Travel content business Simonseeks will mark almost two years in business by closing down, blaming a lacklustre response from consumers to paying for editorial content.
Old habits die hard as Simonseeks opts for TV advertising
December 7, 2010 By 7 Comments
Interesting move for travel guide site Simonseeks as it looks to raise its profile with a hefty TV advertising campaign, launching in the UK over the Christmas break.
Simonseeks brotherhood splits as Chris Nixon quits
August 12, 2010 By 5 Comments
Travel content site Simonseeks is looking for a new commercial director after Chris Nixon, former boss of TravelSupermarket, quit unexpectedly this week.
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SimonSeeks plots next stage, marketing campaign expected
March 4, 2010 By 2 Comments
Travel content business SimonSeeks, brainchild of TravelSupermarket founder Simon Nixon, will unveil a second phase for the site in April 2010.
Travelzoo more like a media company every day as it expands ad network
November 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Deals publisher Travelzoo has lined up five partners to become the first in the UK to join its new Travelzoo Network.
Simonseeks, AOL Travel, Lonely Planet, VisitBritain and Skyscanner are five of the high profile brands to take the new widget for their site, featuring Travelzoo-sourced travel deals relevant to the existing content.
The launch of Travelzoo Network in the UK (and expected around Europe over the coming months) follows a similar project introduced into the US and joins its existing newsletter service and on-site publishing of deal
SimonSeeks and the meta-metasearching for flights – can it make money?
October 16, 2009 By 8 Comments
UK-based Simonseeks made a reasonably big splash in June this year when it launched, mostly because it looks better than your average review site, got a decent run with the PR, and is the brainchild of the co-founder of Moneysupermarket.
Four months on and its latest initiative is to aggregate and review flight meta search providers, each of which provides a revenue stream to Simonseeks, as well as having an exclusive white label widget from another provider (currently Kayak).
Confused? Probably.
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