What is Trivago?
[[File:Trivago logo 2023.svg|right|250px]] '''Trivago''' (stylized as '''trivago''') is a German company specializing in [[metasearch engine]] focusing on [[hotel]]s. The company is incorporated in the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bungard|first=Matt|date=2020-01-20|title=Trivago misled consumers in favour of advertiser dollars, federal court finds|url=https://www.theage.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/trivago-misled-consumers-in-favour-of-advertiser-dollars-federal-court-finds-20200120-p53t40.html|access-date=2021-09-27|website=The Age|language=en}}</ref> == History == The company was founded in [[Amsterdam|Düsseldorf]] , Germany, in January 2005. The team developed [[Germany|Germany's]] first hotel [[search engine]]. Initially, Trivago received €1 million from investors, including the Samwer brothers, Florian Heinemann, and [[Christian Vollmann]]. In 2007, Trivago received US$1.14 million in Series B funding from the British company HOWZAT media LLP. In December 2010, Trivago sold a quarter of the company for US$52.86 million to a US investment fund, [[Insight Venture Partners]]. In 2013 [[Expedia]], an American travel company, bought a stake in Trivago for $632 million.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-12-21|title=Expedia to acquire stake in German hotel site|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-expedia-trivago-idUSBRE8BK0RY20121221|access-date=2021-09-27}}</ref> In December 2014, Trivago bought mobile app product and development company Rheinfabrik. In 2015, Trivago reported more than US$500 million in revenue.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Net|first=Hospitality|title=trivago Unveils Plans for New Global Campus|url=https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4074096.html|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Hospitality Net|language=en-us}}</ref> In March 2016, Trivago bought Cloud-PMS company Base7booking. On December 16, 2016, Trivago became publicly traded on the [[NASDAQ]] exchange under the ticker symbol TRVG.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Expedia’s Hotel Search Service Trivago Plans IPO|url=https://fo