Momondo
Travel meta-search site
Momondo (stylised momondo) is a travel fare aggregator and travel fare metasearch engine. momondo was founded in Denmark and is today managed by KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings.
History
momondo was developed in Denmark and launched in September 2006.
In March 2011, Cheapflights Media, operator of Cheapflights, a rival online travel agency, acquired momondo.
In 2011, momondo launched its app for iPhone and Android.
Cheapflights Media changed its name to Momondo Group in 2012.
In January 2014, momondo launched "momondo places", a free city guide with maps.
In July 2014, momondo launched its "Trip Finder" tool.
In October 2014, Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm, invested £80m for a majority stake in the Momondo Group, the company that owned the Cheapflights and momondo brands, valuing it at £132 million.
In June 2015, momondo launched its "Travel Saver Calendar" tool.
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This entry incorporates text from “Momondo” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.