Travel Inspiration

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Booking.com thinks its Destination Finder will inspire your next trip

By Sean O'Neil | March 2, 2016

Six years ago, travel brands started trying to turn search upside down by removing the need to have a destination in mind prior to shopping. Kayak launched its Explore feature, which let you see w Read More

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Epiclist finds new life through outdoor clothing brand

By Linda Fox | November 9, 2015

About a year ago travel inspiration app Epiclist called time after three years of development citing lack of funds and being unable to build a sustainable business model. It seems all is not lost h Read More

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Virtual reality, B2B data visualization, and interactive itineraries emerge at THack Seattle

By Nick Vivion | April 21, 2015

Seattle was the latest stop on the THack global travel hackathon train — and, despite the town's reputation for a consistent light drizzle, the weekend was picture perfect Puget Sound. As the sun s Read More

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Startup pitch: Hitlist is first step to new way to distribute travel

By Linda Fox | February 24, 2015

You could say that Hitlist was conceived out of curiosity over how travel distribution works as well as delve further into why more discretionary income doesn't go to travel. Founder and chief exec Read More

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Epiclist calls time after about 1000 days of app life

By Linda Fox | December 23, 2014

Travel inspiration app Epiclist says it plans to close down its service and remove it from the servers on January 10, 2015. The startup, built up over the past three years and claiming a spot as on Read More

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Startup pitch: IBM's Watson powers new travel advice tool WayBlazer

By Sean O'Neil | October 7, 2014

It’s only been a few years since IBM's Watson technology beat Jeopardy! champions on US national TV. Now Big Blue's supercomputer is taking on an even tougher challenge: coming up with trip-plannin Read More

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Startup pitch: Travel inspiration site Villy sets forth with Harvard and MIT pedigree

By Sean O'Neil | September 16, 2014

Another day, another travel-inspiration startup debuts. But today's new site -- Villy -- stands out from other travel-planning tools by being located at the Harvard Innovation Lab in Boston. Villy Read More

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Now Swarovski wants a piece of the travel inspiration action

By Linda Fox | November 22, 2013

Here's a quirky tie-up - as if there weren't enough travel inspiration and sharing platforms out there, Swarovski has decided to join the fray. Yes, you read that right. The company, well actually Read More

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Travspire wants to inspire travellers to experience handpicked activities

By Karthick Prabu | July 12, 2013

Even when the travel industry is trying to go online, be digitally accessible, trying to offer all services online, taking advantage of SoLoMo features, we have a startup that goes back to basics. Read More

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More startup lessons! RIP ViajeMe, cites local bureaucracy and business model issues

By Viewpoints | March 1, 2013

In this frank account of ViajeMe's demise, founder Wilton Pinheiro gives the low-down on what went wrong and lessons learned Read More

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The trav-olution begins again? Desti brings Siri-like personal assistant into the travel ecosystem

By Nick Vivion | November 9, 2012

Desti joins the ranks of travel startups claiming to be on the path to "travel nirvana" with their Siri-spawned travel planning iPad app. Read More

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Joobili almost back from the deadpool, finds buyer for assets with sale to TravelShark

By Kevin May | June 5, 2012

Much shedding of collective tears from other startups a few months ago when travel inspiration site Joobili announced it was closing its doors after almost four years in business. Read More

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Joobili - sad tale of a travel startup with lots of promise that ended up in the deadpool

By Kevin May | April 11, 2012

Remember Joobili, the travel inspiration startup from Europe which had a nifty user interface and the financial backing of high profile tech investor Esther Dyson? Read More

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A wrench in social graph? Expedia Facebook app delivers check-ins to fool your friends

By Dennis Schaal | April 4, 2012

Expedia's check-in app for Facebook is designed to fool your friends, deliver bragging rights and produce bookings for the online travel agency. Read More