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Travelomy brings geo-location and real-time updates to travel guides
document Tools

Travelomy focuses on three key aspects – rich content, geo-location and social media – and uses them effectively to build a useful information source for a traveller. Travelomy also...

Claire MackayJan 30, 2012 02:51 pm GMT1060 views
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Travelomy brings geo-location and real-time updates to travel guides
New Wine-Food-Travel Guidebook Leverages Crowdsourcing for Growth
document Distributed Knowledge

Along with the book, readers can connect with other wine-lovers at Wineopolis.com. Using the power of print to build an online social community, Wineopolis just launched its website in May 2010...

Harshida PatelNov 13, 2011 12:08 pm GMT552 views
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New Wine-Food-Travel Guidebook Leverages Crowdsourcing for Growth
Wikimedia Launches Its Crowdsourced Wikivoyage Online Travel Guide
article Distributed Knowledge

“There’s a huge global demand for travel information, but very few sources are both comprehensive and non-commercial. That’s about to change,” said Sue Gardner, the Executive Director of the...

Fritz SchaeferJan 17, 2013 01:03 am GMT1236 views
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Wikimedia Launches Its Crowdsourced Wikivoyage Online Travel Guide
Wikipedia Founds Wikivoyage, Your Crowdsourced Travel Guide
article Distributed Knowledge

As the crowdsourcing platform 'Wikivoyage' puts it: " Wikivoyage is built with the spirit of sharing knowledge that makes travel so enjoyable. Whenever travellers meet each...

Pablo BracciniJan 12, 2013 12:26 am GMT1213 views
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Wikipedia Founds Wikivoyage, Your Crowdsourced Travel Guide
Beyond textbooks, Inkling aims to revolutionize travel with Frommer’s digital guides
document Distributed Knowledge, Tools

In addition to creating notes just for yourself, you can also make them public, which adds an intriguing crowdsourcing element. It brings some of the interesting social elements from sites like...

Harshida PatelMay 01, 2012 10:51 pm GMT1938 views
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Beyond textbooks, Inkling aims to revolutionize travel with Frommer’s digital guides
Triposo: Ex-Googlers Raise $3.5M From InterWest To Put Social (& Traditional) Travel Guides To Shame
document Distributed Knowledge

Because there’s already a mess of public destination and travel information in databases like Wikitravel and Open Street Maps, rather than become another player in the brimming social travel...

Sebastian BlancaJul 07, 2012 05:04 pm GMT704 views
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Triposo: Ex-Googlers Raise $3.5M From InterWest To Put Social (& Traditional) Travel Guides To Shame
Travel Start-up Mygola Raises $1M From Dave McLure, Blumberg & Others
document Distributed Knowledge

Incidentally, Mygola follows a crowd-sourcing model to recruit guides. Currently, the company has 1000 on board, with 80 new people being added every week. The business model is certainly...

Tonya Van Dijk Dec 20, 2011 09:15 pm GMT671 views
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Travel Start-up Mygola Raises $1M From Dave McLure, Blumberg & Others
Travel in 2012 — Hot destinations and trends for the new year
document Distributed Knowledge, Tools

But never mind crowd-sourcing from websites where phoney reviews and picky consumers make it hard to figure out the real deal. Instead, travellers are friend-sourcing, with sites like Trippy.com...

Samuel BennettJan 02, 2012 11:32 pm GMT1388 views
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Travel in 2012 — Hot destinations and trends for the new year
The Crowdsourced Travel Companion
article Distributed Knowledge, Tools

Triposo's guides, on the other hand, are built entirely by the 'wisdom of the crowd,' so they tend to stay more up-to-date as long as average people are posting recommendations on...

Pablo BracciniSep 02, 2012 12:33 am GMT1116 views
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The Crowdsourced Travel Companion
Traverie Crowdsources Your Facebook Photos for Travel Planning
article Tools

Traverie, a new site launched this week, crowdsources Facebook photos for travel planning. They want to turn friends’ Facebook photos into next vacation guide. The virtual travel magazine...

Pablo BracciniNov 17, 2012 10:42 am GMT1249 views
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Traverie Crowdsources Your Facebook Photos for Travel Planning
Moxieguide - A Crowdsourced Travel Directory - Launches in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
document Distributed Knowledge

Moxieguide, a new collaborative travel and tourism directory and traveler review site for specific tourist destinations in Costa Rica, has launched in Manuel Antonio with expansion planned for...

Luis Enrique MoralesFeb 06, 2013 12:25 pm GMT623 views
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Moxieguide - A Crowdsourced Travel Directory - Launches in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
Airbnb’s Neighborhoods program expands with the addition 93 local guides in 4 new cities worldwide
article Distributed Knowledge

The company announced that it’s moving forward in its efforts to help travelers discover rich, unique experiences “on a hyper-local level” based on neighborhood attributes. It has now published...

Pablo BracciniMar 01, 2013 01:55 am GMT1018 views
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Airbnb’s Neighborhoods program expands with the addition 93 local guides in 4 new cities worldwide
iwannagothere.com
site Distributed Knowledge / Travel

Iwannagothere.com is a travel guide that's mainly driven by a community of users all over the world.

Tim SatterthwaiteDec 20, 2010 08:20 am GMT971 views
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iwannagothere.com
Crowdsourced Q&A instantly guides tourists in Istanbul
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

Location-specific guides are already plentiful, of course; what makes Wizard Istanbul intriguing is its subjective, crowdsourced and real-time advice — not to mention its support from Turkey’s...

Pablo BracciniJun 06, 2011 12:14 pm GMT1810 views
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Crowdsourced Q&A instantly guides tourists in Istanbul
GuideHop Looks for Tour Guides in the Crowd
Distributed Knowledge

In this guest post, the founders of GuideHop talk about what inspired them to build a platform to create more authentic travel experiences by identifying potential travel guides in the crowd and encouraging them to share their knowledge.

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Crowdsourcing.orgDec 08, 2011 08:33 pm GMT1584 views
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Mygola Bets On Customised Travel Planning With Crowdsourcing Twist
document Tools

By the end of 2012, Mygola targets to plan 1,000 trips across the globe on a daily basis and have on board a network of 10,000 guides. Also, the monies raised recently will be used to expand the...

Claire MackayJan 12, 2012 01:08 am GMT714 views
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Mygola Bets On Customised Travel Planning With Crowdsourcing Twist
Stuck On Earth – Travel The World For Free With Your iPad
document Tools

Ιf you’re trying tо find new аnd exciting place tо visit, wаnt tо knоw whаt оthеr countries look like, оr еvеn find gооd аnd interesting photographers tо follow, you’re going tо love using Stuck оn...

Claire MackayJan 29, 2012 10:31 am GMT940 views
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Stuck On Earth – Travel The World For Free With Your iPad
EBook Explores Interactive Features with NYC Dessert Guide
document Distributed Knowledge

Whether you're a local or a visitor it's no question that NYC has some the best desserts in the world. With "NYC's Crowdsourced Dessert Guide" BiblioCrunch gathered...

Sebastian BlancaMar 05, 2012 10:57 pm GMT946 views
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EBook Explores Interactive Features with NYC Dessert Guide
Triposo Now Powers In-App Maps with skobbler
document Distributed Knowledge

The OpenStreetMap, dubbed“the Wikipedia of maps,”offers the world's largest crowdsourced map, providing superb levels of detail and accuracy not possible with conventional alternatives....

Benjamin FosselApr 04, 2013 03:07 am GMT530 views
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Triposo Now Powers In-App Maps with skobbler
_theBrief
site Distributed Knowledge / Travel

From the latest design hotel openings to the most breathtaking new bars, clubs and restaurants, designer boutiques to counter-culture secrets, major exhibitions to cutting-edge street art, the...

Luis Enrique MoralesMay 17, 2011 06:52 pm GMT914 views
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