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2011 was good to us.  We started with 150,000 iPhone app downloads, and ended the year with an incredible 3 million +.   Our app has proven itself to be one of the best out there, a top contender in this ever-expanding market.  We’re simply providing good information married with style and function the modern traveler considers a necessity.

2012 Here we come: tripwolf

The most popular tripwolf guides from more than 200 destinations are Berlin, London and New York, closely followed by Barcelona and Paris.

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We love you guys.  I mean, just love you.  And we love to celebrate.

We had a record number of downloads for our tripwolf mobile travel guides for Android and the iPhone last week, thanks to YOU!  So, we’ve decided to give you an early Christmas gift: One more day of FREE mobile guides!

These cities will be free TOMORROW, Tuesday December 20th (So now you have time to share the gift with friends):

Berlin
Madrid
Amsterdam
Salzburg
Istanbul

(You’ll also find them for free tomorrow only in the Android Market.)

Give the gift of traveling easy…you’ll find subway maps, offline maps, augmented reality and more in our guides!

As you probably already know – we’ve recently won a competition held by World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) in Barcelona. We were voted the best travel app 2011, competing against 40 others.  A good reasons to celebrate and kick off the Christmas Season with some free giveaways.

Starting tomorrow, we’re celebrating our win by giving away 5 free tripwolf guides every day for 14 days (regularly $4.99).  Now is the time to get your tripwolf travel guides:

Tuesday November 29th

Rome, Munich, Zurich, Warsaw, Innsbruck

Wednesday November 30th

Berlin, Madrid, Salzburg, Graz, Naples

Thursday December 1st

Italy, Amsterdam, Istanbul, Cologne, Linz

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World Travel Market has come to a close here in London and I have heaved a huge sigh of relief. As I told you two weeks ago, I attended the 4-day conference-cum-fair-cum-travel-wonderland for the first time this past week, and wow. It was a real eye-opener, in some good ways and some bad. First, and perhaps best, it was a wonderful reminder about how big and incredible our world is and how much of it there is to see. It was also a great reminder that the travel industry is alive and well and doing all it can (as far as I can see) to help people travel better, greener and more aware.

The WTM Floor. Photo by Megan Eaves

For me as a writer, it was also a tad frustrating. I come from a writer’s background, meaning I can be a little bit shy, reserved and, just generally fare better with the written word than the spoken one. And World Travel Market is all about networking, meeting people and generally being a gutsy good talker. Try sticking a timid, better-on-paper writer in a room with thousands upon thousands of easy-talking PRs and travel agents, and, well, the results can be mixed.

Whatever my personal experience, though, I certainly learned a few tips and tricks that I’d like to pass on to any bloggers or writers out there thinking of going to next year’s WTM. Read More »

World Travel Market is one of the biggest travel industry events in the world. Held each year in London, the market is one huge conference where travel agents, journalists, tourism boards, websites and governments come together to discuss, debate and connect on all things travel. I am rather ashamed to say that, prior to this year and my recent move to London, I had never heard of World Travel Market before, but I am so excited to be going this year!

Photo: World Travel Market

I’ll be attending this year’s World Travel Market, which is held November 7-10 at ExCeL London, as a jogger (journalist-blogger) on all four days. The first couple of days, I’ll be taking the chance to meet with as many tourism boards, travel agencies and PRs as I possibly can, as well as attending several tweetups, such as the lovely Visit Florida tweetup (@VFWTM #VFWTM) at stand number NA300 on Tuesday from 12-3pm. They’re going to have free wifi and outlets at their stand, as well as the chance to meet the people from Visit Florida and learn about potential blogging trips and other interesting things about the Sunshine State.

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The latest in app news:  Our travel apps for the iPhone and Android, which are already known for great offline maps and Augmented Reality, can now help you get around underground.  We’re announcing today the availability to download subway maps for major cities!
Download the Anroid app, free

Download the iPhone app, free

Along with that, we’ve got even more helpful travel info.  For points of interest where we don’t have the best user content we’re integrating info from Wikipedia.  This info will also be available offline (doing as much as we can to save you money and time abroad!) so as you walk around with your map, (looking not like a tourist but like a suave local checking your text messages) you’ll be able to click on the places on your map, and get all the info right there, for free, without roaming or needing WiFi.

The update is live now ~ download or update your app for free!

September Special: City Trips with tripwolf Guides

Vienna, September 9, 2011. Starting today nine of the most popular tripwolf apps for the iPhone and Android are reduced to half price. The guides now cost only $ 1.99 and include all features of the tripwolf app such as Offline Maps, an Augmented Reality Viewer and travel tips by the tripwolf community and travel guides like Marco Polo and Footprint. A great opportunity for everyone planning a city trip to Berlin, New York, Paris, Rome, London, Vienna, Lisbon or Munich this Autumn.

As an extra special the comprehensive Italy country guide will also be set to $1.99 for the next 3 days.

Download the reduced apps here:

Berlin travel guide

iPhone: http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/berlin-reisefuhrer-tripwolf/id392235264?mt=8

Android: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tripwolf&hl=en

New York travel guide

iPhone: http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/new-york-city-reisefuhrer/id404472351?mt=8

Android: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tripwolf&hl=en

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As some of you might know the tripwolf headquarters are based in a super cool shared office space in Vienna we like to call Spengergasse. Within the last few months a busy team of young people has taken over the space right next to us and as October is getting closer they all seem to work longer hours and have more and more meetings. Why? Well they happen to be the guys (and girls) behind STARTeurope, the organizer of Europe’s first Startup festival from the 3^rd -7^th of October ever!

The team. Photo: Startup Week 2011

So if you’re a start up travel blogger, travel site owner or owner of a startup outside of the travel branch – this is definitely interesting for you. We’ve chatted to Jürgen Furian to find out more about those 5 days in which 35 nations, 50 startups, 70 speakers and 100 investors will come together with around 1000 guests daily.

You’re organizing the first European Startup Conference ever that doubles as a festival. How did you come up with the idea?

The idea of an international 1week startup event has been on our agenda since 2009 when we started with STARTeurope. This year seemed to be the perfect year to put the idea into reality. The idea of a festival was an abvious step for us because we wanted to include the whole Startup ecosystem in Vienna. That’s the spirit behind the STARTUP WEEK. It’s a platform for the European startup community to connect, get to know each other and make business across all kinds of borders.

Our tripwolf CEO Sebastian Heinzel will be one of the speakers. Who else do you have lined up for the conference and who of the speakers will be especially interesting for the travel industry?

We are very happy to have Sebastian on board! He is one of those people with the mindset we need in Europe. A real doer! So far we have around 55 international speakers confirmed. Read More »

Just in time for Summer – Android App Includes Free Barcelona Guide!

Download tripwolf’s new Android App here.

After great success with our tripwolf iPhone app (over 400,000 downloads!) the mobile tripwolf travel guide is now available as an Android app! Just in time for the Summer travel season, Android users now have access to the latest travel tips for more than 60 of the most popular cities in the world. In addition to the recommendations from thousands of travelers from the tripwolf community and travel information from the “Marco Polo” and “Footprint” travel guides, the tripwolf Anroid app offers city maps, an Augmented Reality Viewer, and free updates.

Travelers not on the iPhone train have been asking us when the tripwolf app on Android phones will be available – here she is!

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tripwolf got a top mention by Bloomberg’s Cris Valerio on Monday. In this video the talk is of Google Inc.’s effort to combine social media and travel search – and they’re feeling the pressure from tripwolf!

Has Google fallen behind in the race to combine social media with travel info? We think so!