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 / 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

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Kayak quietly cancels its cruise search

By Sean O'Neil | July 17, 2013

The story of online cruise bookings is a rare case of a victory of suppliers against metasearch. Read More

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TripAdvisor Connect: Known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns

By Linda Fox | July 12, 2013

In life there are some certainties, some things that are less sure and others that fall somewhere in the middle. Read More

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Is travel at a do or die moment in big data?

By Linda Fox | June 26, 2013

While there might already be fatigue at the overuse of the term 'big data' now is the time to act if a report from Amadeus is to be believed. Read More

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Wego rakes in major $17 million funding round

By Kevin May | June 24, 2013

Big news coming late in the working day from Asia with metasearch engine Wego landing a $17 million funding round, bringing the total invested so far in the company to $36 million. Read More

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TripAdvisor, hotel search and the looming presence of Google on the horizon

By Viewpoints | June 13, 2013

Over the past eight months or so the hotel search landscape has shifted and a gathering of the meta engines is now well under-way. Read More

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Skypicker has an innovative user experience for flight metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | June 5, 2013

On March 29, this Czech-headquartered flight-booking site re-launched its metasearch booking engine for flights. Read More

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TripAdvisor puts hotel metasearch live across the globe, apologises for previous pop-up hell

By Kevin May | June 5, 2013

After an extensive period of testing and eight months on from initially disclosing the idea to investors, TripAdvisor has pushed its metasearch service live across all platforms. Read More

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Busbud nets $1 million in funding for bus ticketing metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | May 29, 2013

Global bus ticketing metasearch company Busbud says today that it has closed a $1 million (Canadian) round of financing. Read More

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Three Kayak-like startups for bus ticketing metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2013

A handful of startups are racing to become the Kayak of bus ticketing metasearch: Buscatchers, Bustripping, Pombai, and Wanderu. Read More

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The story of two startups by Terry Jones - Travelocity and Kayak

By PhocusWire | May 10, 2013

Terry Jones was founder of Travelocity and is currently chairman of Kayak. Both companies have made their mark but have developed as businesses in vastly different ways. Read More

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Hipmunk asks Expedia to provide hotels through affiliate deal

By Nick Vivion | May 9, 2013

Flight and hotel search service Hipmunk is now offering direct bookings for hotels via both its website and mobile offerings. Read More

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China travel search portal Qunar speaks about the past, present and future

By Karthick Prabu | May 7, 2013

China's Baidu-backed travel company Qunar has become one of the country's leading online travel search providers, boasting about 75 million monthly visits. Read More

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Kayak finally launches in Canada

By Kevin May | May 6, 2013

Kayak has spent plenty of time and effort over the years launching local sites around the world but, perhaps surprisingly, it has never had one next door in Canada. Read More