Bing Partners with Kayak (opens in new tab)

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22 pointsforgot_password15y ago6 comments

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forgot_passwordOP15y ago· 4 in thread

Odd because Bing bought Farecast a few years ago and Kayak is Farecast's biggest competitor

It sounds to me like they're reallocating engineering resources: "For Bing, this means we can focus our development resources on delivering even more unique and valuable features for customers. In essence, this lets us do more for our customers as we continue to invest in next-generation travel experiences."

disc15y ago

Aside from acquiring Farecast and copying Kayak's UI, what travel features has Bing developed? Seems wiser to let the Kayak team do this work, as they are really good at it.

(I'm unsure whether Bing is acquiring Kayak wholesale or if they're just sourcing their flight data from them.)

barista15y ago

Why odd? They got farecast and now they are getting data from kayak to surface in bing travel. Looks more like a consolidation to me. With GOOG buying ITA, they better cover their asses.

martincmartin15y ago

ITA powers kayak.

krisrak15y ago

I thought Bing was already copying Kayak, here is a article from 2009 - http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/06/kayak-bing/

I think there was a lawsuite and settled

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