gliider, a newly-launched travel research tool, was selected as one of four finalists in the PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit. Gliider presented alongside 32 of the world’s leading innovators and, along with 3 other companies, was chosen by the audience to advance to a final round of the competetion.
The PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit showcases the latest and best technologies for travel planning and purchasing.
CEO Jordan Stolper is one of thirty-three innovators from around the world selected to demonstrate applications, mobile technologies and solutions poised to transform the nature of travel research, planning, and purchasing.
gliider is a Firefox-based research tool that lets travelers find and gather travel info from across the web, and then delivers to the user trip-specific deals and promotions. Travelers simply drag and drop travel information such as hotel and restaurant listings into the application. gliider then delivers personalized deals and promotions related to the trip. gliider has partnered with major industry players such as Travelzoo and Hotels.com to provide these deals.
“This is a tremendous honor’,” said CEO Jordan Stolper. “Affirmation from the PhoCusWright audience is strong validation of gliider’s potential.”
For more information go to www.gliider.com or follow gliider at www.twitter.com/
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