Microsoft buys travel site Farecast for $115M
Microsoft has acquired travel website Farecast for a rumored $115 million. The Seattle startup’s technology will likely be incorporated into the software giant’s site MSN Travel — even before the deal, Farecast had already partnered with MSN.
Farecast’s technology made it a pretty tempting target for… Continue Reading
Roundup: Giving up on the “mobile web,” cleantech gets crunched, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Mobile enthusiast gives up on “mobile web” – Russell Beattie, a Silicon Valley developer and mobile enthusiast who spent two years working at Yahoo Mobile before launching a start-up called Mowser, has given up on the mobile sector. He writes: “The general… Continue Reading
Farecast, the airfare prediction site, raises $12.1M more
Farecast.com, the young Seattle start-up that now owns the niche of predicting airfares, and which continues to roll out new features (like letting you guarantee low fares), has raised $12.1 million more.
The round was led by Sutter Hill Ventures, and includes PAR Capital Management, Pinnacle… Continue Reading
Farecast rolls out service to lock into low airfare
Farecast, the web site which lets you see if airfares are headed lower or higher, has introduced a new, useful feature: A way to lock into a low price.
VentureBeat reported on the company’s test of this feature two months ago. Tomorrow (Monday) it is being… Continue Reading
Farecast introduces way to lock into a low fare
Farecast, the web site which lets you see if airfares are headed lower or higher, has introduced another very useful feature: A way to lock into a low price.
VentureBeat is one of the few places you can try this out (see details below).
Let’s say you’re… Continue Reading
Farecast expands airfare predictions; just know when to use them.
Updated
Farecast, the start-up that predicts whether airfares are about to go up or down (earlier coverage here), has expanded predictions for 20 more airport destinations, bringing the total to 75 airports.
Until now, Farecast has offered airfare search results for only those destinations where it… Continue Reading