Skyscanner Wants to Be a Global Player, Claims Its Growth Is on Steroids
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For years Skyscanner launched a plethora of country domains as if it were a major global player, which it wasn't. Now it is finally starting to put a little meat on its bones outside of Europe, and its competitors are only now starting to pay attention.
Skyscanner, the flight-metasearch service that is branching out into hotels, says its revenue increased 96% to $108.6 million in 2013, its fastest pace in three years.
The Scotland-based company, founded in 2001 and a bigger player in Europe than the U.S., has expanded into Asia-Pacific over the last couple of years and rece
