With the collapse of the idea of creating a game-changing new TravelPost, its owners have put it up for sale and are turning their attention and the hotel review site’s funding over to their new iPhone app and website, Trover.
Big travel sites hit by Google content farming clearout
February 28, 2011 By 15 Comments
A string of well known travel brands – including Uptake and Travelpod – have fallen foul of a crackdown by Google on what it calls “low-quality sites” or “sites that are just not very useful”.
Kayak has stake in TravelPost rollout
February 11, 2011 By 3 Comments
As the Rich Barton-led TravelPost struggles to reincarnate itself, Kayak is not a disinterested observer — Kayak owns a piece of TravelPost.
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Expedia alumni form part of Hipmunk $4.2M investment group
February 3, 2011 By 5 Comments
Startup darling Hipmunk has wooed the likes of former-Expedia execs Rich Barton, Erik Blachford and Simon Breakwell to join a team investing $4.2 million in the business.
TravelPost shakes up management, lays off half its staff
January 6, 2011 By 5 Comments
The much-anticipated new TravelPost will have to wait awhile after the company changed the “scope” of its stealth product, appointed a new CEO and laid off roughly half the staff.
Thanksgiving travel in America [infographic]
November 23, 2010 By 1 Comment
Expedia alumni-led Travelpost isn’t saying much at all about its Big Idea, except what its logo will look like and its tagline (“experiences shared”).
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Travelpost delays relaunch until 2011 but starts beta enrollment
November 17, 2010 By 2 Comments
Travelpost today began taking names of people who want to sign up for a beta of its relaunched offering, but users won’t get a glimpse of the new product until the first quarter of 2011.
Wanted — More TripAdvisor, TravelPost hotel reviews
October 11, 2010 By 5 Comments
Girls just wanna have fun and hotel review sites just wanna get more reviews.
TravelPost drops Travel Discussions in favor of Connections with Facebook integration
August 5, 2010 By 6 Comments
Suddenly Questions are all the rage and TravelPost launched Connections, a feature one offiicial dubs, “the most superior Questions and Answer offering in Travel.”
Community building — TravelPost launches Travel Discussions
July 15, 2010 By 4 Comments
The new owners of TravelPost introduced Travel Discussions in a private beta as a means of building a dynamic community and learning more about what the site’s users want.
