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Article: Kayak.com debuts hotel search engine.(regional MEETINGS & conventions)
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- Westchester County Business Journal
- Article date:
- October 24, 2005
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Kayak.com, based in Norwalk, Conn., the newest travel search Web site, last week launched its "Every Hotel on Earth" program.
Anyone can now easily add properties to Kayak.com's database of over 91,000 hotels, including hotel name, location, description and amenities.
"Many sites claim to have comprehensive hotel search results, but in fact they display only the properties they can sell," said Steve Hafner, CEO and cofounder of Kayak.com. "Consumers are entitled to see all of the estimated 300,000 hotels worldwide, not just the 15 percent that are marketed through traditional online agency sites. Our 'Every Hotel on Earth' program ensures that Kayak.com ...