Over the past eight months or so the hotel search landscape has shifted and a gathering of the meta engines is now well under-way.
TripAdvisor, hotel search and the looming presence of Google on the horizon
June 13, 2013 By 6 Comments
Skypicker has an innovative user experience for flight metasearch
June 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
On March 29, this Czech-headquartered flight-booking site re-launched its metasearch booking engine for flights.
TripAdvisor puts hotel metasearch live across the globe, apologises for previous pop-up hell
June 5, 2013 By 1 Comment
After an extensive period of testing and eight months on from initially disclosing the idea to investors, TripAdvisor has pushed its metasearch service live across all platforms.
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Busbud nets $1 million in funding for bus ticketing metasearch
May 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Global bus ticketing metasearch company Busbud says today that it has closed a $1 million (Canadian) round of financing.
Three Kayak-like startups for bus ticketing metasearch
May 21, 2013 By 10 Comments
A handful of startups are racing to become the Kayak of bus ticketing metasearch: Buscatchers, Bustripping, Pombai, and Wanderu.
The story of two startups by Terry Jones – Travelocity and Kayak
May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Terry Jones was founder of Travelocity and is currently chairman of Kayak. Both companies have made their mark but have developed as businesses in vastly different ways.
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Hipmunk asks Expedia to provide hotels through affiliate deal
May 9, 2013 By 1 Comment
Flight and hotel search service Hipmunk is now offering direct bookings for hotels via both its website and mobile offerings.
China travel search portal Qunar speaks about the past, present and future
May 7, 2013 By 1 Comment
China’s Baidu-backed travel company Qunar has become one of the country’s leading online travel search providers, boasting about 75 million monthly visits.
Kayak finally launches in Canada
May 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Kayak has spent plenty of time and effort over the years launching local sites around the world but, perhaps surprisingly, it has never had one next door in Canada.
Travel writers rejoice! Simonseeks returns after two-year hiatus
April 19, 2013 By 8 Comments
Anyone remember the good old days, when the founder of a previous online travel business would try his or her hand at something new?
