I think it’s great that local startup Trabber has now added hotel search to its site. Oscar Frias, one of the site’s co-founders, tells me this move should greatly enhance the experience of his growing userbase, now exceeding 7,000 per day.

Taking advantage of the exchange to ask about any initial impact from Kayak’s entry into Spain, Oscar said they’ve seen no effect on their growth.

I gave the new hotel search functionality a try, and it works well and at the same standard as the flights search. Missing a maps functionality, though- something which I’ve found does come in quite handy in browsing for hotels.