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Non-transactional travel sites are chasing the online agents on unique product hunting - but can it work?

By Tim Hughes | February 1, 2010

Categorisation of online travel sites used to be easy. Either a site was transactional or non-transactional. Read More

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Fans of Lost: real-time video and Flight 815 in search results

By Kevin May | January 29, 2010

US TV executives will be delighted that the new and final season of trippy drama Lost is getting so much attention ahead of its premiere next week. Read More

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Kayak goes public with Private Sale hotels, rewriting metasearch playbook

By Dennis Schaal | January 28, 2010

Kayak quietly introduced its Private Sale exclusive hotel deals, where Kayak, in an apparent travel-metasearch first, collects the booking and credit-card details from the consumer. Read More

Kayak snogs its way through latest pile of marketing dollars

By Kevin May | January 21, 2010

With Priceline releasing its new commercial featuring the omnipresent William Shatner as The Negotiator, metasearch engine Kayak is also in quickly with its latest effort. The ad, known simply as... Read More

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Kayak's booking role signals more travel industry convergence

By Dennis Schaal | January 20, 2010

In changing its traditional metasearch role, Kayak's plan to facilitate bookings by collecting customer information highlights the transformation of various travel industry segments into a... Read More

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Ryanair in shock move as it agrees fares deal with Kayak

By Kevin May | January 20, 2010

A year is a long time in travel as well as politics - especially for Ryanair which has agreed today to publish its its fares on the Kayak metasearch engine. The surprise move comes not so long after the... Read More

Kayak's collection of customer information would 'assist' its media business

By Dennis Schaal | January 19, 2010

Kayak's burgeoning effort to turn the metasearch model on its head by facilitating some aspects of consumer bookings will go much further than its mobile app, and eventually could permeate its websites.... Read More

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Kayak Private Sale continues to draw public questions

By Dennis Schaal | January 14, 2010

Kayak Private Sale, the travel metasearch company's upcoming offering of exclusive hotel, flight and vacation package deals to registered users, is an interesting product name for a company considering... Read More

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Kayak exclusives to include flights, hotels, vacation packages

By Dennis Schaal | January 11, 2010

Kayak's upcoming Private Sale offering will be separate from its metasearch feature and will be available to Kayak account holders only, the company says. Kayak's web page seeking seeking registrants... Read More

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Kayak gets clubby with exclusive hotel deals

By Dennis Schaal | January 8, 2010

Kayak, a metasearch engine and deal publisher, says it will begin to be a provider of exclusive hotel deals. Kayak began soliciting people on Twitter to sign up for the exclusive deals, called Private... Read More

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SideStep is still close to our hearts says Kayak

By Kevin May | January 6, 2010

Remember SideStep? With all the focus on Kayak with its TV ads, possible IPO and the intermediary saga, many would be forgiven for forgetting about the rival metasearch engine it bought. Well, for all... Read More

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Kayak: We are still a media company, booking tool is just a service

By Kevin May | December 11, 2009

A little bit more meat on the bones of Kayak's news yesterday that it will be launching a significant new proposition in 2010 with booking functionality for users of its iPhone application. Reaction... Read More

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Kayak sort of turns into an online travel agency to capture mobile market

By Kevin May | December 10, 2009

Kayak is blaming the rise of the iPhone and the popularity of its app but the metasearch engine has effectively turned its strategy on its head with an important announcement overnight. The company has... Read More

I Love TV Advertising troop expands, Skyscanner says Me Too

By Kevin May | November 10, 2009

Broadcast advertising might not be in the dire straits that the marketing press claim it is if this current trend continues after news that Skyscanner is the latest metasearch engine to launch a TV ad... Read More

Kayak liftoff: First traffic report from new TV ad campaign

By Dennis Schaal | November 5, 2009

Kayak launched its all-important TV ad campaign Sunday, Nov. 1, and Hitwise tells me that Kayak's traffic increased 3% in the first three days compared with the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of the... Read More

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