Dohop is an Icelandic technology company based in
Reykjavík, Iceland. Founded in 2004 as a travel
search engine
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to aggregate and link low-cost flight connections, in 2005, Dohop launched the world's first flight planner for
low-cost airlines
A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (occasionally referred to as '' no-frills'', ''budget'' or '' discount carrier'' or ''airline'', and abbreviated as ''LCC'') is an airline that is operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing op ...
and later expanded it to include all scheduled flights worldwide, amounting to 660
airlines
An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in whic ...
.
Dohop is primarily a
long tail
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aggregation agent that does not sell directly to the consumer, but refers the user to airline's booking engines. Dohop's income comes from
pay per click
Pay-per-click (PPC) is an internet advertising model used to drive traffic to websites, in which an advertiser pays a publisher (typically a search engine, website owner, or a network of websites) when the ad is clicked.
Pay-per-click is usually ...
advertising and from selling specialized
search engine
A search engine is a software system designed to carry out web searches. They search the World Wide Web in a systematic way for particular information specified in a textual web search query. The search results are generally presented in a ...
s to airlines and airports. The company also operates an
analytics
Analytics is the systematic computational analysis of data or statistics. It is used for the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data. It also entails applying data patterns toward effective decision-making. It ...
department, offering route network analysis and optimization suggestions to airlines and airports.
In 2006,
Travelmole the company won the Web Awards in the category for best technology site, and was selected as one of the Times Magazine 100 best travel sites in 2007.
Dohop also draws its income, thanks to its technological license on this concept of search engine: In 2012, Dohop opens an affiliation program. Professionals can set up a Dohop-identified flight search engine on their own website.
In 2014, Dohop won the World's Leading Flight Comparison Website award at the World Travel Awards and subsequently won the award three years in a row in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Dohop has since transitioned to becoming a technology provider for the aviation and travel industry, building
virtual interline
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* Virtual (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse
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* Virtual function, a programming ...
connections for airlines such as
easyJet
EasyJet plc (styled as easyJet) is a British multinational low-cost airline group headquartered at London Luton Airport. It operates domestic and international scheduled services on 927 routes in more than 34 countries via its affiliate airli ...
and
Air Transat
Air Transat is a Canadian airline based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1986, it is the country's third-largest airline behind Air Canada and WestJet, operating scheduled and charter flights serving 60 destinations in 25 countries. Air Transa ...
, as well as
intermodal technologies connecting easyJet and
Deutsche Bahn
The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder.
describes itself as the se ...
through
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
Berlin Brandenburg Airport ''Willy Brandt'' (german: Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg "Willy Brandt", , ) is an international airport in Schönefeld, just south of the Germany, German capital Berlin in the state of Brandenburg. Named after the f ...
.
References
External links
Dohop website
Icelandic travel websites
Software companies of Iceland
Travel ticket search engines
Internet properties established in 2004
Icelandic brands
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