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Travel search is one vertical in which Google has a serious interest. In 2011, they acquired ITA Software,† which developed QPX, a widely used, Lisp-based airfa
by cynwoody 13y ago
Travel search is one vertical in which Google has a serious interest. In 2011, they acquired ITA Software,† which developed QPX, a widely used, Lisp-based airfare search and pricing system. They have since rolled out Google Flights, which competes rather directly with Kayak and Expedia.
†http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITA_Software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITA_Software
- mcarvin 13y agoAgreed. I think that is the point the OP is making. As sites like Kayak grow in popularity, the usefulness of a discovery tool (search), diminishes.