dealchecker

dealchecker is a London-based travel metasearch engine.

Dealchecker
Type of site
Travel metasearch engine
FoundedJune 2005 (2005-06)
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
OwnerEasyvoyage Group
Founder(s)Alex Saint
Troy Collins
Andrew Bredon
Employees25
URLwww.dealchecker.co.uk
Alexa rank291,387 (As of 29 January 2020)[1]

History

The website was founded in June 2005 by Alex Saint, Troy Collins, and Andrew Bredon.[2][3]

The site was awarded second place in the Best Travel Website category at the 2007 Telegraph Travel Awards.[4]

In November 2010, dealchecker launched a luxury travel club, Secret Escapes.[5]

in 2011, the company was acquired by French online travel publishers EasyVoyage.[3][6] 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.[7]

Hotel search was added in 2008 and cruise search was added in 2012.[8]

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References
  1. "Alexa Internet: Dealchecker.co.uk". Alexa Internet.
  2. "Win a Holiday With dealchecker.co.uk's 'Earn With Your Burn' Competition" (Press release). PR Newswire. May 17, 2011.
  3. "Easyvoyage Supports Strong UK Growth with Acquisition of Dealchecker" (Press release). PRWeb. February 10, 2011.
  4. "Telegraph Travel Awards: results in full". The Daily Telegraph. December 1, 2007.
  5. Butcher, Mike (October 18, 2011). "Secret Escapes attracts new funding and a battle-hardened CEO". TechCrunch.
  6. May, Kevin (February 3, 2011). "EasyVoyage buys Dealchecker, TravelJungle and FSI Travel for Euro 10M". Phocuswire.
  7. "Travel price comparison site appoints new boss". TravelMole. September 21, 2011.
  8. "New cruise pages for dealchecker.co.uk". Breaking Travel News. 9 July 2012.
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