| Company type | Professional |
|---|---|
| Industry | Travel |
| Founders | Michel Elings and Jochem Wijnands |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
Area served | Worldwide |
TRVL was founded as an iPad magazine in 2010 before becoming a hotel booking platform for consumers, then one “for travel pros”. Its latest iteration is as a digital token for an online home sharing platform.
History
Co-founded in the Netherlands by tech/design specialist Michel Elings and entrepreneur Jochem Wijnands, TRVL started as a digital publication exclusively for iPad in 2010. It was the first iPad-specific magazine in the world and reached more than one million downloads.[1] [2]
Frustrated with the available publishing software, the TRVL team developed Prss, a mobile-first publishing platform. The Prss team and IP was acquired by Apple in 2014 to help create the Apple News Format.[3]
In 2015 Wijnands left Apple and pivoted TRVL into a booking platform aimed at travel agents.[4]
References
- ^ "Five download-worthy travel mags".
- ^ "TRVL Magazine App Takes Publishing Industry on an Adventurous Ride". 16 July 2013.
- ^ "TechCrunch: Prss acquired by Apple"
- ^ Kamps, Haje Jan. "You're a travel agent! You're a travel agent! Everyone's a travel agent!". Techcrunchb. Retrieved 9 August 2016.