Liligo.com
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| Industry |
Travel Technology Metasearch Engine |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Pierre Bonelli |
| Headquarters |
Paris, France Budapest, Hungary |
| Products | Flight, car, bus, train and hotel search |
| Owner | ODIGEO |
| Subsidiaries | voyagermoinscher.com |
| Website | http://www.liligo.com |
liligo.com is a search engine that specialises in travel. Launched in 2006, the website allows users to compare travel products (flight tickets, hotels, holidays, car hires) in order to find the cheapest price. It can also be categorised as a comparison shopping website.[1]
Searches are made from hundreds of travel agencies, airlines, hotel chains, booking sites, tour operators and car hire agencies…
The site is also available in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Hungarian and Romanian.
History
liligo.com is a production of Findworks Technologies, a start-up founded by Pierre Bonelli, Bertrand de la Ruelle, Xavier Corbel and Mikaël Quilfen in 2005. Based in Paris and Budapest, the company currently employs around 50 people.
In May 2009, the site launched its first television ad.[2]
In September 2010, SNCF, via its site Voyages-sncf, announced it would take a major stake in liligo.com for the amount of 20 million Euros, according to Les Echos.[3] liligo.com was resold 3 years later to European tourism giant ODIGEO.
Technology
Using Java and Ajax technology,][4] the site allows users to search for travel products (flight tickets, hotels, etc.) from among a number of online travel agencies. It distinguished itself early on for its use of widgets.[5]
liligo.com sells nothing but instead redirects users to the supplier site of the selected offer. A price calendar allows users to compare flight prices over several months in order to find the cheapest time of the year to travel. Creating an alert warns users of rising or dropping prices for desired flight routes. Finally, the price map gives users the possibility to find the best flights according to different criteria (journey duration, expected temperature, maximum price).
Mobile and tablet applications are also available.[6][7]
In April 2016, liligo.com launched a new multi-modal search engine functionality which allows users to compare various transport modes in a single search. Currently, these transport modes include flights, buses, trains and – in France, Germany, Italy and Spain – car sharing.
Notes and references
- ↑ "Le comparateur Liligo tire le meilleur des low cost" (in French). Le quotidien du tourisme. May 2008.
- ↑ http://www.creads.org/blog/actualite-pub-marketing/liligo%E2%80%A9-senvoie-en-lair-avec-sa-derniere-campagne-publicitaire/ Archived January 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Communiqué de presse, SNCF.com, 23 septembre 2009 in French
- ↑ (French) Jérémie Murat (Liligo.com) : « Toute la partie cliente de notre site Web est réalisée en Ajax », Journal du Net, 18 septembre 2007
- ↑ (French) L'apport des Widgets : le cas de Liligo, Journal du net, 27 septembre 2007
- ↑ "Mobile application April 2013" (PDF). Press release liligo.com. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
- ↑ "Ipad application October 2013" (PDF). Press release liligo.com. Retrieved 2014-01-20.