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.

GoEuro attracts heavy hitter funding in $4 million seed round
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GoEuro attracts heavy hitter funding in $4 million seed round
By Linda Fox | March 4, 2013
Multi-modal travel search is gathering pace as GoEuro today announces $4m seed funding led by Battery Ventures and Hasso Plattner Ventures Read More
TnoozLIVE next episode: February 28 - trending stories, in-depth analysis, ITB preview
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TnoozLIVE next episode: February 28 - trending stories, in-depth analysis, ITB preview
By Kevin May | February 19, 2013
TnoozLIVE returns for the first of a new series of monthly outings for 2013 - as we debate the hot stories of the moment, look ahead at the coming weeks and more. Read More
HolidayIQ travel community and review service secures investment round, de-merges from Wego
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HolidayIQ travel community and review service secures investment round, de-merges from Wego
By Kevin May | February 7, 2013
Just two years and four months after uniting with metasearch engine Wego, Indian content site HolidayIQ has split from its sister brand and raised its own funding round. Read More
Travel industry should go back to its innovative digital roots, act like Amazon and Apple instead
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Travel industry should go back to its innovative digital roots, act like Amazon and Apple instead
By Viewpoints | February 4, 2013
Travel was the engine that drove the first wave of ecommerce. Travel made ecommerce a star, as the online travel landscape - and far beyond - was transformed. Read More
Meta search rules: SeatGuru relaunches with flight planning tools, revamped look
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Meta search rules: SeatGuru relaunches with flight planning tools, revamped look
By Nick Vivion | January 22, 2013
Following along from TripAdvisor's hotel meta search launch, TripAdvisor subsidiary SeatGuru has relaunched their website with a revamped look and flight planning tools. Read More
TripAdvisor tests hotel metasearch service - now the fun really begins
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TripAdvisor tests hotel metasearch service - now the fun really begins
By Kevin May | January 15, 2013
User review giant TripAdvisor is finally doing what pretty much everyone involved in the hotel sector expected it to do years ago - consumer metasearch for its vast portfolio of properties. Read More
Cutting out the noise to get the full travel story - but now what do we call it?
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Cutting out the noise to get the full travel story - but now what do we call it?
By Viewpoints | January 11, 2013
Six years ago - still a mathematician at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne - I had to organize a conference trip to Poland. Read More
Let's fight for an open world, with no boundaries or prejudice, with travel as our weapon [VIDEO]
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Let's fight for an open world, with no boundaries or prejudice, with travel as our weapon [VIDEO]
By Kevin May | January 9, 2013
It could of course be a line from a whimsical travel writer - but it's not. It's the description behind a new advertising campaign for European travel search service, Momondo. Read More
Kayak-Priceline deal validates evolution of meta model, but Skyscanner rules out immediate IPO
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Kayak-Priceline deal validates evolution of meta model, but Skyscanner rules out immediate IPO
By Kevin May | January 9, 2013
Two years is an awfully long time in travel technology, especially considering how quickly the landscape has changed in the flight metasearch end of the industry. Read More
Travel startups: ditch the consumer traction and focus on data
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Travel startups: ditch the consumer traction and focus on data
By Alex Bainbridge | January 8, 2013
There has been plenty of digital inches written recently about the Series A crunch. Is it real? I don't know. Read More
Desktop versus mobile behaviour in travel search [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Desktop versus mobile behaviour in travel search [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | January 7, 2013
Year of the mobile and all that (for the past few years at least), but how is the shift to consumers using their devices to search for travel products playing out in the real world? Read More
Superfly’s guerilla marketing on Facebook is luring travelers to its flight search
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Superfly’s guerilla marketing on Facebook is luring travelers to its flight search
By Sean O'Neil | January 7, 2013
Superfly's guerrilla marketing on Facebook has lured users to its fight search tool, and its new airline e-mail scanning service may let customers load up their mileage information in a single click. Read More
Room 77 takes $30M injection, Expedia involved, as meta arms race heats up
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Room 77 takes $30M injection, Expedia involved, as meta arms race heats up
By Sean O'Neil | January 3, 2013
Room 77 has closed $30.3 million in Series C financing with participation by Expedia, with total capital raised at $43.8 million. The US startup's metasearch tool is merely a year old. Read More
Expedia pays $632 million for majority stake in Trivago, let the travel search games begin
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Expedia pays $632 million for majority stake in Trivago, let the travel search games begin
By Kevin May | December 21, 2012
Expedia plans to acquire a 61.6% equity position in Trivago, a German metasearch company for a total consideration of Euro 477 million ($632 million). Read More
OTAs outshine metasearch sites in sending traffic to air and hotel suppliers, says study
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OTAs outshine metasearch sites in sending traffic to air and hotel suppliers, says study
By Sean O'Neil | December 13, 2012
In the past year, traffic to metasearch sites spiked 13%, yet metasearch sites are managing only to persuade 2% of users to click through to the sites of travel suppliers, according to new research from... Read More
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