KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. As one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. KAYAK offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast. In addition, KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including: SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined that together process 6 billion queries across our platforms each year. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 60 countries and territories. KAYAK was launched in the US in 2004 by a team of industry leaders including Steve Hafner (CEO) a co-founder of Orbitz, Paul English (CTO) a former VP of technology at Intuit, Terrell Jones (Chairman), founder of Travelocity, and Greg Slyngstad (Director), a co-founder of Expedia.
Life House is a hotel software and management platform focused on enhancing profitability and reliability for independent hoteliers. By developing proprietary products, the company aims to streamline hotel ownership, making it more profitable and predictable for owners while improving the overall guest experience. Life House stands out as one of the few vertically integrated hotel companies supported by institutional venture and private equity investors, allowing for significant investment in technology and services. This approach enables travelers to enjoy boutique hotel experiences at affordable prices, thereby contributing to the growth and success of independent hotels.
Hotels Combined
Acquisition in 2018
HotelsCombined is a hotel search engine based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 2005 by a team of technology and digital business experts. It enables travelers to search for accommodations in over 120,000 destinations worldwide, offering information in multiple languages and handling various currencies. The platform aggregates more than 2 million hotel deals from hundreds of travel websites, allowing users to compare prices and availability from over 200 sources, including major travel sites. The service is free to use, with all displayed prices inclusive of taxes. Users can easily click through to partner websites to complete their bookings. HotelsCombined has been recognized for its rapid growth and innovation in the travel sector, including winning the TRAVELtech 'Website of the Year' award in 2010. Additionally, the company offers an affiliate program that provides tools and resources for other websites to integrate its hotel comparison solution.
Mundi
Acquisition in 2017
Mundi is a Brazilian metasearch engine established in 2008 that specializes in comparing prices for tourist services, including flights and hotel accommodations. The platform facilitates user access to a vast array of options by aggregating information from numerous online travel agencies and direct suppliers, thus allowing users to efficiently find competitive prices. Mundi attracts over 4 million visitors each month and provides price searches for approximately 200,000 hotels globally, as well as a wide selection of flight options from various airlines. As of August 2017, Mundi operates as a subsidiary of Kayak Software Corporation.
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