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Hipmunk’s founders launch Flight Penguin to bring back Hipmunk-style flight search
Hipmunk’s founders are building a successor to their now-defunct flight search service. The startup was acquired by SAP-owned travel and expense platform Concur in 2016, and its CEO Adam Goldstein…
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Remembering the startups we lost in 2020
Even in a non-hell year, running a successful startup is a tremendous lift. After the events of 2020, however, no doubt many already lean businesses are hanging on by the skin of their teeth. For every company that saw increased interest in their offerings during the pandemic, there were several that simply couldn’t make it…
Daily Crunch: Goodbye Hipmunk
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Hipmunk’s co-founders tried to buy it back before the shutdown
In a little over a week, the travel metasearch engine Hipmunk will shut down. It’s an abrupt and disappointing end for a product acquired by SAP Concur around three and…
Four years after being acquired, Hipmunk is shutting down
If you’re still using Hipmunk for trip planning, it’s time to find another site. Sooner than later, really. The Hipmunk team announced this afternoon that it’ll be shutting down in…
The second wave of Internet-era travel companies has captured the attention of venture capitalists.
Concur buys Hipmunk to add search to its travel and expense management platform
Some interesting consolidation afoot in the travel industry: Concur, the travel and expense platform that was acquired by SAP in 2014 for $8.3 billion, is today making its own acquisition:…
Hipmunk Aims To Become Your Travel Assistant With New “Hello Hipmunk” Features
When travel startup Hipmunk launched five years ago, its big selling point was a better interface for searching and browsing flights. Now the company is looking to help users even before they start searching…
Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Founding Engineer At Pinterest, Its First CTO
There are plenty of things on Steve Huffman’s to-do list since returning to Reddit as its CEO. Having a gifted technical mind himself, currently doing double duty as Hipmunk’s CTO,…
Chris McNamara stood at the overhang of what would be his final wingsuit BASE jump (parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed structure: building, antenna, span and Earth). A 1,500-foot…
When it comes to booking a business trip or vacation, the actual booking part is easy — what’s hard is finding the right combination of flights, hotels and car rentals.…
Yelp Strikes Hotel Bookings Partnership With Hipmunk
Yelp has partnered with Hipmunk to allow people to book hotels within the business review platform. While this is not the first time Yelp has offered a way for users…
Hipmunk Raises $20M Round For Its Agony- And Ecstasy-Based Travel Search
Flight and hotel search startup Hipmunk is announcing that it has raised $20 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Oak Investment Partners, a firm that previously…
Hipmunk Makes Cross-Platform Travel Search Easier
Travel meta search engine Hipmunk is launching “Hipmunk Anywhere” today, a cross-platform search feature that makes travel search a little bit easier for those of us who regularly use multiple…
Hipmunk Adds Last-Minute Hotel Deals With Its New ‘Tonight Only’ Feature
Travelers who are looking to book a hotel at the last-minute should be able to find better deals with travel startup Hipmunk starting today, thanks to the launch of a…
Hipmunk’s CEO And Founder Adam Goldstein Discusses Its New Deals Product And The Road Ahead
Having launched two years ago into an extremely crowded travel vertical, Hipmunk has carved out its own niche. The site was built out of the need for ease of travelling…
Hipmunk Launches Improved Hotel Search, Complete With Neighborhood Guides Written By Locals
Travel startup Hipmunk is launching a big redesign of its hotel search feature today, one that should help travelers find a hotel in the neighborhood that best matches the type…
Grouper Teams Up With Airbnb & Hipmunk To Offer Engineers & Designers A Free “Hackation” In New York
Great design and developer talent is, as so many know, hard to come by. So online social club Grouper is launching what it calls a “Hackation” in which it plans…
Hipmunk Adds Calendar Integration To Mobile Apps For Trip Planning Bliss
Hipmunk, the flight and hotel search startup known for its snazzy user interfaces, has done it again. The company today is unveiling new integrations with popular calendar applications iCal, Google…
Live Now From SXSW: TCTV’s Webcast with Highlight, Path and Hipmunk Founders (3pm CT)
From the floor of the Austin Convention Center, TechCrunch TV is live with all the latest news from SXSW. Find out what TechCrunch writers have to say about their favorite…
Hipmunk Checks In: Launches Hotel Search For iOS And Android
Getting travel search right on a mobile phone is tough. Thankfully Hipmunk, for the most part, has nailed it. The service launched its iPhone application last February and an Android…
Hipmunk Integrates Google Calendar For Conflict-Free Flying
It’s a bit cliché, but it’s true all the same: the best features are often the ones that make you smack yourself on the forehead and ask why you didn’t…
Hipmunk Now Reducing Agony On Android
Hot flight search startup Hipmunk is about to land on Android. The app will be available for free, and you can install it right here. I’ve tested the app and it…
Hipmunk Further Reduces Agony For Users With Flexible Travel Dates
Good news for those of you who are averse to agonizing plane trips and high ticket prices: hot travel search startup Hipmunk has just launched a new feature that makes…
(Founder Stories) From Paul Newman to Paul Graham with Alexis Ohanian (TCTV)
Alexis Ohanain continues his coversation with Founder Stories host Chris Dixon by discussing some of his activities and interests outside of Reddit. Highlights of their chat include Ohanian telling Dixon…
Hipmunk Finds Their Next Tasty Nut: Hotel Search (And It Includes Airbnb!)
Up until now, if you’ve heard of Hipmunk, it has been as the “easy flight search service”. But today they’re adding another layer to their business. It’s an obvious one,…
Hipmunk Takes Simple Flight Search And Makes It Even Easier On The iPhone
Hipmunk is one of those things that sells itself. You look at it side-by-side with the alternative ways to search for airline travel and it’s a joke. And that’s exactly…
Hipmunk's Official Round: $4.2 Million Led By Ignition And A Group Of Online Travel Experts
About a week ago, we had heard that the travel startup Hipmunk was in the process of raising a new round of funding. Sure enough, an SEC document appeared, confirming…
Hipmunk Surfacing New $6 Million Round To Help You Surface Great Airfare
It was only this past October that Hipmunk closed a “hyper-competitive” from many of the usual angel suspects. But Hipmunk obviously has lofty goals to disrupt the airline travel industry.…
Hipmunk Lands A Big Acorn: ITA (And Soon Google?) Will Help Power Their Airfare Results
Hipmunk exists to disrupt the flight search experience online. Obviously, the key to this is to have the best and the most results. The Hipmunk results have already been solid.…