Cheapflights Media hails Momondo German "Which" win
Monday, 20 February 2012 16:02
Cheapflights Media hails Momondo German "Which" win
After nearly a year since joining the Cheapflights Media Ltd. stable, Momondo continues to win industry accolades. The latest is from Stiftung Warentest, the prestigious German independent product and services review equivalent of the UK’s “Which”. They compared Momondo’s fares for fifteen flights with those from eight other flight search engines in Germany. With an average fare of 196 Euros, Momondo emerged as the winner in the comparison test.Stiftung Warentest’s comparison test took into account different methods of online flight booking, distinguishing between “online travel agencies” and “price search engines”.
Criteria included lowest price, filter options for search results, the possibility of booking multi-destination flights as well as other services. Momondo is also one of the few providers who automatically include train connections in the search results as an alternative option to flights.
This award follows Momondo being voted by Danish consumers and national travel trade as the “Best Travel Website” award at the prestigious annual Danish Travel Awards last October. Already a leading Scandinavian site, Momondo is also emerging as a significant player in Russia and Germany as well as the UK. In the US, the respected travel Guru, Arthur Frommer has just rated Momondo as one of his ten ‘Most Useful Travel Websites for 2012’.
Commenting Cheapflights Media’s CEO Hugo Burge said: We are delighted with Momondo’s progress. Apart from the accolades above, Momondo have introduced a popular flights App for iPhones and Android smart phones; also a simple hotels comparison with novel map functionality; a multi-destination flight search. They are continuing to work on their groundbreaking colour based travel search filtering. Momondo have also helped contribute to Cheapflights Media’s global traffic record of 14 million visits in January.”
Thorvald Stigsen, Founder & CEO at Momondo added: “ As the market leader in Scandinavia, we are very pleased to see Momondo growing in Germany to become one of the most efficient and upcoming travel search engines there. The win from the independent Stiftung Warentest is a welcome endorsement for Momondo. It confirms that our ambition to provide consumers everywhere with the best online prices and products is meeting consumers’needs."
