Kayak is launching in Spain

So there is now a Kayak Espana

It shouldn’t come as a surprise, really. They already have the UK, German, and French sites out of beta.

Some thoughts:

  1. This will be good news for the folks at Trabber. The entry of a big American player will likely attract more media attention to the product of a travel aggregator, and some of this attention should spill over to Trabber, as they are the ‘local version’.
  2. I’m very pleased, because Kayak is the only search engine I know that has a great service for multi-leg flights.
  3. Finally, I find it interesting that after the UK, France, and Germany, the next country site to be rolled out is Spain and not Italy or Netherlands or Sweden. It seems to me that Spain is really becoming a tier-1 market, one that simply can’t be ignored by any company with a “Europe strategy”. Growing from 40 to 45 million in population in a decade, in a continent with shrinking populations certainly helps.
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7 responses to “Kayak is launching in Spain

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  2. Hi Yannick

    I want to point out the the Dohop flight search engine (www.dohop.com) also has a Spanish version and has had for quite some time now. Dohop is very good for multi leg flights, and searches over 660 airlines and OTA´s for best routes and lowest prices. Probably the most extensive coverage on the market today…

    Give it a try, and you shouldn´t be dissapointed.

    All the best,
    Helga

  3. Hey, cool. Hadn’t heard of dohop before, will check it out.

    Looking at the website, I see your CEO’s first name is “Frosti”…that’s a great name for a startup based in Iceland! :)

  4. Hi.
    In Spain, just since a pair of weeks, there is another local player, called minube.com that it is being very succesfully. It is a travel aggregator and, also, it is a Travel Network where users can share their experience, upload photos and videos and live in a travel community.
    It has been launched in France (monnuage.fr) and wants to keep growing abroad.

    Take a look!!

  5. Hey Pedro,

    Thanks for letting us know!

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  7. Hi Yannick,

    I wanted to let you know that the Spanish version of the French flight search engine Jetcost (www.jetcost.es) has just come out of the beta version. Jetcost is also really good for glight comparison.
    You should take a look.

    Cheers,
    Ricardo

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