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Berlin Startup Mapify Conjures $1 Million in Seed Funding

2018-10-09 by Phil Butler

Berlin social travel startup Mapify has announced raising $1 million in seed funding from U.S. and Europe-based funds and angel investors.

Tags: beta tests, Europe startups, Mapify, social apps, TechCrunch, tourism apps, travel startups, TripAdvisor social

Hotels.com Launches Two New Windows 8 Apps

2013-03-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Hotels.com has just launched two new apps for Windows 8, one designed to up the ante on mobíle utility, the other specifically for the Windows 8 tablet.

Tags: apps, hotel apps, phone apps, tourism apps, travel apps, travel tech, Windows 8

Gelpme – Sharing That Once In A Lifetime Trip

2012-09-15 by Phil Butler

Gelpme nav could be better

Gelpme aims to help travelers move along navigating landmarks and places of interest via their iPhones. Argo does a PC eval of a new travel app with great potential.

Tags: maps, Russian apps, sharing apps, social travel, startups, tourism apps, travel apps, travel shares, trip sharing

Argo App Test: HIP Hotels HIP Guide

2012-09-10 by Phil Butler

Hip Hotels mini apps

First thing this #TT Travel Tuesday a Tweet from Hip Hotels mentioning their smartphone app put me in testing mode. So, without further eloquence (not much anyways), the HIP Hotels HIP Guide download to doing Hip Hotels.

Tags: app tests, Barcelona travel, Hip Hotels, hotel apps, Hotel Arts, Hotel Bratsera, Hydra Greece, iTunes, Machu Picchu, mini apps, mobile apps, Nokia, Sicily travel, tourism apps, Travel Tuesday, Windows Phone, world travel

Pafos Treasure Hunt: Cyprus Local App

2012-08-16 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The beautiful waters off Cyprus

As a traveler, you know what it’s like to be new in town, unfamiliar with just about everything around you. Sure, going to review sites and doing your homework via Frommers’ guides and so forth, these resources can generally prepare you for your trip, but the research is not really all that much fun. Now imagine you are headed to Pafos, Cyprus. Even Frommers knows little or nothing about this gem in the Mediterranean.

Tags: Aegean travel, Cocoon Creations, Cyprus, Cyprus local, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus travel, Greek travel, iOS, iPhone, local apps, Michalis Strouthos, Pafos, Pafos Cyprus, Pafos museums, Pafos tourism, tourism apps, travel app

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