Metasearch

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News / Online

Great way to search yet five big challenges for door-to-door site Zoombu

By Tim Hughes | June 7, 2010

I am a sucker for a new way to do online travel search. Read More

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Everbread, Radixx and Ypsilon unite for airline fare technology deal

By Kevin May | June 3, 2010

More low-key but steady developments in the world of search technology startup Everbread as it signs a pact with fellow system providers Ypsilon and Radixx. Read More

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Shock stats: Americans searching twice as much as Brits for World Cup flights

By Kevin May | June 1, 2010

Move aside football, soccer (that's, err, football to everyone else) and the FIFA World Cup in South Africa is proving more popular in the US than expected. Read More

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Google-ITA Software: a waiting game with plenty behind the scenes

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | May 28, 2010

The Google-ITA Software mating dance is going into overtime and we still don’t have a public statement and an answer. Read More

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Fly.com unclutters logo with redesign

By Dennis Schaal | May 27, 2010

Fly.com has unveiled a new logo, replacing the one the flight-metasearch website launched with more than a year ago. Read More

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Fly.com hopes to mirror Travelzoo global expansion programme, package holidays next

By Kevin May | May 25, 2010

Flight search site Fly.com is planning to be in the same markets occupied by parent company Travelzoo, although the order in which new categories will be added appears to have changed. Read More

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Google buys online travel guide Ruba

By Kevin May | May 21, 2010

Community site Ruba obviously has something different about it from the countless other travel guides on the web - demonstrated mainly by news that Google has just bought it. Read More

An abusive Google if it grabs ITA Software? Expedia is worried and not worried

By Dennis Schaal | May 20, 2010

Would Google get "abusive" if it acquires ITA Software and gains even more market power in travel? Read More

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InsideTrip finally comes out of Beta with string of new features and bold statements

By Kevin May | May 20, 2010

Almost two years in the making, InsideTrip has emerged from its beta testing period with what it claims is a full service search engine that incorporates many other elements of a journey. Read More

Could Google-ITA talks lead to a burst of online travel acquisitions?

By Dennis Schaal | May 19, 2010

So, what's up with the Google-ITA Software merger talks a month after they came to light? Could another suitor be trying to steal away that sexy girl from Cambridge, Mass? Read More

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Priceline -- no fear and loathing about Google-ITA Software

By Dennis Schaal | May 18, 2010

Where others see potential calamity in a possible Google acquisition of ITA Software, Jeffery Boyd of Priceline sees "opportunity." Read More

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Kayak updates iPhone service, integrates with GateGuru, unveils another TV ad

By Kevin May | May 15, 2010

Metasearch engine Kayak has released a new version of its Apple iPhone app with a number of additions, but most significantly including a tie-in with GateGuru. Read More