TRVL

TRVL is a hotel booking platform “for travel pros”.

This article is about the online travel platform. For the American television network branded visually as "Trvl", see Travel Channel.
TRVL
TypeProfessional
IndustryTravel
FoundersMichel Elings and Jochem Wijnands
HeadquartersAmsterdam, the Netherlands
Area served
Worldwide

History

Co-founded in the Netherlands by entrepreneur Jochem Wijnands and tech/design specialist Michel Elings, TRVL started as a digital publication exclusively for iPad in 2010. It was the first iPad-specific magazine in the world and reached more than one million downloads.[1] [2]

Frustrated with the available publishing software, the TRVL team developed Prss, a mobile-first publishing platform. The Prss team and IP was acquired by Apple in 2014 to help create the Apple News Format.[3]

In 2015 Wijnands left Apple and pivoted TRVL into a booking platform aimed at travel agents.[4]

References
  1. http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20120718-five-download-worthy-travel-mags
  2. https://www.mequoda.com/articles/digital-magazine-publishing/trvl-magazine-app-takes-publishing-industry-on-an-adventurous-ride/
  3. "TechCrunch: Prss acquired by Apple"
  4. Kamps, Haje Jan. "You're a travel agent! You're a travel agent! Everyone's a travel agent!". Techcrunchb. Retrieved 9 August 2016.


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