KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. As one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars, and vacation packages. KAYAK offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK Trips, Explore, and Price Forecast.
In addition, KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including: SWOODOO, Checkfelix, Momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi, and HotelsCombined that together process 6 billion queries across our platforms each year. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 60 countries and territories.
KAYAK was launched in the US in 2004 by a team of industry leaders including Steve Hafner (CEO), a co-founder of Orbitz, Paul English (CTO), a former VP of technology at Intuit, Terrell Jones (Chairman), founder of Travelocity, and Greg Slyngstad (Director), a co-founder of Expedia.
Total raised
$223M
Last stage
Public
Investors
Steve Hafner
Co-founded KAYAK in January 2004. Previously co-founded Orbitz in 1999. Led KAYAK as CEO until February 2026.
LinkedInPaul English
Co-founded KAYAK in 2004. Previously VP of Technology at Intuit. Serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple companies including GetHuman and Boston Venture Studio.
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