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Multi-modal needs big guns of travel to hit next level

By Kevin May | May 5, 2017

The emergence of multi-modal travel search engines has so far not really attracted the large players in online travel... for now. Brands such as Rome2Rio, GoEuro and RouteRank have certainly not be Read More

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A deep data-driven dive into global airline prices

By Viewpoints | August 11, 2016

Rome2rio serves millions of queries a month for travel involving flights across the world. As a result, we get a detailed picture of the range of airfares for flights presented by airlines to a very g Read More

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Looking beyond just planes, more Americans try multi-modal travel search

By Sean O'Neil | June 7, 2016

For decades, online travel companies have focused on the steak and fries of travel purchases: flights and hotels. But getting door-to-door on a trip can often involve more creative transportation opti Read More

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Rome2Rio takes instant bookings for trains, flights being tested

By Kevin May | May 9, 2016

The instant booking trend on travel sites is now hitting the multi-modal players, with Rome2Rio taking bookings for rail trips in the UK. The Australia-based company has enlisted the help of Silver Read More

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In a test, revenue from Google ads dropped 7% after switch to HTTPS

By Viewpoints | April 20, 2016

For some time now, Google has been publicly encouraging website owners to transition to HTTPS, a more secure version of the ubiquitous HTTP protocol that powers the internet. NB: This is a guest v Read More

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Artificial intelligence-based travel concierge - not hard to break it

By Kevin May | March 23, 2016

Trip planning startup Tripoto recently announced rather grandly that it has created the "world's first AI-based travel concierge". Online virtual assistants in the travel industry are not new by an Read More

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TripIt integrates Rome2Rio for door-to-door corporate travel search

By Kevin May | February 11, 2016

Trip management service TripIt reckons it can make the process easier for finding alternative and cheaper ground transportation for business travellers - by partnering with door-to-door specialist Rom Read More

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Part Two of Two: How a trip planning startup can succeed

By Viewpoints | February 9, 2016

"Customer acquisition costs" is the phrase trip planning naysayers like to use when explaining why they think the sector is a startup graveyard. NB: This is the second instalment of a two-part view Read More

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Part One of Two: How a trip planning startup can succeed

By Viewpoints | February 8, 2016

A lot has been said and written in the past few weeks about “trip (or travel) planning” as a startup idea, mostly negative. I am writing this piece to offer a different take. NB: This is the first Read More

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Our shrinking world, illustrated with travel data

By Kevin May | January 7, 2016

Ever heard of an "isochronic map"? Nope, neither had we until this bit of number-crunching from Rome2Rio came our way. The multi-modal travel search engine has worked out how long it takes a travel Read More

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The salt and pepper of travel startups, from some seasoned pros

By Kevin May | October 19, 2015

Bright eyed and bushy tailed, and the wonderful sense of optimism that carries travel startups into their early stages. And then the chance for the old timers (experience-wise, of course) to either Read More

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Rail booking on the web has an Achilles Heel - the travel industry

By Kevin May | August 5, 2015

A new study into the rail booking sector in Europe argues that the industry will find the challenge of integration "immense". The report from Phocuswright and SilverRail Technologies says tradition Read More

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Rome2Rio axes white label to prioritise own consumer brand

By Kevin May | July 15, 2015

Rome2Rio is to end its white label programme for third parties, claiming the success of its consumer-facing product has "robbed" the brand of development resources. The multi-modal search engine sa 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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Trying to get a handle on 5 years of consumer travel startups

By Viewpoints | December 4, 2014

Numerous consumer-focused travel startups have launched in the past five years. They tackle many facets of travel, ranging from hotel and flight search to ground transport, social travel, trip plan Read More

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