Thursday, April 17, 2008

Technology: Dohop.com Flight Search Engine launches in Japan

The world's fastest and most comprehensive flight search engine now available in Japanese; Searches 73 airlines servicing Japan and 660 airlines world wide for the best travel deals

Reykjavik, Iceland - Dohop Ltd., the travel technology company, today announces the release of the Japanese version of the award winning Dohop.com Flight Planner, the world's fastest and most comprehensive flight search engine.

The Japanese version of Dohop Flight Planner (http://www.dohop.jp) is free to use and provides guests with a fully localized service in the Japanese language and pricing information in Japanese Yen.

Dohop searches total of 73 airlines that service the Japanese market, 16 of which are based in Japan and other 57 foreign airlines that provide service to and from Japan.

In total, Dohop searches 660 airlines worldwide, including over 100 low-cost airlines, that fly to over 3,000 destinations.

The Dohop Flight Planner excels in finding cheap flight connections with low-cost airlines, and ranks flights results by combination of 'lowest price and fastest route,' helping travelers get to their destinations in the fastest and cheapest way.

"The launch of the Dohop Flight Planner in Japanese is a significant step towards our goal of offering a localized version of the Dohop Flight Planner in all major markets. Now our guests from Japan can find cheap flights and view travel information in their native language," says Frosti Sigurjonsson, CEO and co-founder of Dohop Ltd.

The Dohop Flight Planner uses a unique connection search technology that computes and finds all the naturally existing connections between airlines.

It is ideal for travelers who want to see all possible flight options for a trip and take advantage of cheap flights offered by low cost airlines.

About Dohop Ltd.

Dohop Ltd. is a technology company serving the travel industry. The Dohop Flight Planner has been recommended by travel editors of major media including CNN.com, BBC.co.uk, Times.co.uk. Dohop holds the Travel Mole Web Awards 2006 for best travel technology and was in 2007 nominated to the Innovator Awards by the Travel Industry Association of America.

Dohop solutions for airlines include the Dohop Connection Platform that enables airlines to book and cross-sell connected flights and the Dohop Connection Search, a connection flight information tool for airline websites.

Dohop also offers distribution and marketing services, and powers white label travel search engines on travel websites.

Dohop Press:Kristinn Thorleifsson, +354-561-4848 kt@dohop.comPress center: http://www.dohop.com/newsroom
Website: http://www.dohop.jp

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