Yapta, SideStep & TripHub
Lots of online travel start-up news recently.
Yapta raised $2.3M from First Round Capital, Bay Partners and other investors. Read more here. Yapta is the new travel start-up that provides a browser add-on that lets users “bookmark” and track fares that they find on major travel sites.
SideStep reports to TechCrunch on the value of their Facebook app. and their acqusition of TripUp (formerly TripMates). Here's an excerpt from the Facebook app. interview by Duncan Riley of TechCrunch, "SideStep sees Facebook as a customer acquisition vehicle... the company had already had over 1,000 solid leads from their two Facebook apps, and expect this figure to rise rapidly as they improve their cross promotion strategies." I was surprised they have only have ~1,000 solid leads with over 150,000 Facebook users.
TripHub group travel collaboration tools are now available on Orbitz. More from Mashable. This deal is TripHub's third and most significant private label relationship and is consistent with their strategy of partnering with a select group of market leaders. Orbitz is the only major online travel agency to exclusively feature and promote TripHub's planning and community tools. (Disclosure: I'm an advisor to TripHub.)
Yapta raised $2.3M from First Round Capital, Bay Partners and other investors. Read more here. Yapta is the new travel start-up that provides a browser add-on that lets users “bookmark” and track fares that they find on major travel sites.
SideStep reports to TechCrunch on the value of their Facebook app. and their acqusition of TripUp (formerly TripMates). Here's an excerpt from the Facebook app. interview by Duncan Riley of TechCrunch, "SideStep sees Facebook as a customer acquisition vehicle... the company had already had over 1,000 solid leads from their two Facebook apps, and expect this figure to rise rapidly as they improve their cross promotion strategies." I was surprised they have only have ~1,000 solid leads with over 150,000 Facebook users.
TripHub group travel collaboration tools are now available on Orbitz. More from Mashable. This deal is TripHub's third and most significant private label relationship and is consistent with their strategy of partnering with a select group of market leaders. Orbitz is the only major online travel agency to exclusively feature and promote TripHub's planning and community tools. (Disclosure: I'm an advisor to TripHub.)
posted by Mike Fridgen at 11:19 PM
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