Zoover verkocht aan Tomorrow Focus
Uitgever Tomorrow Focus neemt een meerderheidsbelang in recensiesite Zoover. Het gaat samen met zijn internationale concurrent HolidayCheck, dat deel uitmaakt van het Duitse mediaconcern.
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Trippy Brings Its Social Travel Planner To iPad
Trippy a social travel planner for web and mobile (and former TechCrunch Disrupt participant) is launching its first iPad application today to complement its current iPhone-only offering. The app, like many focused on content discovery, looks much more amazing on the iPad, where you can browse big, beautiful photos of places you want to go. You can see the photos laid out in the now-popular, Pinterest-inspired grid layout, or you can view them full screen or alongside a map view.
Cheaptickets.nl krijgt nieuwe lik verf
Reisbureau Travix geeft zijn Cheaptickets.nl een spreekwoordelijke nieuwe lik verf. De site was vijf jaar lang vrijwel hetzelfde. De buitenlandse zustersites gaan ook door de wasstraat.
Lees meerMichael Arrington nieuwe investeerder in Triposo
Het investeringsfonds van Michael Arrington, Crunchfund, neemt een belang in de deels Nederlandse startup Triposo.
Lees meerMichael Arrington nieuwe investeerder in Triposo
Het investeringsfonds van Michael Arrington, Crunchfund, neemt een belang in de deels Nederlandse startup Triposo.
Lees meerSocial Media & Mobile in Travel Industry [VIDEO]
The folks at Eye for Travel together with Digital Visitor recently produced this great video highlighting the present state of social media and mobile in the travel industry. Great up-to-date statistics and a nice, dynamic presentation. Check it out! (If you scroll below, I have summarized some of the key nuggets of information from the […]
Lees meerGogobot Opens For Business In Europe (Smart Move: 44% Of Its Customers Are Here Already, Says CEO Travis Katz)
Social travel site Gogobot is doing a little traveling of its own. Today, it’s announcing the opening of its first European headquarters, in London.
The move, says Travis Katz, the CEO and founder of the company, is being done to capitalize on the fact that the site already has nearly as many users in Europe as it does in the rest of the world: some 44 percent of people who have linked into the site to discuss travel itineraries with friends and others are based in Europe.
Lees meerOnline reisbureaus mogelijk toch in Google Flight Search
Het ziet ernaar uit dat, online reisbureaus als Expedia toch vliegtickets kunnen gaan verkopen via Google Flight Search.
Lees meer‘Social media geen saleskanaal voor reisbranche’
Volgens Joost Romeijn, CEO van touroperator Sundio Group, zal het nog enige tijd duren voordat er via sociale media reizen zullen worden verkocht. “Facebook is bijvoorbeeld nog lang geen saleskanaal. Ik verkoop er momenteel dan ook geen reis meer door.”
Lees meerJetpac For iPad Lets You Explore The World Through Your Friends’ Eyes
It’s funny how the news hits, sometimes. Just this morning, one social travel service (Gtrot) made the decision to shift away from the travel vertical to focus on local discovery, while another, Jetpac, is going all in.
Jetpac’s newly launched iPad application, already sitting at #1 in the “New Travel App” section of the iPad App Store, aims to do what Gtrot once tried to: inspire you to take a vacation. Using the app, you can discover and share places you like and want to go, as well as mark the places you’ve been.
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