Fareportal

Fareportal
Private
Industry Online Travel Agency
Founded New York City, 2003 (2003)
Founder Sam S. Jain
Headquarters New York City, US
Products Airline Tickets, Hotel Rooms, Rental Cars and Vacation Packages
Number of employees
 3,500+
Website www.fareportal.com

Fareportal, Inc. is a US-based online travel company, which provides online air travel booking capabilities through its subsidiaries. The largest of these are CheapOair, FareBuzz, and OneTravel, and they also include Travelong, Duke’s Court Travel, Fareportal Media Group, RoyalScenic, ClubMiles, TripCombi, and WKTravel.[1]

The company was founded in 2002 by the Indian-American entrepreneur Sam S. Jain. It was originally a business-to-business company which built and sold an online consumer interface for retail travel agents. In 2006 Jain restructured the company to focus on business-to-consumer sales with the launch of the online air travel booking site CheapOair.[2][3][4]

Fareportal is headquartered in New York City, and has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company has approximately 3,500 employees worldwide.[5][6]

Fareportal and their subsidiaries have won a number of awards, including three Gold and one platinum AVA Digital Awards, 7 Stevie Awards, and numerous Travel Weekly Magellan Awards.[7]

References

  1. ↑ May, Kevin (23 June 2016). "Fareportal buys German travel search engine TripCombi". travel technology europe. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Eng, Dinah (13 November 2014). "Sam Jain's CheapOair is really taking off". Fortune. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Shillinglaw, James (6 April 2015). "Meet the Man Behind the Third Largest Online Travel Agency". Travel Pulse. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Sam S. Jain". FarePortal Homepage. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Company Overview of Fareportal, Inc.". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  6. ↑ May, Kevin (23 June 2016). "Fareportal buys German travel search engine TripCombi". travel technology europe. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Awards and Recognition". FarePortal Homepage. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
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