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.

Kayak gets in on same-day mobile hotel booking groove
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Kayak gets in on same-day mobile hotel booking groove
By Kevin May | June 25, 2012
As Priceline, Hotel Tonight, Blink Booking et al battle for the PR with launches of same-day bookings for hotels, Kayak quietly introduced the same thing six weeks ago. Read More
Momondo goes semantic with 2nd Gen search engine
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Momondo goes semantic with 2nd Gen search engine
By Linda Fox | June 25, 2012
Momondo is to release its '2nd generation search engine' using more consumer intelligence to return better results for users Read More
Kayak and Amadeus strengthen partnership as reliance on ITA Software falls
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Kayak and Amadeus strengthen partnership as reliance on ITA Software falls
By Kevin May | June 21, 2012
On the one hand the extension of a technology deal between Amadeus and travel search provider Kayak is not particularly big news - but there was always going to be something behind it. Read More
Hipmunk adds $15M to its coffers with new funding round
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Hipmunk adds $15M to its coffers with new funding round
By Kevin May | June 12, 2012
More funding news for travel startups with US-based air and hotel search service Hipmunk capturing a new round of financing to the tune of $15 million from Institutional Investment Partners. Read More
Rome2Rio grabs $450,000 investment round, appoints ex-Viator boss as interim CEO
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Rome2Rio grabs $450,000 investment round, appoints ex-Viator boss as interim CEO
By Kevin May | May 29, 2012
Multi-modal travel search startup Rome2Rio has secured $450,000 in seed funding and brought in seasoned industry figure Rod Cuthbert to act as its interim CEO. Read More
Wego buys into Valadoo social-led deal site
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Wego buys into Valadoo social-led deal site
By Kevin May | May 28, 2012
Wego has made a strategic investment in Indonesian startup Valadoo in a bid to consolidate its position in the country and expand the travel deal site elsewhere. Read More
Fill ya boots, screenscapers - Ryanair has removed its reCAPTCHA tool
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Fill ya boots, screenscapers - Ryanair has removed its reCAPTCHA tool
By Kevin May | May 25, 2012
Temporarily, anyway. Ryanair made a big thing in late-2011 about its attempts to crack down on metasearch engines scraping content to fill their search results for airlines. Read More
Google throws its social travel planning service Schemer onto mobile
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Google throws its social travel planning service Schemer onto mobile
By Kevin May | May 18, 2012
Remember Schemer, Google's service to find out things to do in a destination based on tips from friends within a user's network of contacts and professional reviewers? Read More
Momondo takes partnership route for East and Central Africa
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Momondo takes partnership route for East and Central Africa
By Linda Fox | May 15, 2012
Momondo is claiming a first with the launch of a hotel and flight metasearch service for East and Central Africa Read More
The best trip planning sites might be those that focus on motivation, not inspiration
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The best trip planning sites might be those that focus on motivation, not inspiration
By Alex Bainbridge | May 14, 2012
For many people travel is all about realising dreams, a brief respite from the daily grind of life and the chance to get inspired by places that they visit. Read More
Skyscanner tries metasearch for package holidays again
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Skyscanner tries metasearch for package holidays again
By Kevin May | May 9, 2012
Skyscanner has reintroduced search for package holidays from the likes of Thomas Cook and OnTheBeach, three years after abandoning its previous effort. Read More
Wait, what is this? Expedia powers new GoogleDeal website
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Wait, what is this? Expedia powers new GoogleDeal website
By Kevin May | May 4, 2012
Just for fun. A headline to send its fellow members of the FairSearch anti-Google lobbying group running to the hills in horror, but Expedia is indeed helping run a site called GoogleDeal. Read More
Local is the new black in travel search
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Local is the new black in travel search
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | May 4, 2012
What is local? Metasearch has not had a huge amount of luck with developing operations in local markets. Read More
Skycanner drops in ahead of Kayak - Top New Zealand websites, April 14 2012
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Skycanner drops in ahead of Kayak - Top New Zealand websites, April 14 2012
By PhocusWire | April 19, 2012
Dramatic debut in the top ten for UK-based Skyscanner after it entered the lost of leading travel websites in New Zealand for the first time ahead of rival search star Kayak. Read More
HotelsCombined insists it will not screen scrape for its new Ryanair deal
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HotelsCombined insists it will not screen scrape for its new Ryanair deal
By Kevin May | April 19, 2012
Not the best of starts for Ryanair and new accommodation white label provider HotelsCombined, with the metasearch site moving quickly to clarify comments by Michael O'Leary. Read More
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