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Lonely Planet links up latest guidebook with companion app in multimedia play

By Nick Vivion | April 30, 2015

There hasn't been much news out of Lonely Planet since being acquired in 2013. Recently, however, the brand has begun to once again come alive. After switching strategies to make Skyscanner its def Read More

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Travefy, a group travel planner and TMC tool, lands $1.8M in funding

April 27, 2015

Travefy, a website that helps groups plan trips, has raised $1.8 million in equity investment in its Series A round of funding. The money is in addition to the startup's $320,000 seed round in autu Read More

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Startup pitch: ComboTrip takes on challenge of group planning

By Nick Vivion | April 16, 2015

Today's startup pitch comes to us from ComboTrip, a travel startup targeting the challenging sector that is group travel. While the startup points to the nearly $80 billion group travel market, there Read More

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Startup pitch: Wanderant offers trip tool for prolific planners

By Nick Vivion | December 1, 2014

Today's travel startup pitch comes from Wanderant, a travel planning startup that promises to help plan/book/go on trips. The team calls the product a "workflow tool for uber-planners," specificall Read More

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Startup pitch: Trekeffect loops travel planning threads together

By Nick Vivion | September 2, 2014

Trekeffect is a new travel startup tackling a classic area of travel startup-ery: travel planning. The idea is to deliver a more cohesive planning experience that can be shared with friends and gro Read More

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Startup pitch: Trekkel strives for travel planning simplicity

By Nick Vivion | March 12, 2014

Trekkel is a new travel startup iterating on the travel planning process through curation, personalization and intelligent day planning. This combination moves away from inspiration and into action Read More

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Gogobot goes niche, offering users contextual search aligned to specific interests

By Nick Vivion | November 7, 2013

Social travel planning service Gogobot rolled out a new feature today which provides contextual search for users. Dubbed "Gogobot Tribes," travelers can now select one or more travel styles that fi Read More

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Farewell Dopplr, hello Radar

By Linda Fox | October 22, 2013

Startups are often known for being nimble but just as Nokia announced plans to finally shutter Dopplr next month, one rapid startup saw an opportunity to fill the gap. Step forward Radar, which eve Read More

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Roadtrippers closes $2.5 million round from new VC firm headed by Sequoia alums

By Nick Vivion | August 12, 2013

Ground transport planning service Roadtrippers has raised a $2.5 million series A round from new VC firm Drive Capital, which is backed by Sequoia alums Mark Kvamme and Chris Olsen. Read More

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YourTour brings Mexico on board, seals marketing deal in China

By Linda Fox | May 13, 2013

YourTour, the itinerary planning service, has launched several new partnerships including a deal with the Mexico tourist board Read More

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TouristPath wants to be the world's largest tourism database with social travel planning thrown in

By Linda Fox | February 12, 2013

Frustrated with the lengthy process of trying to research travel on the internet TouristPath's founders decided to attempt organising the sector via a massive travel and tourism information database Read More