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 / Technology

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

News

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

News / Technology

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

News / Distribution

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

News / Online

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

News / Distribution

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

News / Distribution

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

News / Distribution

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

News / Distribution

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

News / Online

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

News / Distribution

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

News / Online

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

News / Online

Amadeus, Vayama, and applying lessons from jam tastings to airfare search

By Sean O'Neil | August 8, 2013

The true secret sauce that generates a 15% claimed spike in conversion rates since November on Vayama, an international airfare search site, might not be from the cached fare results powered by Amadeus.... Read More