[1] Initially working out of their homes and without having raised any financial capital, the HotelsCombined founders launched the site following nine months of development.

The website steadily earned an organic consumer base[clarification needed]; within a year, the co-founders were able to hire their first employee.

[6] In April 2012, the company began a partnership with low-cost airline Ryanair to power their hotel price comparison service, RyanairHotels.com.

[7] HotelsCombined also powers the hotel search for the European flight comparison site momondo.com,[1] as well as Travelsupermarket (part of Moneysupermarket), and many others across Europe, Middle East and the rest of the world.

[9] In the same year, it was awarded ninth place in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific Ranking,[10] and was declared one of the top 10 travel websites by guidebook author Arthur Frommer (of Frommers.com).