Wego.com
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Wego.com is a travel search engine based in Singapore
. It searches over 150 travel sites, where users compare and book flights, hotels and activities. Wego results are a combination of travel offers from online travel agencies (OTA), consolidators such as HotelClub, Agoda
and larger hotel chains.
Founded in 2005 by Craig Hewett and Ross Veitch former executives from Intercontinental Hotels Group
and Yahoo!
, Wego is headquartered in Singapore with local offices in Australia, Indonesia and India. As Bezurk, the company was named as one of "31 of the world's hottest international web startups" on Business 2.0 magazine in 2007.
In 2008, News Digital Media, the Australian digital arm of News Limited and part of News Corp (NYSE: NWS), purchased an undisclosed stake in the company. Wego recently launched a partnership with Yahoo SE Asia also recently partnered with Ebay in South East Asia.
Wego also powers travel content for MSN SE Asia and the online newspaper travel sites for News Ltd mastheads across Australia.
In 2010 Wego merged operations with HolidayIQ
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. It searches over 150 travel sites, where users compare and book flights, hotels and activities. Wego results are a combination of travel offers from online travel agencies (OTA), consolidators such as HotelClub, Agoda
Agoda
Agoda is an internet company which provides online hotel reservations services for properties focused primarily in the Asia Pacific Region, with offices in Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Phuket, Bali, Sydney, Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, and Manila.-History:The company was...
and larger hotel chains.
Founded in 2005 by Craig Hewett and Ross Veitch former executives from Intercontinental Hotels Group
InterContinental Hotels Group
InterContinental Hotels Group plc is a global hotels company headquartered in Denham, United Kingdom. It is the largest hotels company in the world measured by rooms , and has over 4,500 hotels across over 100 countries...
and Yahoo!
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, Wego is headquartered in Singapore with local offices in Australia, Indonesia and India. As Bezurk, the company was named as one of "31 of the world's hottest international web startups" on Business 2.0 magazine in 2007.
In 2008, News Digital Media, the Australian digital arm of News Limited and part of News Corp (NYSE: NWS), purchased an undisclosed stake in the company. Wego recently launched a partnership with Yahoo SE Asia also recently partnered with Ebay in South East Asia.
Wego also powers travel content for MSN SE Asia and the online newspaper travel sites for News Ltd mastheads across Australia.
In 2010 Wego merged operations with HolidayIQ
External links
- Wego.com - Official website
- Wego.com.au - Australian website
- Plane and Simple - Wall street journal article
- Marketing Magazine - Marketing Magazine