Metasearch

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DK guides unveils hotel search and review service from Gekko
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DK guides unveils hotel search and review service from Gekko
By Kevin May | March 10, 2011
Upmarket travel guide service DK (Dorling Kindersley) will be the first recipient of a integrated travel search and review system provided by Gekko. Read More
Google Maps to deliver hotel rates fast as lightning but how accurately?
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Google Maps to deliver hotel rates fast as lightning but how accurately?
By Dennis Schaal | March 9, 2011
How will Google Maps with hotel pricing, which the search engine is testing in a variety of global markets, shape up against the hotel offerings of metasearch players such as Kayak? Read More
Vayant wins funding round, appoints new CEO
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Vayant wins funding round, appoints new CEO
By Kevin May | March 9, 2011
Flight search and pricing platform Vayant has appointed ex-Fly.com boss Brian Clark as its new CEO at the same time as announcing a new funding round. Read More
After Kayak and Fairmont beta, Pegasus launches hotel MetaSearch Services
By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2011
After conducting a beta test with Kayak, Fairmont Hotels and at least three other chains, Pegasus Solutions launched a new product, MetaSearch Services. Read More
Ultimate guide to the specialist tour and in-destination activity market
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Ultimate guide to the specialist tour and in-destination activity market
By Alex Bainbridge | March 4, 2011
This is an attempt to categorise all the key English speaking global players in tours and activities in one place (plus a few other interesting companies). Read More
Hipmunk launches hotel search, swaps agony for ecstasy
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Hipmunk launches hotel search, swaps agony for ecstasy
By Kevin May | March 1, 2011
Another development in the still short life of Silicon Valley darling Hipmunk with the unveiling of its hotel search service. Read More
Car maker launches door-to-door travel search website
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Car maker launches door-to-door travel search website
By Daniele Beccari | March 1, 2011
French car manufacturing giant Citroen will today launch a new multi-modal travel comparison site called Multicity. Read More
Travel advertising rules - good for consumers, nightmare for companies
By Kevin May | February 23, 2011
A regulatory storm is heading for the UK, where pretty much every travel company will have to watch for blunders on any of its publicly available information on the web. Read More
Hipmunk tries to take agony out of mobile flight search
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Hipmunk tries to take agony out of mobile flight search
By Kevin May | February 22, 2011
Given that the Hipmunk experience is based on a highly visual and, well, wide format it was always going to be interesting to see how it would migrate to a mobile app. Read More
WAYN switches Kayak for Momondo, targets tours and activities
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WAYN switches Kayak for Momondo, targets tours and activities
By Kevin May | February 21, 2011
Travel social network WAYN is bringing in flight search engine Momondo at the expense of rival Kayak as it looks to concentrate on destination-based products. Read More
Why Singapore is no longer the sleepy backwater of online travel
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Why Singapore is no longer the sleepy backwater of online travel
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | February 21, 2011
Online travel agencies have not been particularly active in Singapore despite the market being a solid adopter of the internet. Read More
Skyscanner takes its flight search to mobile with first app
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Skyscanner takes its flight search to mobile with first app
By Kevin May | February 18, 2011
Skyscanner has dipped into toes into the world of mobile travel search, quietly releasing the first version of its smartphone application into the Apple appstore yesterday. Read More
TLabs Showcase - InvisibleHand
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TLabs Showcase - InvisibleHand
By Kevin May | February 10, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based flight metasearch browser widget InvisibleHand. Read More
EasyVoyage buys Dealchecker, TravelJungle and FSI Travel for Euro 10M
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EasyVoyage buys Dealchecker, TravelJungle and FSI Travel for Euro 10M
By Kevin May | February 3, 2011
More movement in the European online travel sector with EasyVoyage paying Euro 10 million to buy fellow travel players Dealchecker and TravelJungle. Read More
Expedia alumni form part of Hipmunk $4.2M investment group
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Expedia alumni form part of Hipmunk $4.2M investment group
By Kevin May | February 3, 2011
Startup darling Hipmunk has wooed the likes of former-Expedia execs Rich Barton, Erik Blachford and Simon Breakwell to join a team investing $4.2 million in the business. Read More
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