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Kayak will not outspend rivals in Europe, sub-scale metas will be in trouble

By Kevin May | March 10, 2015

The industry and media can always count on Kayak co-founder and CEO, Steve Hafner, for a few choice quotes during his appearances at events. But beyond the poking fun at supposed rivals such as Hip Read More

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OTAs vs metasearch - a collision course or room for both?

By Pamela Whitby | March 5, 2015

Freedom of choice can be a wonderful thing. But when faced with countless travel websites consumers, more often than not in search of the best deal, can be left feeling confused. NB: This is an ana Read More

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Google Flights comes out of beta, but still isn't profitable

By Sean O'Neil | March 2, 2015

Google Flights, the travel metasearch tool, has officially come out of beta. The Flights product now appears as an option within the Google products dropdown menu. While no longer in beta, Google F Read More

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In Brazil, metasearch heats up, as Mundi, Voopter, Skyscanner, and Kayak expand

By Sean O'Neil | February 25, 2015

In the US and Britain, metasearch sites like Kayak and Skyscanner are well known brands, used by millions to scour multiple, independent online travel agencies and supplier sites for airfares, hotels, Read More

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Skyscanner aims high in Asia-Pacific as strategic buy and partnerships kick in

By Martin Cowen | February 17, 2015

Skyscanner CFO Shane Corstorphine has revealed "there is no reason why APAC cannot be 50% of our business in the not-too-distant future". Corstorphine was talking to Tnooz about Skyscanner's 2014 r Read More

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Startup pitch: Kenavo blends multimodal with metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | February 9, 2015

Kenavo is a new metasearch website from France that is taking on the Skyscanners and Kayaks of the world by answering the question of "how do I get from A to B" a little differently. Unlike major m Read More

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HoloLens: Possible travel uses for Microsoft's rival to Oculus Rift

By Sean O'Neil | January 21, 2015

Today Microsoft previewed its augmented reality goggles, HoloLens. A prototype will be released later this year for testing, and it has plenty of potential uses for travel companies. HoloLens claim Read More

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White labels are the place - Booking.com and Dohop are soaring

By Kevin May | November 25, 2014

Booking.com is a rare entity in that it has secured an extension with Ryanair to continue providing accommodation to the carrier's website. The white label deal was first signed in 2009 after a per Read More

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Skyscanner sees a bright future in B2B (where others once blazed a trail)

By Kevin May | November 13, 2014

Skyscanner is not exactly betting the house on its fledgeling business-to-business division, but there is considerable effort going in to expand its operations. Chief operating officer Mark Logan s Read More

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Kayak surrenders to Qunar in China

By Kevin May | November 12, 2014

Quite an admission from Kayak CEO Steve Hafner: Qunar is not going to be beaten in China. At least, Hafner concedes that Kayak is not going to be the metasearch brand which manages to unseat the Ch Read More

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Reaching beyond traditional airline distribution

By Viewpoints | November 3, 2014

Today there are exciting opportunities for airlines to grow revenue beyond the traditional airline distribution channels. NB: This is an opinion by Eric Dumas, CEO at Vayant Travel Technologies. Read More

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Five questions to help marketers solve the metasearch dilemma

By Viewpoints | October 27, 2014

Metasearch continues to be one of the hottest topics for the hospitality industry. We have already written two articles about metasearch this year and hosted a webinar with Tnooz to give greater insi Read More

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Travel startups: avoid the hawks and target the untapped opportunities instead

By Kevin May | October 26, 2014

The problem with going for the so-called untapped opportunities is that they don't remain undiscovered gems of business for very long. But that's the point of any startup ecosystem - seize the mome Read More

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Skyscanner buys its way further into mobile with Distinction acquisition

By Kevin May | October 22, 2014

Skyscanner has once again acquired a company to boost a strand of its strategy - this time Hungarian mobile software agency, Distinction. The acquisition, terms of which were not disclosed, will fo Read More

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Web bots, scrapers and the new threat they pose to travel brands

By Viewpoints | October 20, 2014

When it comes to web bots and scrapers, travel sites are some of the most vulnerable websites on the net. How can you protect your travel site? NB: This is an analysis by Courtney Cleaves, director Read More

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