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.

TRVL
Company typeProfessional
IndustryTravel
FoundersMichel Elings and Jochem Wijnands
HeadquartersAmsterdam, the Netherlands
Area served
Worldwide

History edit

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 edit

  1. ^ "Five download-worthy travel mags".
  2. ^ "TRVL Magazine App Takes Publishing Industry on an Adventurous Ride". 16 July 2013.
  3. ^ "TechCrunch: Prss acquired by Apple"
  4. ^ Kamps, Haje Jan. "You're a travel agent! You're a travel agent! Everyone's a travel agent!". Techcrunchb. Retrieved 9 August 2016.


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