| Status | Privately Held |
| Website | www.TVtrip.com |
| Blog | www.tvtrip.com/wp |
| Category | Web |
| Address | Paris, FRA |
| Founded | 6/07 |
| Series A, 7/07 1 Balderton Capital Partech International | $4.8M |
TVtrip, not to be confused with competitor Trivop, is the second video guide for hotels to launch. Founded by four former managers of Expedia Europe and financially backed by former Expedia CEO, TVtrip broke into the Travel scene with an impressive pedigree. With its most notable feature being videos of hotels and their surroundings, TVtrip also includes reviews from TripAdvisor, maps and nearby hotels and their rates. To book hotels users must navigate to one of its partner sites which include Expedia, Venere and Booking.com
TVtrip has relaunched its hotel search engine and now includes over 1500 hotels. (March 2008).
| Website | TVtrip.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Launch Date | June 7, 2007 |
| Tags | travel |
Simply type in the name of a hotel, a city or even a monument to begin searching in TVtrip. Once users have located a specific hotel TVtrip offers video of the surrounding area, the entrance, junior, standard and executive rooms. A list of the hotel’s amenities and an overall description are provided below. A google powered map is also easily accessible. Click the “check rates” button to choses a partner site such as Expedia to book your hotel or compare pricing.
