The Lola Name

Paul English co-founded Kayak in 2004 with Steve Hafner.

When they incorporated the company, they named it Travel Search Company, Inc because they didn’t have a name at the time, and they knew they wanted a great name. The pair worked with NYC-based brand strategist Carol Costello to create a brand identity and voice, and to come up with a list of possible names for the company. Lola (“LOngitude LAtitude”) was actually their first choice for what would become Kayak, but they could not afford to buy the lola.com domain name. As a result, they went with their second choice, Kayak. If you're curious, their third pick was cake, then rice, then hive.

When Paul later co-founded a business travel company in 2015, he could afford to buy the domain name lola.com, so he did. That company was Lola Travel. In 2021, Lola Travel was sold to Capital One. They did not use the lola.com domain, which left Paul with the ability to buy the lola.com name for his own use.

In 2023, Paul co-founded Lola Dating with his fiancé, Rachel Cohen. This latest use of the name Lola stands for LOve LAnguage.

There are lots of companies with the name Lola, but we’re lola.com. :)