Hipmunk and Kayak both released tools today that help customers find the best deals for their flights -- even predicting when a price might go up or down.
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Hipmunk completely revamped its hotels product today, adding in new ways to understand the neighborhoods you're staying in, so you don't get stuck in the family zone, when you really want a fun nightlife.
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Hipmunk launched its first premium account product today but says it is not focusing on the money. Instead, chief executive Adam Goldstein is hell-bent on delivering new products. This one just happens to diversify his business model and bring in …
Travel planning website Hipmunk isn’t going to take patent trolls lying down. The company, which was recently targeted by i2z Technology LLC to pay licensing fees for a 1994 patent, is taking i2z to court to prove it doesn’t owe …
It’s a windfall of funding news today, with 12 companies reporting funding. Check out who raised some cash below.
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Travel planning service Hipmunk just closed a new $15 million round of funding that will help it move into the international market, the company announced today.
For those who have never used the service, you’re missing out. Hipmunk aggregates ticket …
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Travel search company Hipmunk launched a new feature today, allowing people to sync their calendars with Hipmunk’s iOS and Android applications. But will these new features help the company make money?
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Mobli, a video sharing website, can add Lance Armstrong to its list of celebrity endorsers today. The famed cyclist is joining the company’s board and starting his own Mobli channel.
Mobli’s goal is to show you life through another person’s …
WalkScore, the company which ranks cities based on how easy it is to navigate them by foot, has raised $2 million in its first round of funding, according to Geekwire.
If you’ve ever moved to a new city and known …
Finding a hotel in a place you’ve never been, or at the last minute, can be a stressful experience. Hipmunk, known for its visual flight search, launched a mobile application today, with a really pretty way of booking those overnight …
Grubwithus, the Y Combinator startup that lets you book group meals with strangers, has opened registration for its second round of get-to-know-you meals featuring successful alumni of the startup accelerator. The meals, which will take place in November, are happening …
Travel search site Hipmunk has added another wonderful new feature to help you book your travel plans: Google Calendar integration.
The new integration will allow users to check their flight (or train) listings against their personal schedule within Google Calendar …
Travel and hotel search service Hipmunk launched a new mobile app for Android devices today.
Much like Hipmunk’s website, the Android app aggregates ticket fares from airlines and allows people to sort them by time, price, flight duration, airline as …
Flight and hotel search startup Hipmunk today announced it is adding routes from Amtrak to its travel search site.
The train results now appear in-line with flights whenever users search for a travel route. The results only show up when …
Flight search startup Hipmunk could be profitable if it wanted to be — but it’s more interested in growing as quickly as possible.
And it looks like the growth strategy is working. The site passed 1 million monthly searches this …
Flight search startup Hipmunk now indicates which flights have Wi-Fi available for the duration of the flight — a relatively small change that shows just how nitpicky the company is about building the best design in the travel-search startup ecosystem.…
Hipmunk, a streamlined flight-search service, has finally launched an app for the iPad.
The iPad app’s search tool is similar to the website. Visitors type in which airports they are flying from and to and then select dates for when …
