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The real-world challenges for travel startups, as mirrored in Hipmunk’s story
DigitalHipmunk co-founder and CEO Adam Goldstein, 25, believes his flight and hotel metasearch company can one day be larger than Kayak, and with $20.2 million in funding and revenue that has trickled in from the moment Hipmunk debuted, he thinks he has the time to prove it. “We think we can be bigger,” Goldstein says, [...]
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Hipmunk dives deeper into hotel business with direct bookings
DigitalThe Hipmunk booking experience just got a little better. Users can now optionally book hotels directly on Hipmunk’s mobile and web platforms, and they’ll experience a smoother booking experience. Customers will be able to purchase hotels with fewer clicks once they opt for the “Book on Hipmunk” button. Previously, users were passed off to an [...]
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Hipmunk CEO talks up Airbnb, Amtrak and generational shift
TransportAdam Goldstein, the 25-year-old co-founder and CEO of travel metasearch company Hipmunk, believes there is a “generational shift” under way in travel. Founded in 2010, Hipmunk is the only U.S. company to show Amtrak results mixed in with flights options, Goldstein says. And, Goldstein notes that Hipmunk also mixes in vacation rentals, Airbnb apartments and [...]
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Infographic: Where and how Americans are traveling to taste the turkey this year
TransportToday kicks off the busiest travel period of the year in the United States as millions of Americans get ready to travel by car, plane, train, or bus. Thanksgiving day will be the most crowded day on the road, although Sunday is the busiest travel day for all other modes of transportation, according last year’s [...]
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The travel booking sites that see a future in neighborhood content
DigitalEveryone has a favorite neighborhood tucked away in the corner a major metropolitan area. It might be the art district or alleys of quiet cafes, but usually what makes them special is a sense of exclusivity. Now a few of online travel sites are about to blow their cover. In the past week, Hipmunk and [...]
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Industry legend and former American CEO Bob Crandall joins Hipmunk’s board
DigitalTurns out the new kids could use some help from an experienced industry exec. Bob Crandall, the former chairman and chief executive of AMR and American Airlines, is joining the board of directors of Hipmunk as an independent, the online travel company announced today. Crandall served as an exec of the now-bankrupt airline for 25 [...]
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More redditors reunite: Hipmunk hires away former Reddit buyer Karimkhany
DigitalIt is a reunion of sorts as Kourosh Karimkhany, till recently head of integration at SAY Media and former head of M&A at Conde Nast, has joined the much-hyped travel-search startup Hipmunk at an as-yet undefined executive operations and product role, Skift has learned. Hipmunk co-founder and CEO Adam Goldstein confirmed the new-hire to us, adding [...]
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Amadeus wants to be a player in the U.S. and thinks supplanting ITA at Kayak would do just that
OriginalMadrid-based travel-tech company Amadeus has a tangled history with ITA Software, and now Amadeus is looking to ride to Kayak’s rescue and supplant ITA as Kayak’s chief provider of airfare data. Since June, when Amadeus and Kayak revealed that they would expand beyond their Europe partnership and begin to use Amadeus Meta Pricer for some [...]
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How Hipmunk plans to take the agony out of business travel
DigitalCan consumer-oriented Hipmunk, the airline and hotel search engine, develop features for road warriors and their travel planners back at the office? This could be a painful process for Hipmunk, the self-described travel-planning agony-reduction specialist, but the San Francisco-based company is going to give it a try. Hipmunk is trying to edge its way into [...]
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Hipmunk beats patent troll to court
DigitalTravel website Hipmunk is battling a patent troll over a patent that covers the display of content in multiple windows. According to Hipmunk, i2z Technology demanded that Hipmunk negotiate a patent license with the firm by July 2 or face legal action. Hipmunk instead filed suit (below) in San Francisco, asking the court to pre-emptively [...]
