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.

Why hoteliers should increase focus towards metasearch services? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Why hoteliers should increase focus towards metasearch services? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu | April 3, 2014
Hoteliers should factor budget for metasearch-related marketing activities as 2014 is the year of metasearch, according to eRevMax. The hospitality technology solution provider has compiled an info Read More
Trivago extends mystery guest programme to combat fake reviews
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Trivago extends mystery guest programme to combat fake reviews
By Linda Fox | March 14, 2014
Trivago is extending its Hotel Test scheme to the UK and Ireland after its initial launch in Germany last year. The mystery guest programme has a number of elements. Users sign up as a hotel tester Read More
Top10 secures $8m, plans recruitment drive and European growth
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Top10 secures $8m, plans recruitment drive and European growth
By Linda Fox | March 3, 2014
Hotel comparison service Top10.com has announced Series B funding round of $8 million. The round is led by Balderton Capital and existing investors Accel Partners, Forward Partners and Idealab are Read More
Aviasales attracts $10m investment for expansion and mobile development
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Aviasales attracts $10m investment for expansion and mobile development
By Linda Fox | February 10, 2014
More developments in Russian online travel this morning with news of $10 million in funding for Aviasales. The investment in the flights and hotels metasearch specialist comes from iTech Capital wh Read More
Skypicker nabs $500,000 investment and buys WhichAirline
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Skypicker nabs $500,000 investment and buys WhichAirline
By Sean O'Neil | January 15, 2014
Skypicker, a European booking agency focusing on low-cost carriers, recently received an investment of $500,000 from Touzimsky Airlines. Investments are held in the form of an increase in share cap Read More
Bing comes out fighting, integrates TripAdvisor hotel metasearch tool
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Bing comes out fighting, integrates TripAdvisor hotel metasearch tool
By Linda Fox | November 21, 2013
Take that Google, it looks as if Microsoft Bing might be about to fight back. Well, in the US at least. Microsoft has signed a deal with TripAdvisor which will see the reviews giant's metasearch to Read More
The story behind Traveloka's pivot from metasearch to OTA
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The story behind Traveloka's pivot from metasearch to OTA
By Viewpoints | November 15, 2013
I have been to Indonesia several times and it is interesting to observe the travel ecommerce space in this growing country. The Indonesian travel market is truly getting hot with at least ten travel s Read More
Localisation as a brand - how to launch in a completely new market
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Localisation as a brand - how to launch in a completely new market
By Karthick Prabu | October 18, 2013
Wego launched its Taiwan website in May 2013, since then its booking revenue has been growing at 20% every month. The Singapore-based company has taken a localisation approach for its Taiwan servic Read More
12 questions about TripAdvisor TripConnect you were too embarrassed to ask
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12 questions about TripAdvisor TripConnect you were too embarrassed to ask
By Sean O'Neil | October 16, 2013
TripAdvisor, the giant review site, has launched an advertising bidding tool called TripConnect. For the first time, independent hotels and bed and breakfasts worldwide can bid directly in auctions Read More
Kayak ploughs ahead with international expansion as travel search gets super hot
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Kayak ploughs ahead with international expansion as travel search gets super hot
By Linda Fox | October 3, 2013
Kayak has had its thunder stolen with news of Europe-based Skyscanner's investment windfall on the same day as its own announcement  of sites in eight new markets. Priceline-owned Kayak has already Read More
Skyscanner goes it alone on hotel search, acquires Spanish meta startup Fogg
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Skyscanner goes it alone on hotel search, acquires Spanish meta startup Fogg
By Nick Vivion | September 6, 2013
Four years after first trying out hotel search as a bolt-on to its original flight service, Skyscanner has acquired hotel comparison startup Fogg. Read More
Google tightens grip on future of the travel industry - also puts startups in a tough spot
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Google tightens grip on future of the travel industry - also puts startups in a tough spot
By Alex Bainbridge | September 2, 2013
As entrepreneurs tasked with delivering the future, we need a simple model that we can use to evaluate opportunities and determine where we should be building technologies and functionality. Read More
Meta works well for the largest OTAs, while many hotels suffer
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Meta works well for the largest OTAs, while many hotels suffer
By Sean O'Neil | August 20, 2013
Some statistics on who's winning and losing in the metasearch game so far in 2013. Hint: To the biggest marketing budget goes the spoils. Read More
Dark days for online travel agencies
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Dark days for online travel agencies
By Evan Konwiser | August 13, 2013
Here are three things OTAs can do to stay relevant, according to Evan Konwiser. Read More
Wanderu nets $2.45M for its bus and train travel metasearch site
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Wanderu nets $2.45M for its bus and train travel metasearch site
By Sean O'Neil | August 12, 2013
With this investment, the year-old Wanderu pulls into the pole position in the race to become the leading US inter-city bus and train ticketing website. Read More
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