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HomeToGo files antitrust complaint against Google
Reading Time: 3 minutesGermany: Vacation rental search engine HomeToGo, like other local travel startups including experience booking platform GetYourGuide, has filed an antitrust complaint against Google, accusing it of stealing content and data, according to a report in German newspaper Handelsblatt. According to the newspaper’s report, the group of more than half a dozen startups is mulling filing […]
HomeToGo unveils top 12 trending summer destinations
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: HomeToGo, the world’s largest vacation rental search engine, has unveiled its list of the top trending destinations for this year’s summer season, according to year-on-year searches. One conclusion to extrapolate from the survey is that American travellers are becoming increasingly attracted to the prospect of long-haul adventure travel when it comes to summer vacations, judging by […]
HomeToGo expands offering into mid-term rentals
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBerlin: Vacation rental metasearch platform HomeToGo says it is expanding its service offering to bring in mid-term rentals. In a statement, the company said the move follows in excess of $50 million in booking volume in 2018 for mid-term rental properties. HomeToGo, which was founded back in 2014, has primarily focused on the short-term rental market since its […]
Vacation rental search engine HomeToGo raises $150m and acquires Tripping.com
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: The world’s largest vacation rental search engine, HomeToGo, has closed its latest round of funding and acquired its largest competitor in the US, Tripping.com. The Berlin-based company allows visitors to search and compare over 15 million accommodation offers from more than 300 travel providers across the world, including Booking.com, VRBO, HomeAway and TripAdvisor. With […]
Metasearcher Hometogo acquires Casamundo with Wimdu set to close
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: German-based holiday home metasearch company Hometogo has assumed control of Casamundo following the news of struggling Airbnb rival Wimdu’s imminent closure. The Berlin-based Hometogo meta-search provider for holiday homes, searches 300 different websites with a total of 15 million offers, including major accommodation providers such as Booking.com, the HomeAway group, TripAdvisor, e-domizil and TUI […]
Airbnb competitor Wimdu to close by the end of this year
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Wimdu, Europe’s most well-funded clone of Airbnb, is to close by the end of the year owing to ‘significant financial and business challenges’. Partners of the company were informed by the message on Thursday, nine years after Wimdu was founded and labelled as the ‘Airbnb killer’. The news means that Wimdu will have to […]