Travolution: Travel Pioneers Award Winners

We are delighted to announce that we won the Travel Pioneer Award for the September 2008 edition of Travolution.

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Monday, 15th September 2008

The Times: Site of the week www.addictedtotravel.com

"This holiday-search website has been revamped, with 200-plus ideas in categories ranging from cookery to astronomy via motorcycle touring and even space travel. As well as conventional close-to-home destinations, you can find trips to places such as Angola, and there are travel blogs and forums to share travel tips."

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Saturday, 12th July 2008

Travolution: addictedtotravel eyes flight meta search deal

"Travel portal addictedtotravel.com has launched the second phase of its website with a string of new features and plans for flight meta search and a loyalty scheme.

The company was launched last year by three ex-First Choice executives from its adventure holidays division and has attracted investment from a European angel in recent months.

The new site has a improved navigation and other design features as well as destination content for nearly 70 countries. Co-founder Nick Anstead told Travolution the site had attracted 120 tour operators in its first 12 months and hoped to include around 4,000 products by mid-2009.

The company is hoping to launch a loyalty scheme by the end of August and is in negotiations with a number of major meta search white label providers for flight functionality. It is hoped the meta search element will be in place within three months.

The launch functionality of blogs and mapping remains on the new site and will be joined shortly by the ability to upload videos and photographs."

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Friday, 11th July 2008

talkSPORT: addictedtotravel on Mike Mendoza show

We were thrilled to be invited to our first radio interview on talkSPORT's late-night Mike Mendoza show.  Stuart, our own Americas and Polar product expert took time out to introduce addictedtotravel.com to tens of thousands of avid listeners. Answering a broad range of questions from Mike, Stuart led the audience on a 10-minute journey of discovery to all corners of the globe as he recounted stories from past travels and outlined what our site is all about.

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Friday, 11th July 2008

The Sunday Telegraph: Magical Mauritania

On this front page lead feature Gabriella Le Breton relishes the history, culture and raw, beautiful landscapes of one of the world's least-known and least-visited countries:

"I travelled with Nick Anstead, seasoned traveller, Africa expert and founder of the "online travel portal" addictedtotravel.com. The website takes a unique approach to sustainable adventure tourism, enabling travellers to contact hand-picked local experts and product providers directly. The site also offers a Facebook-style social networking facility, where like-minded travellers can swap advice and tales.

Nick was in Mauritania to meet local guides, check accommodation and uncover tips and locations to share with his budding 'Travel Addicts Anonymous' community. In six days we covered more than 900 miles of incredibly diverse terrain and lost count of the number of times we were left speechless with wonder."

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Sunday, 2nd March 2008

London Lite: A new addiction

"THRILL-SEEKERS should check out new website addictedtotravel.com - it's the Facebook of the adventure travel world and you can book directly with tour operators in six continents. What's more membership is free."

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Friday, 28th September 2007