dealchecker
dealchecker is a London-based travel metasearch engine.
Type of site | Travel metasearch engine |
|---|---|
| Founded | June 2005 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Owner | Easyvoyage Group |
| Founder(s) | Alex Saint Troy Collins Andrew Bredon |
| Employees | 25 |
| URL | www |
History
The website was founded in June 2005 by Alex Saint, Troy Collins, and Andrew Bredon.[1][2]
The site was awarded second place in the Best Travel Website category at the 2007 Telegraph Travel Awards.[3]
In November 2010, dealchecker launched a luxury travel club, Secret Escapes.[4]
in 2011, the company was acquired by French online travel publishers EasyVoyage.[2][5] This prompted a change in management as Saint and Collins left to develop Secret Escapes. Mark Attwell joined dealchecker as managing director from his previous position as e-commerce chief at comparethemarket.com.[6]
Hotel search was added in 2008 and cruise search was added in 2012.[7]
References
- "Win a Holiday With dealchecker.co.uk's 'Earn With Your Burn' Competition" (Press release). PR Newswire. May 17, 2011.
- "Easyvoyage Supports Strong UK Growth with Acquisition of Dealchecker" (Press release). PRWeb. February 10, 2011.
- "Telegraph Travel Awards: results in full". The Daily Telegraph. December 1, 2007.
- Butcher, Mike (October 18, 2011). "Secret Escapes attracts new funding and a battle-hardened CEO". TechCrunch.
- May, Kevin (February 3, 2011). "EasyVoyage buys Dealchecker, TravelJungle and FSI Travel for Euro 10M". Phocuswire.
- "Travel price comparison site appoints new boss". TravelMole. September 21, 2011.
- "New cruise pages for dealchecker.co.uk". Breaking Travel News. 9 July 2012.
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