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.

What do developers at Kayak do on a slow week?
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What do developers at Kayak do on a slow week?
By Kevin May | March 25, 2010
Just for fun. Maybe it's been a quiet week at Kayak Towers? No major news - such as Google's hotel meta move - to react to or worry about. Read More
New website for TravelFusion, plots Twitter streams and trip scoring system
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New website for TravelFusion, plots Twitter streams and trip scoring system
By Kevin May | March 24, 2010
Travel metasearch engine TravelFusion has relaunched its main B2C website with a number of new features and ahead of a series of other product improvements. Read More
Google Maps adds hotel search and pricing, panic and confusion assured
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Google Maps adds hotel search and pricing, panic and confusion assured
By Kevin May | March 23, 2010
Google launched an experiment through its mapping division last night to place search and price functionality against hotel listings on Google Maps - implications of which could be far-ranging. Read More
Local goes loco -- Groupon, AOL find their places
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Local goes loco -- Groupon, AOL find their places
By Dennis Schaal | March 19, 2010
Suddenly, it's all about local -- news about your city, deals from your area and the best vacations from your airport. Read More
Reverse auctions - an experiment that turned into a business at Air New Zealand
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Reverse auctions - an experiment that turned into a business at Air New Zealand
By Kevin May | March 17, 2010
Ask many observers about reverse auctions in the travel industry and there is a collective shrug of the shoulders - it doesn't work, too complicated, often risky. Read More
UpTake heads down ultimate travel content aggregation route
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UpTake heads down ultimate travel content aggregation route
By Kevin May | March 17, 2010
Hotel metasearch site UpTake is embarking on what it claims is a web-first to aggregate not only travel information from suppliers but also bloggers around the world. Read More
Skyscanner opens new site domains for Austria, Sweden and Switzerland
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Skyscanner opens new site domains for Austria, Sweden and Switzerland
By Kevin May | March 15, 2010
Metasearch engine Skyscanner has unveiled three new country domains as it continue its global expansion programme. Read More
Zugu lifts lid on site for Germany
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Zugu lifts lid on site for Germany
By Kevin May | March 12, 2010
Cheapflights has launched its second Zugu metasearch site in less than a month - using the ITB exhibition in Berlin to unveil a local version for the German market. Read More
The GDS wars, broken models and metasearch issues -- JetBlue-style
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The GDS wars, broken models and metasearch issues -- JetBlue-style
By Dennis Schaal | March 11, 2010
In the last round of GDS negotiations in 2007, airlines such as American Airlines and Delta Airlines stridently warned that they would pull out of major GDSs if the carriers didn't get their way. Read More
Priorities for metasearch - Skyscanner and Swoodoo say booking way down the list
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Priorities for metasearch - Skyscanner and Swoodoo say booking way down the list
By Kevin May | March 10, 2010
The chatter generated by Kayak when it announced it is considering adding a booking element into its model appears not to have inspired others to think the same. Read More
Will Priceline come back to the field?
By Dennis Schaal | March 3, 2010
Among the three U.S.-based public company online travel agencies -- Expedia, Priceline and Orbitz Worldwide -- Jake Fuller sees Expedia and Orbitz closing the gap a bit on a global basis with... Read More
Priceline CEO on metasearch swan song, private sales, Expedia, Asia strategy
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Priceline CEO on metasearch swan song, private sales, Expedia, Asia strategy
By Dennis Schaal | February 24, 2010
Priceline CEO Jeffery Boyd thinks metasearch's best days are behind it, argues that Jetsetter's private, members-only hotel sales will forever remain a niche endeavor, and rules out relaunching a... Read More
Zugu already considering other travel products for metasearch
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Zugu already considering other travel products for metasearch
By Kevin May | February 23, 2010
Zugu, the fledgling metasearch brand from Cheapflights, is already looking at adding other elements to its flight search such as hotels and car hire. Read More
TravelSupermarket says clicks to British Airways flights dropped by 20% as strike threat loomed
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TravelSupermarket says clicks to British Airways flights dropped by 20% as strike threat loomed
By Kevin May | February 22, 2010
British Airways is starting to suffer the medium to long-term effects of its ongoing dispute with cabin crew, not least in the amount of traffic its website receives from metasearch engines. Read More
WotFlight - Fighting talk from Wotif as it targets flights, aiming for hotel repeat
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WotFlight - Fighting talk from Wotif as it targets flights, aiming for hotel repeat
By Kevin May | February 17, 2010
Australia-New Zealand online accommodation service Wotif is targeting some of the biggest players in the region's flight search and booking sector with the launch of WotFlight. Read More
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