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.

Metasearch and spaghetti sauce - a little attention goes a long way
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Metasearch and spaghetti sauce - a little attention goes a long way
By Viewpoints | September 19, 2014
Who remembers Sidestep? This was probably the first metasearch tool I used and a few years before Kayak emerged in 2006 (Kayak acquired Sidestep in 2007). Since then, the ongoing love/hate relationshi Read More
Metasurge: How to navigate the growth in metasearch for hotel brands
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Metasurge: How to navigate the growth in metasearch for hotel brands
By Nick Vivion | July 18, 2014
L2 Thinktank has applied its marketing intelligence brain to metasearch, coming up with an overview of the state of metasearch. The focus is on how hotel brands can leverage metasearch to enjoy an adv Read More
Startup pitch: Growth hacker Zilyo applies metasearch to vacation and peer-to-peer rentals
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Startup pitch: Growth hacker Zilyo applies metasearch to vacation and peer-to-peer rentals
By Sean O'Neil | July 1, 2014
In 2013, Hamed Al-Khabaz was kicked out of Montreal’s Dawson College after stumbling upon a giant security flaw in one of its major computer systems. A couple of months later, in April 2013, he and Read More
Priceline's acquisition of Buuteeq brings it right behind the hotel front desk
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Priceline's acquisition of Buuteeq brings it right behind the hotel front desk
By Viewpoints | June 19, 2014
Acquiring Buuteeq says a lot about how Priceline sees direct hotel bookings. It’s the future, it wants in but at what cost? NB: This is a viewpoint from Thibault Lecuyer, vice president, ecommerce Read More
Lack of engagement causing missed revenue opportunities for OTAs and metasearch companies
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Lack of engagement causing missed revenue opportunities for OTAs and metasearch companies
By Nick Vivion | June 10, 2014
OTAs and metasearch companies are leaving money on the table by not considering the day-of-travel engagement scenario, FlightView has found. The research, available here, queried 2,066 travelers (3 Read More
Hipmunk nets a $20 million round, led by Oak Investment Partners
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Hipmunk nets a $20 million round, led by Oak Investment Partners
By Sean O'Neil | May 30, 2014
Hipmunk, the travel metasearch site, has raised $20 million in a new venture capital round meant to spur its growth. The Series C round is being led by Oak Investment Partners, which invested in a Read More
Wanderu adds Greyhound, and US bus metasearch finally revs up
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Wanderu adds Greyhound, and US bus metasearch finally revs up
By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2014
The rubber may have finally hit the road for bus metasearch in North America. Wanderu, which is like a Hipmunk for bus and train travel, has become the first aggregator to include listings from the Read More
Tripping, a metasearch site for rental lodging, nabs funding led by Recruit Holdings
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Tripping, a metasearch site for rental lodging, nabs funding led by Recruit Holdings
By Sean O'Neil | May 20, 2014
Though Tripping, a one-time social travel site, has begun to make a name for itself in metasearch for vacation rentals, the start-up has bigger ambitions. Now it will get a boost with the help of v Read More
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
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