Dohop
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| Dohop ehf | |
|---|---|
| Type | Privately held |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Key people | Frosti Sigurjonsson, CEO Kristinn T. Thorleifsson, CMO and VP of Enterprise Services Atli Thorbjornsson, Development Manager Kristjan Gudni Bjarnason, Production Manager Tomas Jonsson, Chairman[1] |
| Products | Dohop flight planner |
| Revenue | Unknown |
| Employees | Unknown |
| Website | www.dohop.com |
Dohop is a travel search engine website based in Reykjavík, Iceland that specializes in low cost flight connections. In 2005 dohop launched the world's first flight planner for low-cost airlines and later expanded it to include all scheduled flights worldwide[2], amounting to 660 airlines.
Dohop is primarily a long tail aggregation agent that doesn't sell directly to the consumer, but refers the user to airline's booking engines. Dohop's income comes from pay per click advertising and from selling specialized search engines to airlines and airports. The company also operates an analytics department offering route network analysis and optimization suggestions to airlines an airports[3].
The website won the 2006 Travelmole Web Awards in the category for best technology site[4] and was selected amongst the Times Magazine 100 best travel sites in 2007[5].
[edit] References
- ^ Dohop management
- ^ About Dohop.com
- ^ Dohop consulting services
- ^ Travelmole Weba Awards 2006 (registration required)
- ^ Times Magazine 100 best travel sites
[edit] External links
- Dohop website
- Taking on the travel giants, CNN edition article, December 1, 2005
- Q&A: Compare prices and schedules of low-cost airlines across Europe, New York Times, June 25, 2006
- Q&A: Useful Web sites for low-cost air travel within Europe, New York Times, March 11, 2007
- Kate Russell gives us her latest selection of the best sites on the World Wide Web, BBC Click, March 10, 2007
