Tripr.tv funding and “coming out of beta”
August 27, 2008, 7:56 am
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PRESS RELEASE

Miami, August 27, 2008 – For anyone who stays in hotels, there’s a new way of making money – without any effort. Simply make a short film of your room, recording your comments, and send it to the newly launched international travel website “Tripr.tv”. When someone books a room at the hotel as a result of watching your video, you get a cut of the booking commission.

Launching all around the world today after 6 months of very successful trials, Tripr.tv is the first company of its kind – showing potential hotel guests what a hotel is really like, unlike the corporate pictures and videos which the hotels themselves show you.

“Almost a thousand hotels are already on the site, but we want tens of thousands more”, explained Mr. Jan Kooman, Tripr.tv CEO – “We are basically a kind of YouTube for the hotel business. Moving images are much more realistic than the, often outdated and glamorized, pictures which hotels themselves show. Our way, potential guests can really trust the hotel. When you’re filming for Tripr.tv, you’re actually walking around your room. Everyone can see the truth!”

About Tripr.tv

As Tripr.tv has arrangements with hotel booking companies, which pay commission, Tripr.tv forwards part of this commission to the video maker, averaging $10 per booking. The site was launched in “beta” format in January 2008 and has already attracted great interest from hotels and guests.

Hotels realize that it’s a great opportunity for potential guests to see what other guests think – and to see what they see.

Recently, Tripr.tv has been funded by Greenhouse Innovation, venture capital firm of Mr. Sander Andreae and Mr. Marc Duijndam. Duijndam is former managing director at Google.



Tripr.tv 2.0 Softlaunch
August 21, 2008, 12:21 pm
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Here at Tripr.tv we have worked through the summer to reach the goal we had set ourselves of launching on the 26th of June, unfortunately this was not feasible. Through some extra hard work and long hours though we can now proudly present the results!

All feedback and comments you may have on the new and improved Tripr.tv site are welcome.  Let us know what you think.

Tripr.tv will however not be sitting still, we have loads of fun ideas and will be making improvements continuously to the site. Work is already underway on yet more features which will be implemented in the near future.

Suggestions? Please let us know at feedback at tripr.tv!



TV Coverage Tripr.tv (Dutch)
August 21, 2008, 12:12 pm
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A small item about Tripr.tv. TV is still very powerful since this item alone brought in several thousands of additional visitors.