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Revision as of 13:45, 11 May 2017
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Type of site | Subsidiary |
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| Available in | English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Dutch, Czech, Finnish, Polish, Romanian, Ukrainian and Chinese |
| Owner | Momondo Group |
| URL | momondo |
Momondo (stylised momondo), is a travel fare aggregator and travel fare metasearch engine. Momondo also operates a travel information blog, Inspiration. The company is owned by Momondo Group.
History
Momondo was founded in Denmark in 2006 and is headquartered in Copenhagen. As of 2016, the company has more than 200 employees from more than 30 nationalities. When momondo was first launched in September 2006, it was a flight search engine only. The Inspiration travel blog was launched in 2007. In the same year, the company launched a series of city guides; Momondo places. Momondo has expanded further to include price comparison for hotels,[1] cars and package holidays.
In April 2011, Momondo and Skygate, its parent company at the time, were acquired by the British/American travel search company Cheapflights Media Ltd (now Momondo Group Ltd).[2][3]
In 2014, Momondo Group sold a majority stake to the American private equity fund Great Hill Partners.[4]
In May 2016, it was reported that Momondo Group had $30 million in first quarter revenue, with Momondo accounting for 60% of that revenue.[5] In November 2016, Ryanair extended its conflict with screenscraping websites such as Opodo, CheapOair to momondo.[6]
Awards
In 2010, Travel + Leisure named Momondo the best travel website for finding bargain fares .[7]
Frommer’s included Momondo in first place for the travel guidebook’s list "The 10 Best Airfare Search Sites."[8]
At the Travolution Awards, Momondo received the Best Meta Search Website award in both 2014 and 2015.[9][10]
Momondo has also been well received by global media: in a "Top Travel Websites For Planning Your Next Adventure" feature in Forbes, momondo was found to be "one of the best travel websites for sourcing travel deals with one of the most intuitive meta search engines,"[11] and The New York Times praised the site for its ability to "find combinations of flights that you won’t find anywhere else."[12]
References
- ^ May, Kevin (7 June 2011). "Momondo moves into hotel search - Tnooz". Tnooz.
- ^ Wauters, Robin (29 March 2011). "Cheapflights invests in travel meta-search site Momondo". TechCrunch.
- ^ Fox, Linda (12 November 2012). "Momondo name to carry Cheapflights into non-English speaking territories - Tnooz". Tnooz.
- ^ "Momondo Group Notches $30 Million in Q1 Revenue, Thinks It's Entered Top Tier". Skift. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Cheapflights Owner Momondo Group Gets $130 Million in Funding from Great Hill". Skift. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Ryanair and Momondo fall out over links to fare screenscapers". Tnooz. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Best Travel Websites". Travel + Leisure. 1 October 2010.
- ^ "The 10 Best (and Worst) Airfare Search Sites". www.frommers.com. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Travolution Awards 2015". www.travolutionawards.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Travolution Awards 2015". www.travolutionawards.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ Adams, R.L. (29 March 2016). "Top Travel Websites For Planning Your Next Adventure". Forbes. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ Rosenbloom, Stephanie (13 November 2014). "Tips for Last-Minute Holiday Travel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
