More

News / Online

Trivago reports increase in qualified referrals, slight drop in revenue in Q1

By Mitra Sorrells | April 25, 2018

Despite a 7% increase in qualified referrals, hotel metasearch platform Trivago recorded a drop in total revenue in the first quarter of 2018 - though relatively slight at 3% - compared to the same... Read More

Notated News / Technology

Delta, Blacklane, BookingKit and more news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | April 20, 2018

Delta launches Farelogix’s calculation engine… BookingKit partners with Vakario… Thai Airways International promotes Blacklane… Cathay Pacific integrates with Skyscanner… RedAwning grows... Read More