Travel search engine Sprice.com has signed a partnership with ExpressIndia.com, the consumer portal for the Indian Express Group of Publications, to power its travel search.
Published: 08 Dec 2008
Travel search engine Sprice.com has signed a partnership with ExpressIndia.com, the consumer portal for the Indian Express Group of Publications, to power its travel search.
ExpressIndia.com is the portal for the Indian Express Group of Publications and hosts IndianExpress.com, FinancialExpress.com, ScreenIndia.com, Loksatta.com and Lokprabha.com, besides running news feature sites like ExpressCricket.in, and KashmirLive.com.
Sprice would provide content to ExpressIndia.com for its "Hotel" section and power the search with "deep search travel technology".
There is also a "Find Reviews" feature that gives visitors access to reviews and photographs posted by other users and travellers.
In September, Sprice.com had launched a dedicated website for India. In October, it was in news for launching a US$750,000 digital marketing campaign across SE Asia and India.
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