TripIt Brings Travelers Closer Together With New Closeness Alerts

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jan 22 (MARKET WIRE) --
TripIt (www.tripit.com), a free online travel organizer and social
network, is helping travelers stay connected with the release of its new
location-based social "Closeness" alerts.

The new features include "Who's Close To Me?" which automatically notifies
users
if their travel plans overlap with fellow travelers while on the road, and
"Who's
Coming to my City?" which automatically identifies colleagues who will be
visiting their hometown when they're not traveling.

TripIt is an online travel assistant that organizes trip details including
flight,
hotel, rental car, train, restaurant reservations, and activities -- even when
booked through different online services. Travelers simply forward their travel
confirmation emails to plans@TripIt.com and TripIt automatically builds one
master online and printable itinerary with everything travelers need to have a
great trip, including confirmation numbers, daily weather, local maps, driving
directions, city guides, OpenTable restaurant reservations, and more.

With the new Closeness alerts, TripIt offers a unique social network for
travelers and their community of contacts. In addition to knowing who's going
to be where in the real world, TripIt also allows travelers to "connect"
with each other online to share and collaborate on trips. And, TripIt
automatically syncs itineraries with calendars and eliminates the need for
manual entry, even if plans or details change, so that travelers are always "in
sync" wherever they are.

Gregg Brockway, CEO and co-founder of TripIt, commented, "Frequent travelers
just
don't have the extra time to keep track of their travel as well as the
travel schedules of their friends, family and associates. With our new
Closeness alerts, travelers are automatically notified when they're in the same
area, which allows them to stay in touch better."

TripIt is accessible from any browser or from mobile phones to keep people
linked to their travel plans, allowing them to finally leave that manila folder
and stack of separate itineraries at home.

About TripIt

Launched in September 2007, TripIt is an online personal travel assistant
that
automatically organizes all travel plans. The company was co-founded by Gregg
Brockway, co-founder of Hotwire and former president of Expedia's luxury travel
company Classic Vacations, Inc. More can be found online at
http://www.tripit.com.

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