In October of 2004, Travelocity’s CEO, Michelle Peluso, told the the New York Times in regard to travel search engines “We’ll evaluate it over time, but I’m not convinced that any of them are good for consumers, suppliers or us. I see these as commoditizing travel at a time when we’re working hard with […]
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I’m not going to reproduce all my old posts from ComparisonEngines, but I figured it would be smart to at least link to them so you could catch up on the industry:
Interview with Brian Barth, Former CEO and current Board member, SideStep - May 14, 2005 (My first interview!)
Kayak and About.com announce partnership - […]
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Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in the Expedia Q4 2005 conference call: “I don’t see how they [the travel search engines] can gain any kind of real brand awareness or broad brand awareness.”
Well one way is to hire the guy who made Vonage a household name. Kayak today appointed Dean Harris CMO.
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Robert Peck from Bear Stearns asked the following question in the Expedia conference call (trascribed by the Internet Stock Blog - excuse the typos, but I don’t currently have access to anything else. Read full transcript):
“I was wondering if you could comment a little bit about the meta-search engines and what Kayak and Sidestep have […]
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At the same time that Shopping.com’s travel category is crash landing, it’s wheels up for PriceGrabber Travel. Since launching, PriceGrabber Travel has added a number of deals with major airlines and travel distributors including Cathay Pacific, GTAHotels.com, Octopus Travel, and ATA. The company has been promoting the service through its email newsletters and […]
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