| New travel search engine launches in UK | | | | flights is very competitive in the UK but in |
| | | | our new website we believe we have a more |
| A UK version of Scandinavia's largest | | | | comprehensive search dynamic which enables us |
| independent travel search engine has just | | | | to return cheap flights for any search," said |
| been launched with a pledge to offer the best | | | | Stouby. |
| online deals for cheap flights. | | | | |
| | | | "We are confident that we always find the |
| Danish company Travelmarket has launched and | | | | cheapest flight and that is why we feel we |
| claims its price comparison technology makes | | | | can make such a bold statement about putting |
| it the best website on the internet for | | | | money up for grabs to anyone who can prove us |
| returning the cheapest flights for UK | | | | wrong. |
| internet users. | | | | |
| | | | "The UK is a very important market for us |
| It is so confident it can find the cheapest | | | | because we want to offer cheap flights to New |
| deals for flights on the internet that it is | | | | York, cheap flights to Australia, cheap |
| offering up to £2,500 of travel vouchers | | | | flights to Thailand and cheap flights to |
| to people who contact | | | | Paris, in the same way we do for internet |
| I-found-a-better-price-than-you@travelmarket. | | | | users in our native Scandinavia. |
| co.uk and can provide a genuine quote to | | | | |
| prove they have found a cheaper like-for-like | | | | The company has plans to expand across Europe |
| price on flights. (The money will be shared | | | | and it sees the UK as a springboard to |
| between up to five people with proof of a | | | | achieving growth because UK consumers are |
| genuine quote who will be selected at random | | | | keen to find the cheapest flights on the |
| from all replies received by 15th April | | | | internet. |
| 2008.) It has cheap flights to New York, | | | | |
| cheap flights to Australia, cheap flights to | | | | Stouby added: "Travelmarket is launching |
| Thailand and cheap flights to Paris. | | | | websites in the UK and Germany because there |
| | | | is an opportunity to differentiate ourselves |
| It is a free and easy-to-use website and | | | | in a crowded marketplace and become the |
| applies the same search principles as Google | | | | number one online destination for consumers |
| to trawl hundreds of different websites for | | | | wanting the peace of mind that they have got |
| cheap flights - including the low cost | | | | the cheapest flights on the internet." |
| airlines such as Ryanair (most websites do | | | | |
| not do this as they do not generate click | | | | Travelmarket is a travel search engine and |
| through revenues from low cost airlines). | | | | searches hundreds of different websites to |
| | | | find the cheapest flights for internet users. |
| The new website is aiming to emulate its | | | | does not sell any form of travel arrangements |
| success in Scandinavia where it currently | | | | because it concentrates on flights, cars and |
| generates half a million hits every month - | | | | hotels. It simply finds the best air fares |
| and this is why it can include low cost | | | | for internet users and visitors book on the |
| carriers according to Travelmarket's chief | | | | website whose fares they prefer. |
| executive Ole Stouby. | | | | |
| | | | Travelmarket is listed on the Copenhagen |
| "The price comparison market for cheap | | | | Stock Exchange and has 30 employees. |