The idea of Farecast.com used to work much better for me than the actual site. For the uninitiated, Farecast serves up the current lowest prices for specific flights and a prediction complete with a percent confidence rating about whether the current price will rise or fall in the future. (It...
NEW YORK -- Spring break can mean partying in Cancun or volunteering in New Orleans. But it can also mean late-season skiing or even bird-watching. Here are some spring break ideas: BOOKING: You get the best value and choice booking three to four months ahead. But you...
NEW YORK SPRING BREAK can mean partying in Cancun or volunteering in New Orleans. But it can also mean late-season skiing or even birdwatching. Here are some spring break ideas. -Booking. You get the best value and choice booking three to four...
To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: media, Anne Taylor Hartzell of Farecast, +1-206-850-6501, anne@farecast.com; or Jacqueline Tanzella of Spark PR, +1-415-321-1889, jacqueline@sparkpr.com for Farecast SEATTLE, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fareologists atFarecast.com, the smart travel search site, issued its 2008 SpringBreak Forecast today, revealing that consumers can expect to pay 10-12...
TripAdvisor.com Billed as the largest travel community in the world, this site boasts more than 10 million traveler reviews of hotels, attractions and vacation destinations. On the Net: tripadvisor.com SideStep.com This recommended offering sifts...
Note to holiday procrastinators who are still determined to fly over the river to grandfather's house: Steeper fuel costs, fewer available seats on many U.S. routes and stingier allotments of the cheapest airfares are translating into higher prices and fewer bargains this season vs. last. After dropping below...
The Puget Sound hamlet of Cedar Cove is a figment of best-selling author Debbie Macomber's prolific imagination, most recently on display with this week's publication of her novel 74 Seaside Avenue, the seventh in the Cedar Cove series. But Cedar Cove's inspiration, Macomber's hometown of Port Orchard, Wash.,...
Secret #1: There's a pattern to how fares rise and fall. Based on 250 factors that have an impact on ticket prices, Farecast.com spits out a prediction about a proposed itinerary. If fares are trending up, you are advised to buy. If the site...
For a status check on whether the time is right for yet another travel-related Web company, Rob Kost doesn't need to compare notes with Farecast, a hot Seattle startup whose site is used by travelers to predict the optimal times to buy airline tickets. For Kost, the tune is...
Airfares rise and fall in ways that are impossible to predict-until now, according to a company called Farecast. Its crystal ball is historical airfare data-some 150 billion and counting "airfare observations"-that the company uses to deduce whether prices will go up or down on a particular route. Farecast is just...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Farecast.com, an air fare prediction website, has announced the completion of an oversubscribed USD12.1m Series C financing led by Sutter Hill Ventures. Other new investors in Farecast are reportedly PAR Capital Management, Pinnacle Ventures, and Farecast board member and former...
WSA, the state's oldest and largest technologytrade organization focused on ensuring Washington State's leadershipposition in the digital economy, today announced the 18 finalists for the12th annual Industry Achievement Awards, the annual technology awards galathat recognizes the state's most outstanding technology achievements in avariety of categories. The 18 finalists make up...
Attempting to cash in on the capricious rise and fall of airfares is like trying to handicap a horse race or time the stock market: an exercise in frustration. But by analyzing historical pricing data, a new breed of travel websites promises to help consumers decide whether to click now...
Nov 20, 2006 Review finds Farecast not as accurate as promised. A review by the Seattle Times found Farecast accurately predicts the price of airline tickets 61% of the time. The site promises 70% to 75% accuracy. Farecast, which recently signed a marketing agreement with American Airlines, says...
Byline: Jeremy Caplan Oct 20, 2006 (Time Australia - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The US internet industry is going through a phase of mergers and acquisitions. Google has bought video company YouTube for $US1.65 billion. Yahoo! has paid close to $US100...
The brainiacs over at Farecast.com have developed a beta program that looks at pricing, scheduling and availability -- 115 indicators in all -- so they can advise site visitors on the best time to book airline flights. Type in the flight you want, and Farecast will tell you whether it...
Articles 2006-07-09
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