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Posts by: Elliott Ng
Conde Nast World Savers Congress 2008 pictures
Sep 23, 2008; 2 CommentsUPDATE: Be sure to see our coverage of Conde Nast World Savers Congress 2009 here. Here are a few photos from this morning’s Conde Nast World Savers Congress to give you a sense of what the event looks like. Also on my Flickr photostream. I’ll... Read more »
Conde Nast Savers Congress – Day’s Agenda
Sep 23, 2008; 3 CommentsUpdate: This post is about the conference in 2008. See our posts on World Savers Congress 2009 at our Travel Industry blog. Wendy Perrin blogged about Conde Nast Traveler’s efforts to recognize travel industry players doing innovative things to... Read more »
TravelMuse doesn’t suck: launches TravelMuse Planner at Demo
Sep 08, 2008; 5 CommentsSo you spend $18,500 to launch with 70+ startups on a big, prestigious launch event. Then blogger Robert Scoble, who isn’t even going to be there because he is watching another 50+ startups at another launch event, says that almost all the 70+... Read more »
Sheila Scarborough’s Family Travel Guide has moved!
Aug 29, 2008; 1 CommentSheila Scarborough (About her, Twitter, LinkedIn) has developed one of the top family travel blog franchises out there, previously at http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Seafarer/ on BootsnAll. On August 18, she moved out of her comfy old home and into a fresh... Read more »
Friends, we need your help. Google can’t find us.
Aug 25, 2008; 7 CommentsDear friends, please help us tell The Google where we are. Well, we did it. In March, we shared that we were changing our name from Kango to UpTake. We weren’t happy about having to do this, but we stopped whining and got over it. But we were... Read more »
TravelMuse Planning Widget comes to UpTake.com
Aug 07, 2008; 2 CommentsUpTake’s mission is to provide the best way to sift and filter through all the travel information, lodging options, and attractions that people need plan a great trip. But in our research, we’ve learned that trip-planning is a complex, circuitous... Read more »
TripSay Social Travel Startup Enters Public Beta with Tips, Groups, and Awesome Finnish Attitude!
Aug 06, 2008; 4 CommentsI had a chance to meet with the Juha Huttunen and Leo Koivulehto when they came to the April Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. I was especially excited because they were from Finland. American competitiveness in the post-American world depends on our... Read more »
Yahoo! BOSS in the right direction, but only BOSS Custom goes far enough for radical search innovation
Jul 10, 2008; 5 CommentsFirst of all congratulations to Yahoo! “Rebel Alliance” for taking this first step on what might be a disruptive move to compete against the Don’t-Be-Evil Empire! (h/t Dave McClure who coined this phrase). Now you will have to Use... Read more »
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