Press Coverage
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July 08 - Time Out Magazine Singapore
Website of the Month
Have you gone berserk wondering where Bezurk has gone? Fret not - Asia Pacific's leading travel search engine has undergone a major upheaval. Christened in May, Wego makes it faster and easier to search multiple travel sites for the best deals in real time. Apparently, the old name was difficult to remember for those not well acquainted with English; hence the simple but catchy rebirth.
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04 July 08 - popagandhi.com
Wego.com
I wanted a smart travel search engine that wasn’t bent on selling me tickets or hotels, like so many ‘travel sites’ from my part of the world tended to be, but one that could help speed up my frequent wanderlust by being smart enough, and extensive enough, for even a well-worn internet roadwarrior like myself and the people I know. At a price point competitive enough with that of a regular travel agent, or even better.
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26 June 08 - todayonline.com
So, it’s new and
improved ...
What now for Internet users who are looking for that travel bargain? Last month, travel search engine
Bezurk.com showed it meant business by ditching its quirky but hard to spell name for a tamer, easier-to-remember appellation, Wego.com. The site had also undergone a
revamp based on user feedback and now displays all-inclusive rates upfront — taxes and surcharges included — among its new features.
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28 May 08 - altsearchengines.com
Wego goes bezurk! No wait, Bezurk is now Wego!
Earlier this month, Asia Pacific’s leading travel search engine Bezurk announced it is re-branding and launching its next-generation travel search engine: Wego. Wego allows travelers to search for flights, hotels, travel deals and travel research across 100+ travel websites. It searches travel websites in real-time so that the latest pricing and availability are shown. Travelers are then linked to partner websites to book.
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26 May 08 - hk.news.yahoo.com
Travel Search Engine Bezurk.com Changes Name to 'Wego.com'!
Re-branded Travel Search Engine Introduces Improved Site and New Features as Part of its Regional Expansion
SINGAPORE, May 26 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Asia Pacific's leading travel search engine Bezurk.com has changed its name and launched its next-generation travel search engine: Wego.com ( http://www.wego.com ).
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16 May 08 - tims-boot.blogspot.com
Wego becomes Bezurk - but dodges the Trip name bullet
With the ink barely dry on my recent post to my recent post "Kango becomse UpTake, Vailoma becomes TripSay - seems it is easier to buid a product that get a good URL these days" comes news that Asian based meta-search company and News Ltd investee Bezurk is now called Wego.
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13 May 08 - traveldaily.cn
Bezurk.com changes name to wego.com
Published: 09 May 2008：Travel search engine Bezurk.com has opted for re-branding and will be known as Wego.com. The company acknowledged that Bezurk was hard to remember and spell, though it was quirky, fun and had a certain irreverence to it.
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13 May 08 - travelcritic.info
WEGO.COM IS AN ONLINE PORTAL THAT COMPARES FLIGHT DEALS, INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC FLIGHTS
Travel search engine Bezurk.com has changed it’s name to Wego.com. The company acknowledged that Bezurk was hard to remember and spell, and also if English is not your first language it is very difficult to remember the site name, though the name Bezurk is quirky, fun and had a certain irreverence to it , but if no one can remember or spell the name it doesn’t matter.
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13 May 08 - Hotelmarketing.com
Bezurk.com rebranded as wego.com
The new Wego.com site includes significantly enhanced functionality compared to its predecessor, as well as a large number of completely new features. New features of the Wego.com site include Travel Research (a specially developed search engine that searches only hand-picked, high quality, travel editorial websites and allows users to filter results by source).
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12 May 08 - hotelmarketing.com
Bezurk.com rebranded as wego.com
Travel search engine Bezurk.com has opted for re-branding and will be known as Wego.com. The company acknowledged that Bezurk was hard to remember and spell, though it was quirky, fun and had a certain irreverence to it.
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12 May 08 - traveltrends.biz
New Name and Website for Travel Search Engine
THE travel search engine formerly known as Bezurk - which News Digital Media recently invested in - has changed its name to Wego.com. It’s also launched a website with improved functionality and search capability.
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09 May 08 - eyefortravel.com
Bezurk.com changes name to wego.com
Travel search engine Bezurk.com has opted for re-branding and will be known as Wego.com. The company acknowledged that Bezurk was hard to remember and spell, though it was quirky, fun and had a certain irreverence to it. The new Wego.com site includes significantly enhanced functionality compared to its predecessor, as well as a large number of completely new features.
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09 May 08 - Marketing-Interactive.com
Bezurk Goes As Wego Comes
Singapore - Wego is now the new name for travel search engine Bezurk which retired its name last night at an unveiling launch party. The company, which Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has a stake in, is set to expand its footprint in APAC with an improved site with new features and intuitive tools.
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10 Apr 08 - Forbes.com
FastBooking(R) Signs Agreement with Bezurk.com To Drive Online Presence and Hotel Booking
FastBooking, the global provider of advanced Internet Booking Systems and E-Marketing Services for the hospitality industry and Bezurk.com, Asia Pacific's leading travel search engine today announced a marketing partnership, which will enable the integration of FastBooking's portfolio of hotels into the Bezurk travel search.
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17 Jan 08 - The BOOT - The Business of Online Travel
The Bezurk Sessions: Interview with Bezurk CEO Martin Symes on News Digital Media investment
Bezurk will maintain its independent operations from other News online assets. This is important (says Symes) to ensure that Bezurk can continue to work with other media partners and reflects that New has taken a minority stake.
- 15 Jan 08 - The Australian
News Takes Stake in Travel Site
THE booming online travel market has caught the eye of News Limited, which has paid millions of dollars for a slice of Singapore-based comparison site Bezurk.com.
The media group's New Digital Media (NDM) division is understood to have beaten Microsoft's MSN group and Yahoo to a stake in Bezurk, whose owners were understood to be seeking a valuation of $US20million ($22.36 million).
- 15 Jan 08 - paidContent.org
Australia’s News Digital Buys Stake In Asian Travel Search Site Bezurk
News Digital Media, the digital arm of Australia’s News Limited (part of News Corp.) has acquired a minority stake in Asia-Pacific travel search engine, Bezurk.com. The site is based in Singapore, and is News Limited’s first investment outside the country. Also taking a minority stake in Bezurk: Singapore based firm OWW Capital Partners. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
- 14 Dec 07 - MARKETING-interactive.com
Bezurk powers Yellow Pages online travel search
"IYP serves both business and home users, and travel is one of the popular searches across both segments. We see much synergy in this collaboration with Bezurk as we continually strive to enhance our offerings to meet our users' needs in the most convenient and efficient manner," Yellow Pages Singapore's CEO Danny Chow said.
- 26 Oct 07 - Hotelmarketing.com
Asiatravel.com taps into Bezurk
Asiatravel.com and Bezurk.com entered a marketing partnership as part of which Asiatravel's hotel and flight prices will be integrated into the Bezurk travel search which will expose Asiatravel to a large new audience
- 26 Oct 07 - Wall Street Journal
Plane and simple. A more convenient way to book flights
If we've learned nothing else in the past few years of Web site design, it's that simplicity is king. So how do you bring simplicity to that most complicated of tasks: booking a flight?
- 25 Oct 07 - Traveldailyasia.com
Asiatravel.com partners with Bezurk
Asiatravel.com recently launched an instant confirmation flight reservation service allowing customers the convenience of booking flights departing from Singapore. This service will subsequently be extended to departure from all major Asian cities.
- 31 Aug 07 - Travelmole
Bezurk.com partners with Amadeus
Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, today announced that Bezurk.com, Asia Pacific's leading travel search engine, has chosen Amadeus Meta Pricer in the Asia-Pacific region.
- 15 Jul 07 - Business 2.0 (CNN)
It’s a Web, Web, Web 2.0 World
Bezurk's travel search engine aims to provide the best prices for flights, hotels and cars in one place. An AJAX interface lets users sort flights quickly by price or departure time without reloading the page.
- 28 Jun 07 - 4hoteliers.com
Are search engines creating loyalty?
If on one hand, Bezurk.com launched a new Flight Search product that searches multiple airline and travel agencies, on the other the company also signed a spate of deals including ones with Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts, Carlson Hotels, New Zealand’s independent news publication Scoop.co.nz and Qatar Airways.
- 25 Jun 07 - Traveldailynews.com
Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts signs on Bezurk.com
Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts partnered with the travel search engine Bezurk.com to further extend its reach to customers booking hotels online. The tie up with Bezurk.com will enable Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts to promote its global portfolio of 20 hotels and resorts to visitors using Bezurk.com to search for accommodation.
- 13 Jun 07 - Travelmole
Bezurk and Qatar Airways announce marketing partnership
Bezurk.com, the Asia Pacific travel search engine has announced a marketing partnership with Qatar Airways, a leading global airline now flying to more than 75 destinations worldwide.
- 08 May 07 - MARKETING-interactive.com
Carlson looks for Bezurk online bookings
Singapore - Travel search engine Bezurk.com has announced a marketing alliance with Carlson Hotels Worldwide to feature real-time rates and availability across all Carlson Hotels properties for Asia Pacific.
- 28 Mar 07 - Hotelmarketing.com
Zuji Exec joins Bezurk
Bezurk.com, the Asia Pacific travel search engine has announced a marketing partnership with Qatar Airways, a leading global airline now flying to more than 75 destinations worldwide.