Yandex, in its own blog,
announces the launch of a new service called
Yandex.Travel .
The service is an aggregator of tours, in which the search is carried out on the basis of tour packages and the availability of offers for the user, as opposed to services that allow you to select individual options for accommodation or flight.
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announces 14 tour operators that have agreed to a partnership with Yandex: TezTour, Pegast, AnexTour, Biblio-Globus, ICS Travel, Inna-Tour, Intravel Stoleshniki, Sunrise Tour, TUI, Natalie Tours, Pax, "Russian Express", "Intourist", "Brisco"
Commission for the purchase of the tour will be charged by the search engine with the tour operator, whose tour was purchased by the user. The purchase will be carried out either on the site of a particular tour operator company, or in the office in person presence.
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Yandex notes that the service was created in response to the need of users for package tours. Only in February 2015 request for a tour. vouchers filed 3.5 million search engine users.