Whos number 1 travel meta-search engine?
Source : 4Hoteliers.com ~ Global Hotel & Travel Resource How well do travel search engines really deliver, we ask ourselves? – It’s a given trend that consumers have changed the way they research and book travel. To meet growing online needs, travel search engines have developed and expanded as a resource, both in design and capacity. Travel meta-search engines are no longer limited to databases but can and do search several online travel websites simultaneously. In a comparative survey carried out by 4hoteliers.com this week, we looked at the following 5 leading travel search engines: Hotelscombined, Kayak, TripAdvisor, Nextag and Sidestep. Whilst each site varies in style, presentation and ease of use, the aim of each is the same: to search the maximum number of hotel sites to provide the maximum number of available hotels for their customer to choose from, for any given date. The survey conducted looked at the world’s 10 most visited cities: Paris, London, Barcelona, New York, Beiji
