Seems to be a period for so-called pivots among some of the travel startups that arrived on the scene in 2010, with Vacation Relation making way for a new site called Tripl.
Vacation Relation [TLabs Showcase - Vacation Relation] first emerged in mid-2010 as a way of finding out who might be in a destination when you arrive.
Now the team have decided to retire the original idea and return in the next few weeks with a different service, funding round, new engineers, new focus.
Read the full story at: http://www.tnooz.com/2011/05/20/tlabs/vacation-relation-left-to-die-team-promises-better-with-tripl/