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Voopter brings in $600K round, claims top flight search role in Brazil

By Kevin May | March 11, 2017

Four-year-old Brazilian flight search engine Voopter has attracted the attention of overseas investors again, this time almost doubling its previous round. Travel Capitalist Ventures is behind the Read More

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Finnair pilots NDC tech with Skyscanner

By Linda Fox | February 28, 2017

Finnair is piloting technology with Skyscanner enabling consumers to complete their booking without leaving the metasearch platform. The technology has been developed by Amadeus and is based on IATA' Read More

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Ctrip expects bumper long-term growth from its international business

By Martin Cowen | February 23, 2017

Ctrip's CEO Jane Sun has outlined the scale of its ambitions outside China following its purchase of Skyscanner and investment in MakeMyTrip. Talking to analysts on its 2016 Q4/FY earnings call, sh Read More

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Priceline Group buys Momondo for $550 million

By Kevin May | February 8, 2017

The Momondo Group has sold to the Priceline Group, owner of rival travel search service Kayak, in a $550 million deal. The deal will see the two brands within the group, Momondo and Cheapflights, " Read More

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Chinese outbound travellers staying close to home

By Martin Cowen | January 25, 2017

Independent outbound travellers from China are likely to be young, well-educated and female, according to a report from Skyscanner's Chinese business Tianxun and payments specialist UnionPay Smart. Read More

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Skyscanner touts Scoot deal as signal of metasearch evolution

By Kevin May | January 24, 2017

Singapore Airlines-backed Scoot will be the first low-cost carrier to have direct-booking functionality on travel search engine Skyscanner. The agreement is being seen as a significant moment in th Read More

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Pivotal moment in 2016 - when Ctrip bought Skyscanner for $1.8 billion

By Kevin May | December 23, 2016

There are a number of elements to the Ctrip buys Skyscanner story that makes it worthy of being one of the most important of the year. Perhaps the first is that most of those who have watched the g Read More

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Skyscanner CEO: Anatomy of the $1.75 billion Ctrip deal

By Viewpoints | December 8, 2016

Ctrip bought Skyscanner for $1.75 billion in November, in what will undoubtedly be one of the biggest acquisitions to be announced in travel tech during 2016. Such deals do not come together withou Read More

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LSE-Tnooz event discusses when a direct booking (maybe) isn't a direct booking

By Linda Fox | December 5, 2016

Where does the intermediary's relationship with the customer end and the airline's begin and what exactly is a direct booking? When you gather travel distribution execs together, inevitable discuss Read More

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Skyscanner sells to Ctrip for $1.75 billion

By Kevin May | November 24, 2016

Chinese online travel giant Ctrip has made a huge move into the international marketplace with a $1.75 billion takeover of travel search site Skyscanner. The deal, which is a combination of mostly Read More

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Ryanair and Momondo fall out over links to fare screenscapers

By Kevin May | November 23, 2016

Ryanair has axed an agreement with Momondo to legitimately display its fares, claiming a breach of the contract between the pair. The European low-cost carrier says Momondo is displaying its fares Read More

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Trivago readies for public life, files for IPO in the US

By Kevin May | November 15, 2016

Trivago has ended months of speculation and announced its intention to list on the public financial markets for the first time. The Germany-based metasearch engine intends to place itself on NASDAQ Read More

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A reality check for airlines and the direct channel

By Linda Fox | November 7, 2016

Look beyond websites to the digital behaviour of 16 year olds for clues to where mobile travel booking is headed. The mobile travel industry has been gathering momentum for two or three years yet m Read More

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Rumours versus reality (with a bit of mischief thrown in) for travel search

By Kevin May | October 21, 2016

Even before the latest in a Long Line Of Unsubstantiated Rumours about Skyscanner materialised, many were pondering the fate of the travel search sector this week. The trigger, somewhat inevitably, Read More

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Skyscanner claims social media first for airport flight search

By Kevin May | October 13, 2016

World "first" alert! Heathrow in London has what is claimed to be the first Facebook-based flight search tool for tickets from the airport. Travel search provider Skyscanner is behind the initiativ Read More

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