Trivago

Trivago is a peregrinate metasearch engine fixating on hotels. The site compares prices for over 730,700 hotels from more than 200 booking sites, such as Expedia, Booking.com, Hotels.com, Jovago and Priceline.com. Predicated in Düsseldorf, Germany, the website receives about 45 million users per month on its 47 international platforms.

trivago GmbH was conceived in 2004 and launched in 2005 by the three founders in Düsseldorf, Germany: Peter Vinnemeier, Malte Siewert, and Rolf Schrömgens.

The Coalesced Kingdom platform was launched in 2006 and in 2007 the website launched platforms in Spain and France. A year later, Poland and Sweden were integrated and the company received $1.14 million in Series B funding from the British company HOWZAT media LLP. In 2009, the first non-European platforms were made available in the U.S., China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico.

On December 21, 2012, Expedia bought 61.6% of trivago in a amalgamated cash and stock deal worth €477 million (approximately $630 million).