2005
November: Cheapflights is awarded the Innovative Business of the Year Award (sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland) at the 2005 London Business Awards for its pioneering work as an independent online travel price search and comparison service.
Cheapflights.co.uk is shortlisted by .net magazine as one of the UK's favourite travel sites.
Cheapflights.co.uk launches Cheapflight News, a blog site of news, airline deals and travel information for flyers.
October: Cheapflights.com launches Cheapflights News USA, a daily blog site providing travel news, airline sales and inspiration for bargain hunters.
September: Cheapflights is listed in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table of Britain's fastest-growing private technology companies for the second year running.
Cheapflights is shortlisted in the Innovative Business of the Year award category at the 2005 London Business Awards.
August: Cheapflights ABCe audit reveals that 2.9 million unique users visited its UK websites in the month of July, an increase of 67 per cent over the previous year. In the US, Cheapflights reaches number 17 in its Hitwise category of more than 500 travel websites.
June: In a first for Cheapflights, advertising partner Excel Airways offers the website's users an entire airplane to Madrid (and back). The free offer generates huge interest.
Cheapaccommodation.com is shortlisted in the New Media Age Effectiveness Awards (Travel Category).
May: Cheapflights increases its London office capacity by occupying additional premises in Chiltern Street.
April: Cheapflights is highly commended in the AXA Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award (National Business Awards - South East Region).
David Soskin (Chief Executive Officer, Cheapflights Ltd) is shortlisted for the Credit Suisse Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
KPMG, in its influential 2005 Global Hotel Distribution Survey, mentions Cheapaccommodation.com as one of only two comparison shopping websites that "may alter the dynamics of the online markets".
February: Cheapflights is included in the Media Momentum UK's Top 50 Most Dynamic Media Companies 2005.
January: Cheapflights' global traffic reaches four million unique users, a new record for the company (source: Webtrends).
Cheapflights.co.uk is Britain's third most popular website for the over-50s (source: UK online centres).
