TRVL
TRVL is a peer-to-peer travel booking platform that gives travelers access to the commissions and discounts of the travel industry world. It aims to facilitate and reward travelers for helping each other researching and booking trips. TRVL's slogan is "Power to the traveler".[1]
History
Co-founded in the Netherlands by entrepreneurs Jochem Wijnands and Michel Elings, TRVL first started as a digital publication exclusively for iPad in 2010; it was the first iPad-specific magazine in the world.
Out of frustration with Adobe's publishing software, the TRVL team developed Prss, a mobile-first publishing platform. Prss was acquired by Apple in 2014 to help create Apple News and the Apple News Format.[2]
In 2015 Wijnands left Apple to turn TRVL into a travel booking platform where anyone can help anyone with travel recommendations while earning money.[3] [4]
The platform takes a sharing-economy approach to booking travel: for you, your friends and complete strangers. The traveler does not pay extra to use the service.[5][6]
References
- ^ TRVL. "TRVL - Power to the traveler!". @trvl. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- ^ "TechCrunch: Prss acquired by Apple"
- ^ Kamps, Haje Jan. "You're a travel agent! You're a travel agent! Everyone's a travel agent!". Techcrunchb. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Clark, Bryan. "TRVL has me convinced the future of travel has no vowels". TheNextWeb. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ De Vynck, Gerrett. "Startup Wants to Transform Travel Enthusiasts Into Online Agents". Bloomberg. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ Clark, Bryan. "TRVL is the best travel platform you're not using yet". TNW. Retrieved 23 June 2017.