Tripatini.com, the social network the New York Post called “Facebook for travelers,” kicks off the summer travel season with a new tool that connects travel consumers and industry experts. Through the Ask a Travel Expert feature, http://www.Tripatini.com members from around the globe provide valuable information in response to travelers’ toughest questions.
The new tool offers travel industry professionals endless opportunities to establish expertise and build followers for their own products, services, and outlets. Travel consumers walk away with diverse expert travel advice for their next trip.
Ask a Travel Expert is free and simple. To participate, consumers and travel experts can ask and answer questions, as well as follow a live feed of the latest discussion topics, on www.Tripatini.com or http://www.AskATravelExpert.com. There’s also an easy-to-install widget, convenient for desktop and website use, available on both sites.
“Ask a Travel Expert takes the potential of social networking to a whole new level,” says Tripatini founder and CEO David Paul Appell. “Ultimately, social networks are about communication, and we facilitate communication on the most fundamental and useful level: ask a question, get an answer.”
Tripatini president José Balido adds, “On today’s vastly cluttered Internet, many travelers don’t know where to begin searching for information. Tripatini’s Ask a Travel Expert tool helps travelers cut through the clutter, saving both time and money.”
To promote the new tool, participants who ask or answer a question using the Ask a Travel Expert widget (http://www.widgetbox.com/
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About the Sweepstakes Sponsors
The Athenaeum
Known as Mayfair’s Discreet Retreat, The Athenaeum, which recently took top honors at the BT Visit London Awards 2009, has a well-deserved reputation as the home of London’s most personable, professional and friendly hotel staff. The Athenaeum enjoys an unsurpassed London location directly opposite Green Park and within walking distance of Buckingham Palace. It’s a luxury hotel in central London like no other.
Silk
Tucked away in an elegant dining room just off the hotel lobby, the 2009 Michelin-recommended Silk restaurant is the culinary and architectural focal point of the Courthouse Doubletree by Hilton, boasting a history as rich and colourful as its exotic menu. The combination of Silk's classic courtroom setting and innovative Asian-fusion cuisine, offers a fine-dining experience with unique appeal, quite unlike any other venue in central London in terms of ambience.
Circus
Circus is an innovative combination of West End cocktail bar and London cabaret restaurant set in vibrant Covent Garden, the heart of theatre-land. This London performance restaurant boasts a stylish surrealist interior created by iconic British designer Tom Dixon, which transports you into a decadent world of glamour and escapism from the moment you enter. If you're looking for a brunch or lunch venue in Covent Garden to escape the hustle and bustle of the outside world, then Circus is ideal, and the Pan-American menu is sure to please everybody.
London Pass
The London Pass provides free access to more than 55 top attractions in London, with priority entry at the busiest sites to avoid lines. Users also obtain a free guidebook, which includes more than 40 additional deals and discounts.
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