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Gadling Lets You Air Your Hotel Grievances, March Madness Style
March 14, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
Our dear friends over at Gadling have been listening – they hear (well, digitally) every time you moan about resort fees, expensive minibars, and the fact that you can’t figure out how to use the darn remote. They feel your pain, which is why they are giving YOU the chance to determine the...
Jennifer Agostinelli
March 9, 2011 | Team | Read More
Growing up in the Northwest, Jennifer’s favorite pastimes included staying out of the rain and reading. This led to her naturally study literature at Evergreen State College. After moving to San Francisco, the dot.com world snapped her up to run Business Operations – utilizing her range of experience...
Friday Video Interlude: Mike Barish Makes Contact at Area 51
February 4, 2011 | Travel News | Read MoreNeed a bit of a break from work before the weekend? Fan of road trips and sassy locals? Had a few too many close encounters?
Mike Barish, one of the new Cruze-arati for Chevrolet Cruze, just returned from a Nevada roadtrip, where he got up close and personal with alien enthusiasts in Rachel, NV.
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NileGuide Welcomes 10Best.com to its Expanding Travel Family
January 31, 2011 | NileGuide Updates | Read More
As you may have heard, we welcomed a new member to our burgeoning NileGuide family last week. With the acquisition of 10Best.com, a site best known for its strengths in restaurant and attraction recommendations, we’ll be supplementing our NileGuide itineraries with new Top Ten travel recommendations...
Travel site NileGuide.com continues rapid growth with acquisition of 10Best.com
January 25, 2011 | Press Releases | Read MoreJANUARY 25, 2011, San Francisco CA,- Following its recent acquisition of travel Q & A site Localyte.com, global travel content publisher NileGuide.com today announced the acquisition of travel recommendation site 10Best.com for an undisclosed amount. The 10best.com acquisition from Enveritas Group,...
Usman Khan
January 14, 2011 | Team | Read More
Born in Chicago, raised in the Washington, DC area, and currently residing in San Francisco, Usman’s real home is in the back of a 737. Blessed with the good fortune of being the son of a former airline industry executive, he spent much of his youth flying for free across the globe, developing...
Craig Given
January 12, 2011 | Team | Read More
A native New Yorker, Craig headed west early in his career and landed in California during the dot-com boom. He spent those early years at AT&T and Verizon Wireless leading rapid B2B and B2C e-commerce web application build outs. After graduating from the University of San Francisco with a Master’s...
NileGuide’s Travel Industry Predictions for 2011
January 3, 2011 | Travel Tips | Read More
This article initially appeared as part of the larger Tnooz Gen-Y Collective – it’s short and sweet, but we wanted to share.
Mobile and E-Readers: Yes, we’ve heard (and said) it before – anyone not actively pursuing mobile opportunities will fall behind. With the iPad/tablets, e-books...
NileGuide Announces New $3.5 Million Funding Round
December 7, 2010 | NileGuide Updates | Read More
We have news: on Friday, we completed an SEC filing for a $3.5 million round. Our current investors – KPG Ventures, Tenaya Capital and Austin Ventures – all participated, along with some new angels. The funding will accelerate our run towards becoming the world’s leading provider of “for-travelers-by-locals”...
tnooz
December 7, 2010 | In the News | Read More
NileGuide gets $3.5 million in funding — does travel inspiration have a future?
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