Ebookers updates Explorer app, draws in more social elements

October 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Ebookers has unveiled an update to its Explorer application initially launched last May.

New features include restaurant, tours and attractions content from TripAdvisor as well as entertainment, nightlife and shopping elements from Foursquare

Apple maps have also been integrated with every destination and users can search more than 50,000 destination and activity combinations.

Native Facebook and Twitter have also been added to this version as well as iMessage integration enabling more sharing capabilities for users.

Ebookers decided not to replicate its mobile website last year when it developed the app, opting instead to work with web design specialists Fortune Cookie last year.

The online travel agency also unveiled a hotels app for the iPad last September saying at the time that it would like to integrate it further with the Explorer service.

The app has been sponsored for the first time with Discover America giving it a US theme.

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Linda Fox About Linda Fox

Linda Fox is a reporter for Tnooz. For the past six years she has worked as a freelance journalist across a range of B2B titles including Travolution, ABTA Magazine, Travelmole and the Business Travel Magazine.

In this time she has also undertaken corporate projects for a number of high profile travel technology, travel management and research companies.

Prior to her freelance career she covered hotels and technology news for Travel Trade Gazette for seven years. Linda joined TTG from Caterer & Hotelkeeper where she worked on the features desk for more than five years.

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