Tripr.tv: Video Your Hotel Room - and Make Money!

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Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:10am EDT

First Web Portal Which Pays Travelers for Their Videos Launched

MIAMI, Florida, August 27 /PRNewswire/ -- For anyone who stays in hotels,
there's a new way of making money - without any effort. Simply make a short
film of your room, recording your comments, and send it to the newly launched
international travel website"Tripr.tv". When someone books a room at the
hotel as a result of watching your video, you get a cut of the booking
commission.
    Launching all around the world today after 6 months of very successful
trials, Tripr.tv (http://www.tripr.tv) is the first company of its kind -
showing potential hotel guests what a hotel is really like, unlike the
corporate pictures and videos which the hotels themselves show you.
    "Almost a thousand hotels are already on the site, but we want tens of
thousands more," explained Mr. Jan Kooman, Tripr.tv CEO. "We are basically a
kind of YouTube for the hotel business. Moving images are much more realistic
than the, often outdated and glamorized, pictures which hotels themselves
show. Our way, potential guests can really trust the hotel. When you're
filming for Tripr.tv, you're actually walking around your room. Everyone can
see the truth!"
    About Tripr.tv
    As Tripr.tv has arrangements with hotel booking companies, which pay
commission, Tripr.tv forwards part of this commission to the video maker,
averaging $10 per booking. The site was launched in "beta" format in January
2008 and has already attracted great interest from hotels and guests.
    Hotels realize that it's a great opportunity for potential guests to see
what other guests think - and to see what they see.
    Recently, Tripr.tv has been funded by Greenhouse Innovation, venture
capital firm of Mr. Sander Andreae and Mr. Marc Duijndam. Duijndam is former
managing director at Google.
    For images: http://www.tripr.tv/press
SOURCE  Tripr.tv

More information at: Jan Kooman, CEO, E-mail: jkooman@tripr.tv, Tripr.tv USA,
550 11th street, #1116, Miami Beach, FL 33139, Tel. +1-305-779-0448
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