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Cheapflights puts flight and hotel search into Facebook Messenger

By Kevin May | June 14, 2016

More moves in the world of chat services, with news that Cheapflights will allow users to search for both flights and hotels within Facebook Messenger. The Momondo Group-owned metasearch engine cou Read More

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Caution urged over instant booking trend on metasearch sites

By Kevin May | May 18, 2016

It would be fair to say that the conversation around instant booking on travel search sites has been broadly supportive of the concept so far. Ever since March 2011, when Kayak piloted a direct boo Read More

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Momondo Group puts faith in cuddly approach to metasearch

By Kevin May | January 6, 2016

Momondo Group is celebrating what it claims is a milestone for its Cheapflights brand - half a million visits in a single day. The company says it achieved the accolade across desktop, mobile and a Read More

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Momondo Group gets £10 million credit line

By Kevin May | September 7, 2015

Momondo Group has secured another working capital line of credit, this time to the tune of £10 million from Silicon Valley Bank. The funds will be used to "provide additional liquidity" as the grou Read More

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Goodbye, deals - Cheapflights switches to metasearch after 19 years

By Kevin May | June 24, 2015

Cheapflights was one of the pioneers of online travel - arriving on the scene courtesy of an idea from an ex-journalist, no less, in 1996. John Hatt's strategy was simple and effective. Rather than Read More

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Momondo Group raises £80 million from Great Hill Partners

By Kevin May | October 17, 2014

Big fund-raising deal alert: Momondo Group has taken a cash injection of £80 million (approximately $130 million) from Boston-based Great Hill Partners. The company claims the investment, in a deal Read More

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Momondo secures £5 million credit facility from Barclays

By Kevin May | June 5, 2014

Travel search group Momondo has captured a £5 million from Barclays Bank to arm its acquisition and expansion warchest. The company behind metasearch site Momondo and deals publisher Cheapflights s Read More

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Momondo reunited with its mojo, releases first results in years

By Kevin May | April 15, 2014

Momondo Group says it is ready to come out fighting after a few years lurking in the shadows, watching as the metasearch world went kind of crazy. The UK-based company, which runs the global Momond Read More

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From Periplus to social media - a potted history of the travel guidebook [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | September 3, 2013

In all the furore over the sale of Lonely Planet earlier this year and Google buying Frommers in August 2012 it was easy to forget just how long the travel guidebook has been around. Read More

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WebJet fall leaves door open for Wotif - Top Australia travel websites, July 2013

By PhocusWire | August 12, 2013

Fun and games at the top of the list of leading travel websites in Australia as Wotif breathes deeply down the neck of market leader WebJet. Read More

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Let's fight for an open world, with no boundaries or prejudice, with travel as our weapon [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | January 9, 2013

It could of course be a line from a whimsical travel writer - but it's not. It's the description behind a new advertising campaign for European travel search service, Momondo. Read More