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Kayak Co-Founder Paul English Plans to Open Up Lola App to Travel Agents Worldwide

Patrick Whyte

Photo Credit: Skift CEO Rafat Ali (L) and Lola CEO Paul English. Lola is an app that connects people to travel agents. Skift

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In a funny twist of fate, the man who helped drive consumers away from traditional travel agents with Kayak is now building a business around them. By combining the convenience of an app with the human touch, English and company are hoping to hit a sweet spot.

Paul English, the co-founder of Kayak, hopes to open up his Lola app to travel agents “around the world” as the company prepares to take the business into its next phase of development. In an interview at the Skift Global Forum in Manhattan on Wednesday, English said his business was currently at stage one, with stage two to include a call centre “somewhere in the U.S.," followed by an expansion of the “platform to anyone around the

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