Trivago Online Travel Company has acquired weekengo and weekend.com, a start-up focused on discovering travellers with inspiring gateaways packages.

Trivago acquired, under the terms of the deal, 100 percent of the weekengo shares.

The acquisition supports the common task of encouraging travellers to make exciting trips possible.

This combination allows trivago to use its marketing experience and product expertise to leverage synergies with existing brands.

“As we focus on building out our offerings to not only provide travellers with great deals on accommodations but also great ideas and inspiration to help them experience the world, partnering with weekend.com was a no-brainer. weekend.com has created terrific content which is reflected in their high customer satisfaction," said Axel Hefer, chief executive of Trivago.

No financial details of the deal have been released.