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		staunch on Dec 22, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hipmunk demos at Travel Innovation Summit (video) I'm totally impressed with how aggressive Hipmunk is being. Picking a fight with Kayak is awesome. The hardest thing they'll have to do is avoid being acquired.

kn0thing on Dec 22, 2010 | [–]

Thanks!

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Oh wait, there's one more thing: http://blog.hipmunk.com/hipmunk-is-excited-about-2011

samratjp on Dec 23, 2010 | | [–]

Hipmunk should be the person of the year ;-)

rorrr on Dec 23, 2010 | [–]

Kayak is a strange choice. Their real competitors are Expedia, Tripadvisor and Orbitz (plus priceline, hotwire and hundreds of smaller flight search sites).

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