- KAYAK users can now find and compare millions of connections to travel by bus across 89 countries worldwide
- The collaboration will further foster the trend towards ground mobility in the travel industry
With the partnership, KAYAK will offer buses globally on KAYAK’s travel price comparison brands including SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined. CheckMyBus content is currently available in many of KAYAK's locales and will continue to expand globally.*
Laure Bornet, VP and General Manager of KAYAK EMEA, commented: “In recent years, sustainability and shared mobility have become increasingly important factors for travellers. To help fulfill that demand, we are now offering KAYAK users the option to access comprehensive deals and content to travel worldwide by bus through our new partnership with CheckMyBus.”
Marc Hofmann, CEO of CheckMyBus, said: “Our mission is to make bus mobility simple. Partnering with KAYAK makes buses more visible and helps to grow sustainable domestic or touristic travel. Our partners get access to an additional channel to increase their sales online to new domestic and international customers worldwide. More visibility of bus worldwide will help to make travel greener.”
Help to Accelerate the Trend Towards Shared Mobility
Several indicators in the travel industry seem to predict that ground mobility, including buses, could experience continued growth. This could further accelerate its market share within the industry.
Through this collaboration, CheckMyBus and KAYAK offer a solid response to this trend as a growing number of users are looking to use buses for their trips. This partnership comes at the right time to address this trend, accelerated by the effects of COVID-19.
Trend to sustainable mobility: By making bus and ground mobility content more visible to a global audience, the partnership helps to support a shift from individual mobility to more sustainable and environmentally friendly mobility.
Trend to domestic travel: During the first wave of COVID-19, an increasing number of users were looking into domestic travel. Bus and ground mobility offer an advantage in price and flexibility in this area. Adding CheckMyBus´ network helps KAYAK users to easily compare and book their trip to their favourite national and international destinations on one platform.
Digitalising the bus industry: Due to the pandemic, there has been a significant shift in the bus market from offline towards online bookings. The collaboration with the world’s leading travel search engine KAYAK provides a key opportunity for bus companies to reach a global audience through this step towards digitalisation.
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