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One Steve Hafner is just about enough, two is terrifying

By Kevin May | November 18, 2010

Obviously not for Tnooz to say Kayak CEO Steve Hafner has an ego or anything like that, but clearly some folk elsewhere around the industry think otherwise. Read More

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Kayak will add booking path to website, Swoodoo will be like Sidestep

By Kevin May | November 17, 2010

So perhaps delegates here were expecting CEO Steve Hafner to give away some insight around Kayak's decision to IPO this morning. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Google fires major broadside at FairSearch

By Viewpoints | November 17, 2010

Google has launched a significant attack on the FairSearch campaign group as it tries to defend its acquisition of ITA Software from what it calls "complainers". Read More

Kayak to pay ITA Software at least $21M over three years

By Dennis Schaal | November 17, 2010

There are some juicy details in its S-1 filing about Kayak's financial obligations to and dependence on ITA Software. Read More

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Kayak files for IPO

By Dennis Schaal | November 17, 2010

Travel search site Kayak threw a huge curveball into the increasingly turbulent metasearch landscape this morning by filing for an IPO in the US. Read More

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FairSearch circles the wagons as travel execs gather in the desert

By Kevin May | November 15, 2010

This week many of the key figures around the Google acquisition of ITA Software ride into Phoenix, Arizona - some all guns blazing, others slightly muted. Read More

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Orbitz feuds with marketing partners, will add HotelClub to platform

By Dennis Schaal | November 4, 2010

Orbitz Worldwide says deteriorating performance from two marketing partners -- a metasearch company and a travel research firm -- negatively impacted domestic air bookings and the bottom line in the... Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Who is missing from the FairSearch plot?

By Kevin May | October 27, 2010

Those behind the FairSearch anti-Google movement will clearly have been delighted with the acres of coverage the launch received yesterday. Read More

Google-ITA Software deal: Kayak, Expedia say Google has incentive to degrade ITA product

By Dennis Schaal | October 26, 2010

Kayak and Expedia say Google would dominate flight search if the U.S. Department of Justice approves the acquisition of ITA Software, and Google would have the incentive to degrade ITA's airline pricing... Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Anti-deal consortium goes public

By Kevin May | October 25, 2010

Expedia, Kayak, Sabre Holdings and Farelogix have unveiled the public face to their opposition of the Google-ITA Software deal with the launch of FairSearch.org. Read More

Kayak ad points to flight search perils for Dave

By Dennis Schaal | October 25, 2010

You thought flight search was all about price and finding the best deal? Read More

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SNCF sees bright future in metasearch with Liligo acquisition

By Viewpoints | September 23, 2010

French rail operator SNCF announced the acquisition of travel metasearch site Liligo this week, a deal supposedly worth around Euro 20 million for an undisclosed “majority” stake. Read More

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Travelfusion adds fare monitoring tool

By Kevin May | August 19, 2010

Metasearch is supposedly becoming much more than simply providing a list of fares from the cheapest to the most expensive. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Kayak testing other vendors

By Dennis Schaal | August 6, 2010

Kayak is aggressively testing alternatives to ITA Software's QPX solution for air shopping and pricing, according to industry sources. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Expedia boss issues stern warning

By Kevin May | July 30, 2010

Pressure is coming at Google from some of its biggest advertisers demanding that it plays fair when finally unveiling how it will use the $700 million acquisition of ITA Software. Read More

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