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HouseTrip elected best travel startup at the World Travel Market

11-17-2009 02:34 PM CET | Tourism, Cars, Traffic

Press release from: HouseTrip.com

HouseTrip elected best travel startup at the World Travel Market

HouseTrip won yesterday the Getfundedshow @ World Travel Market. Competing against 17 other startups, HouseTrip was first selected as one of the four finalists of the event on the 11th of November and was selected as the winner after its second pitch on the 12th.

The panels judging the startups were composed of high profile individuals in the travel industry and of famous investors, including (to name a few, full list can be read here: http://www.getfundedshow.com/travel-gurus-and-investors.asp):
• Alex Hoye, CEO Latitude Group
• Debu Purkayastha, Principal - Corporate Development / M&A at Google
• Hugo Burge, Executive Chairman, Cheapflights and Founder, Howzat Media
• Dinesh Dhamija, Founder, eBookers
• Peter Waller, Group M&A Director, Thomas Cook
• Glenn Fogel, EVP Corporate Development, Priceline
• David Scowsill
• Mike Chalfen, General Partner, Advent Ventures

Startups at the event were marked against 6 criteria, from the idea to the investment potential. Jason Katz, the Founding Partner of KP Capital, who announced the winner, described HouseTrip as the startup with the highest risk/reward ratio of the event for potential investors.

Arnaud Bertrand, the CEO and founder of HouseTrip, comments: “we are obviously thrilled to have won the event and to see such recognition from our travel industry peers. The event in itself was extremely useful to us in terms of networking and also to be able to get feedback on the venture from successful travel entrepreneurs and investors. Stay in touch with HouseTrip over the coming months to check on our progress, we keep making the site better based on our users’ feedbacks.”

About HouseTrip.com: Founded in Switzerland in 2009, HouseTrip is the result of 5 ambitious entrepreneurs who wanted to revolutionise the holiday rentals industry. With the support from a dedicated team of 6 advisors, HouseTrip (www.housetrip.com) provides the first comprehensive solution to ease the rental of vacation properties.

About GetFundedShow @ World Travel Market: organised by EyeforTravel, it is a high–profile platform where the innovators of the industry will present the ideas that will shape the future of travel. The unique event will catapult savvy entrepreneurs into the limelight at the world's premier travel event. With over 25,000 travel professionals and almost 3,000 travel press in attendance at World Travel Market, The Get Funded Show@WTM offers unsurpassed exposure and the ultimate visibility for ambitious entrepreneurs.

Press Contact:
Arnaud Bertrand, CEO & Founder
HouseTrip SA
Route de Cugy 40
1052 Le Mont sur Lausanne
Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)78 615 52 86
e-mail: ab@housetrip.com

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