Mobissimo
{{short description|Travel metasearch engine}}
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{{infobox website
| name = Mobissimo
| company_type = Privately held company
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2004}}
| location_city = San Francisco, California
| location_country = U.S.
| area_served = Worldwide
| founder = Béatrice Tarka
Lucia Carniglia
Svetlozar Nestorov
{{cite news| title=This Travel Search Site Could Go Far | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2004-10-18/this-travel-search-site-could-go-far | work=Bloomberg News | date=October 19, 2004}}
| industry = Travel, Internet
| revenue = Private
| num_employees = 10 (2010)
| website = {{URL|http://www.mobissimo.com/}}
| type = Travel Metasearch engine
| registration = Optional
| language = English (US, UK, Indian), French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Indian, Japanese, Portuguese (BR)
| launch_date = January 1st, 2004
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Mobissimo was a travel metasearch engine website based in San Francisco, California. It allows consumers to compare prices on flights, hotels, and car rentals. The company offers country-specific websites in North America, Brazil, Mexico, France, Italy, Poland, Spain, Germany, the UK, India and Japan.{{cite news
| url=https://www.phocuswire.com/Mobissimo-launches-in-China | title=Mobissimo launches in China | first=Dennis | last=Schaal | work=Phocuswire | date=February 2, 2011}}
History
The site was founded in 2004 with $1 million of seed money from Benhamou Global Ventures, Cambrian Ventures and Index Ventures.
Recognition
- In 2010, the Chicago Tribune quoted it as one of the “3 Leading Search Engines” for travel.{{cite news
|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2010-04-16-ct-trav-0418-search-engines-20100416-story.html | title=3 leading search engines put to the test
| work=Chicago Tribune | first=Terry | last=Gardner | date=April 16, 2010 | url-access=subscription}}
- TechCrunch said it would “out execute” Kayak.com.{{cite news
|url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/05/23/mobissimo-has-1223-the-capital-of-kayak-and-out-executes-them/ | title=Mobissimo Has Raised 1/223 The Capital Of Kayak | first=Michael | last=Arrington | work=TechCrunch | date=May 23, 2008}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.mobissimo.com/}}
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/travel/11prac.html One Stop Shopping for That Dream Vacation] The New York Times
{{Travel ticket search engines}}
Category:Travel ticket search engines