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| Kayak.com Launches New Consumer
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| Kayak.com
integrates user-created reviews and ratings and other relevant travel information
with real-time prices and availability. The site accesses over 100 online
travel sites, providing prices and itineraries for more than 550 airlines
and 85,000 hotels |
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Kayak.com's
comparison shopping website is a new site that helps users make informed
decisions in their travel planning. Started by the co-founders of Orbitz,
Expedia and Travelocity, the site launched after four months of extensive
consumer beta testing.
Kayak.com is the first travel search engine
to integrate user-created reviews and ratings and other relevant travel
information with real-time prices and availability. The site accesses over
100 online travel sites with just one click, providing prices and itineraries
for more than 550 airlines and 85,000 hotels.
"Online travel has quickly become a $55 billion
industry, but the fact remains that most consumers are frustrated by having
to look at dozens of sites to find the best deals or itineraries," said
Steve
Hafner, CEO and co-founder, Kayak.com. "Kayak.com addresses these frustrations
by providing comprehensive and objective prices and information in one
clean, easy-to-use display. We hope to help online travel become a $100
billion industry within the next few years."
Since the beta launch on October 7, 2004,
Kayak.com, formerly Kayak Software Corporation, has added a wealth of new
content, features, and distribution partners, making it "the best travel
site to come along in a long, long time," according to one Kayak.com user.
The company is also debuting new personalization
features. Consumers who elect to register with Kayak.com can select or
create profiles that automatically filter travel options by personal preferences,
including number of stops and travelers, preferred airlines, airports and
home airport. Users can select any profile as their default profile and
Kayak.com will automatically search with these parameters in place. In
addition, Kayak.com keeps track of "My Reviews" so that users can easily
find their favorite hotels and personalized comments.
"Our website will continue to expand functionality
in the weeks to come, such as multi-city and one-way itineraries, passenger
and cabin-type fares, and new personalization features," said Paul English,
Kayak.com's CTO and co-founder. "We are committed to providing consumers
with the peace of mind that they are seeing all the options and getting
the best deal - all in one easy-to-use display.
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