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Amazon To Revamp Travel Store With SideStep Partnership

  • ClickZ, Friday, November 11, 2005 12:15 PM
Amazon.com has finally done something about its woeful travel section. The online retailing giant Thursday said it has struck a deal with SideStep, a travel search engine, to produce a co-branded site in Amazon's travel store. The financial nature of the agreement is unclear, as the terms were not disclosed. Nevertheless, a partnership with Amazon.com is a major advertising boost for SideStep, writes ClickZ, because the combined site will benefit from Amazon's broad distribution. Advertisers pay SideStep on a cost per acquisition basis. Its advertisers include JetBlue, American Airlines, Continental, Hyatt, Best Western and Thrifty Car Rental.

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