Travelmatch
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travelmatch.co.uk is an online travel price comparison service
. The company which is currently privately owned and is based Notting Hill Gate
, London
.
professionals, Alex Francis and Jonny Marsh, after Francis had became frustrated by the difficulties of finding holidays that matched his requirements. .
Travelmatch version 1 was developed and released in late 2010.
The site claims to allow users to search for trips using a wider range of criteria than rival sites, so for example they can look for holidays by facilities, temperature and activities rather than simply by destination, departure date, budget and duration.
The company which is privately owned, has backing from high profile industry veterans including lastminute.com
founder Brent Hoberman
, David Scowsill former CEO of Opodo
and Jon Moulton
founder of Better Capital and the former managing partner of the private equity firm
Alchemy Partners
.
travelmatch.co.uk was voted website of the week by the Daily Mail
in January 2010.
Price comparison service
On the internet, a price comparison service allows individuals to see different lists of prices for specific products. Most price comparison services do not sell products themselves, but source prices from retailers from whom users can buy...
. The company which is currently privately owned and is based Notting Hill Gate
Notting Hill Gate
Notting Hill Gate is one of the main thoroughfares of Notting Hill, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically the street was a location for toll gates, from which it derives its modern name.- Location :...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
History
The company was formed in 2007 by two ITInformation technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
professionals, Alex Francis and Jonny Marsh, after Francis had became frustrated by the difficulties of finding holidays that matched his requirements. .
Travelmatch version 1 was developed and released in late 2010.
The site claims to allow users to search for trips using a wider range of criteria than rival sites, so for example they can look for holidays by facilities, temperature and activities rather than simply by destination, departure date, budget and duration.
The company which is privately owned, has backing from high profile industry veterans including lastminute.com
Lastminute.com
lastminute.com is an online travel and leisure retailer. The company was founded by Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman in 1998 and became an icon of the UK internet boom of the late 1990s, floating at the peak of the dot com bubble and trading on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol...
founder Brent Hoberman
Brent Hoberman
Brent Hoberman, together with Martha Lane Fox, founded Lastminute.com in 1998, an online travel and gift business that floated at the peak of the dot-com bubble and managed to survive the subsequent burst of the bubble....
, David Scowsill former CEO of Opodo
Opodo
Opodo is an Internet travel agency website. It is a pan-European enterprise, founded by a consortium of European airlines, including British Airways, Air France, Alitalia, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, Aer Lingus, Austrian Airlines and Finnair. The travel technology provider Amadeus now owns 99.4% of...
and Jon Moulton
Jon Moulton
Jon Moulton is a British venture capitalist. He is the founder and managing partner of the private equity firm Better Capital, and is the former managing partner of the private equity firm Alchemy Partners...
founder of Better Capital and the former managing partner of the private equity firm
Private equity firm
A private equity firm is an investment manager that makes investments in the private equity of operating companies through a variety of loosely affiliated investment strategies including leveraged buyout, venture capital, and growth capital...
Alchemy Partners
Alchemy Partners
Alchemy Partners is a British private equity firm, which specialises in leveraged management buyouts, management buy-ins and the provision of later stage development capital.Alchemy was founded in 1997 by Martin Bolland and Jon Moulton...
.
travelmatch.co.uk was voted website of the week by the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
in January 2010.
Criticisms
Critics have noted that websites such as travelmatch.co.uk rarely include all products on the market and therefore any price comparisons are inaccurate.External links
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