Get ready for lots of boards, photos and pinning as social travel companies discover the social power of photos and get travel inspiration from Pinterest.
You can envision that “visual” is where social travel is headed and it will be tough for the legions of social travel competitors to differentiate themselves in the rush to populate users’ boards and grids with flashy photos and maps.
Trippy joined the craze this week, redesigning its website to emphasize visual browsing, led by a so-called celebrity group of investors and travel bloggers, who will be posting their pix to spur your wanderlusting impulses, whether you have travel dates in mind or not.
Read full story at: http://www.tnooz.com/2012/03/13/news/tripl-play-as-social-travel-startup-raises-300k-moves-to-new-york-and-readies-relaunch/