Make Your Next Trip More Engaging: Worldwide Travel Sharing Social Network Placely Emerges From Beta

LOS ANGELES, CA, May 20 (MARKET WIRE) --
Travel planning sites, eat your hearts out -- the most comprehensive and
seamless
travel sharing community, Placely, has debuted its full service website,
complete
with social networking, flight tracking and research tools for travelers around
the world. The site, which offers the capacity to geographically map friends,
family and colleagues at any given time, today also launched its new
user-friendly interface.

Placely integrates all the travel-related features of popular media and
social networking sites, such as Flickr, Tripit, Trip Advisor, Dopplr, Blogger
and Facebook, into a single platform. Members can "experience" sharing travel
plans and trip updates while staying connected through distinctive group
features
and a travel network platform. Placely users can log in, update their
location and easily connect with family back home or find fellow trekkers to
meet while traveling between destinations. Vacationers planning a trip can find
extensive, experiential user reviews by location for research and evaluation of
the most popular travel destinations in the world.

"Having personally experienced the difficulties of staying connected while
on
the road, we created Placely to keep in touch with colleagues and friends,
while also introducing a game-changing social element," said Denis Khoo, CEO
and Co-Founder. "We're excited to embark on this endeavor and introduce an
innovative method for travelers to stay connected -- no matter where they are in
the world."

Placely taps into the travel niche via the blogosphere as well: renowned
travel
bloggers have the opportunity to become Official Placely Guides, connecting
their
voyage experiences with the rest of the online community. The site offers
friends,
families, colleagues, students and travel aficionados live tracking capabilities
for user and group updates for location shifts and travel updates. The site
offers search categories for individual interests and upcoming trip plans as
well. Social networking and liveblogging features allow those who share similar
interests to contact and meet up with new like-minded travelers while on the
road. With Placely, users can gradually build out their network by adding
co-workersand friends, as well as creating or joining groups based on a specific
category,
need, timeframe, and relevance. For more information on Placely, visit Placely

Founded in 2007 and based in Los Angeles, Placely is transforming social
networking for road warriors and other frequent travelers with its
capacity to geographically map friends, family and colleagues at any given
time -- past, present and future. Founded by social, leisure and business
travelers,
the Placely mission is to create an "experience tool" for sharing travel
logistics, updated plans and stories from the road. For more information on
staying connected while traveling, please visit http://www.placely.com.

Contact:
Jessica Hasson
Terpin Communication
323-710-3556
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