Fodors.com and iExplore Partner to Provide Adventure Travel Content & Trip Booking
NEW YORK & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 1, 2001- Fodors.com, the leading online travel information provider, and iExplore, the premier one-stop resource for researching and purchasing adventure and experiential travel, today jointly announced an alliance that brings iExplore's adventure content and trip booking resources to the Fodors.com site.
Under the terms of this alliance, Fodors.com (www.fodors.com) will incorporate iExplore's (www.iexplore.com) extensive content and searchable database of more than 5,000 trips in 152 countries into its Web site's Adventure Travel center. Trips range from cultural tours, expeditionary cruises and culinary adventures to safaris, hiking and white-water rafting. Using iExplore's "Trip Finder" database, Fodors.com users will be able to research and purchase trips from more than 100 world-renowned tour operators and have direct access to consultation from iExplore's staff of more than 25 experienced in-house Adventure Experts.
"Thanks to our relationship with iExplore, our users can now quickly obtain vast adventure travel and exploration content, plus direction to the company best equipped to make those dreams a reality," said Brent Peich, vice president and general manager of Fodors.com. "By adding iExplore's resources to our site, we continue to provide our users with a broad range of comprehensive services, further enhancing our overall commitment to supplying our users with a breadth and depth of travel planning content."
"The long-standing strength of the Fodor's brand combined with the company's online customers make this alliance the perfect synergy of adventure travel planning access," said George Deeb, CEO and founder of iExplore. "We're thrilled to be a provider of adventure travel ideas and to make trip booking convenient for Fodors.com visitors."
iExplore joins Fodors.com's long-list of distinguished category-leading content and booking partners, such as Expedia.com, which provides airline, hotel, car rental and cruise reservation services and Bedandbreakfast.com, which provides listings for over 24,000 bed and breakfast locations worldwide and enables users to search for particular listings and make reservations. In addition to providing adventure content and resources, Fodors.com offers users valuable information from its Business Travel, Cruise How-to's and Family Travel centers.
About Fodors.com
Fodors.com (http://www.fodors.com) is the leading full-service online travel information provider. A two-time Forbes magazine favorite, Fodors.com provides award-winning travel content, customized Miniguides for more than 200 destinations worldwide, real-time guidance and interactive forums. Fodors.com and Fodor's Travel Publications are units of Fodors LLC, a subsidiary of Random House, Inc. and its parent company, Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's largest media companies.
About iExplore
iExplore, Inc. is the world's premier one-stop, full service brand resource for researching, purchasing and equipping the adventure and experiential travel market. Through an equally balanced offering of adventure-related content, community and commerce, the company has established the leading portal for off-the-beaten-path travelers who want to "come back different." Founded in 1999 and based in Chicago, iExplore is a privately held company. Investors in the company include Soros Private Equity Partners LLC, Tribune Ventures, Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc. and Bear Ventures. More information on the company can be found at www.iExplore.com.
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