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Articles tagged “metasearch”

Online Travel

The real-world challenges for travel startups, as mirrored in Hipmunk’s story

Funded, lean and focused, Hipmunk can take its sweet, little time honing its product to get ready for a larger profile. Whether it ever emerges from beautiful product to major player is a very open question. There is plenty of money to be made even as a relatively small company, but Hipmunk's ambitions are huge.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

The real-world challenges for travel startups, as mirrored in Hipmunk’s story

Hotels

Priceline completes acquisition of Kayak

With Priceline buying Kayak, Expedia investing in Trivago, and TripAdvisor launching hotel metasearch, all the big players have a piece of the pie, and this will have many delightful twists and turns.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

The next generation of Kayak wannabes: 10 travel metasearch challengers

Kayak's tagline has been "search one and done." All too often travel metasearch sites have launched and soon been "done." The biggest challenge for the new crop -- even the best ones -- is how to get their brands out there so travelers will use them.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

The next generation of Kayak wannabes: 10 travel metasearch challengers

Hotels

TripAdvisor rolls out its own hotel metasearch to compete with Kayak

On a logical basis, TripAdvisor might be sitting in an advantageous position as Priceline-Kayak and Expedia-Trivago battle it out. But, there's always the chance that Priceline and Expedia may not follow the script.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

TripAdvisor rolls out its own hotel metasearch to compete with Kayak

Hotels

TripAdvisor shakes up business with aggressive hotel metasearch integration

The other shoe just dropped. TripAdvisor has the global scale to be a leading hotel metasearch player if it doesn't scare off its largest customers.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

TripAdvisor shakes up business with aggressive hotel metasearch integration

Hotels

Analysis: Expedia, with Trivago, won’t get caught flat-footed this time around

Priceline and Booking.com should feel some heat from Expedia and Trivago in Europe, where Kayak faces the sentiment that it is an American interloper.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Analysis: Expedia, with Trivago, won’t get caught flat-footed this time around

Hotels

Despite the crowded market, hotel search site Trivago readies U.S. push

If you haven't heard of Trivago yet, you will. The company is big in Europe, and would have to make some real noise at this relatively late stage to stand out in a crowded U.S. market.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Skift Originals

Amadeus wants to be a player in the U.S. and thinks supplanting ITA at Kayak would do just that

Now that Google owns ITA, Amadeus fills a need for Kayak, Hipmunk and Expedia, but we're skeptical that the quality of Amadeus Meta Pricer is up to the task.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Hipmunk beats patent troll to court

Patent lawsuits are getting out of hand and a big problem for online travel companies. Hipmunk took the agony out of waiting to be sued.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Is Hipmunk the best travel booking website on the planet?

Hipmunk is innovative, for sure, but is it more than a few features and does it have enough staying power to get its brand known beyond Silicon Valley?

Skift | 12 years ago