Dohop is an Icelandic technology company based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Founded in 2004 as a travel

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 ...

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

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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

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

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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 {{Iceland-company-stub