1. TripIt Milestones

2. 2006
October 2006
TripIt is founded by Hotwire co-founder Gregg Brockway, Hotwire founding
team member Scott Hintz, and veteran software engineer Andy Denmark.
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3. 2007
April 23, 2007
TripIt closes $1 million in first round of funding
from O‟Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV). September 17, 2007
“Bryce Roberts, of OATV tells VentureBeat he invested „because of the team‟s
deep experience in the travel industry.‟ ” TripIt launches from private
- Matt Marshall, VentureBeat beta at TechCrunch40
“Rather than attempting to compete in the crowded booking space, dominated by
giants like Expedia, TripIt aims to organize the avalanche of information that serial
travelers face.”
- Chris Morrisson, VentureBeat
October 19, 2007
TripIt introduces “TripIt to Me” feature October 22, 2007
Users can email a command to plans@tripit.com and TripIt
responds with relevant details from their itinerary. October 22, 2007
TripIt is voted “Most Likely to
Succeed” at Web 2.0 Launchpad event.
November 1, 2007
TripIt adds restaurant and
train reservations December 6, 2007
TripIt adds iCal sync and international booking sites
• Users can automatically sync travel itineraries with personal calendars
including Google Calendar, Outlook 2007, Plaxo, etc.
• Confirmation emails from outside of the U.S. are now accepted by TripIt.
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4. 2008
January 1, 2008
TripIt is featured in Michael Arrington’s January 22, 2008
“Web 2.0 Companies I Couldn‟t Live Without”
TripIt introduces social
feature “Who’s Close,”
“Tripit pulls the relevant information out of the emails
and builds an organized itinerary for you. You can which alerts users when a
send emails in any order, for multiple trips, whatever. friend or colleague is
It just figures everything out and organizes it.” nearby their location.
- Michael Arrington, TechCrunch
February 4, 2008
TripIt enters the corporate travel world February 25, 2008
TripIt recognizes corporate booking sites, and TripIt reaches benchmark of 100 supported booking sites.
gives users the ability to add client meetings
and activities manually.
Coordinators can now create itineraries on
behalf of others.
March 5, 2008
April 7, 2008
TripIt is featured in
“Best New Airline Web Sites” by Travel + Leisure TripIt introduces mobile
web access so users can
“A tidy, paperless way to keep track of everything from flight reservations
to OpenTable dinner plans, this site extracts travel details from the organize travel plans on
booking confirmations that you forward by e-mail, then organizes their smartphone.
them all on a private Web page.”
- Wing Sze Tang, Travel + Leisure
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5. 2008
May 13, 2008 May 29, 2008
TripIt supports cruise booking
Confirmations from big cruise lines such as Carnival, Norwegian Cruise Lines TripIt “Traveler Profile” feature is live
and Celebrity Cruises, as well as cruise booking agents like Travelocity are
The profile features basic information about a user including home
now recognized.
location, upcoming trip destinations, connections in TripIt, as well as travel
statistics like miles traveled, days on the road, etc.
June 24, 2008
TripIt recognizes
events and activity
confirmations, such
as dinner and a
show, a sporting
event, or a family
night at the movies.
August 19, 2008
TripIt is featured in
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “The Latest and Greatest
in Online Travel Resources” class in New York.
September 10, 2008 September 7, 2008
TripIt is included in renowned tech
TripIt makes Google’s “Top 10 Things You Can Do in the Cloud That
blogger, Robert Scoble‟s “Gold
You Couldn’t Do Last Year” list at the Business 2.0 Conference
Standard of Recent Startups” roundup.
“Uses a communication method we already have, e-mail, to make things simpler for
everyone.”
- Matthew Glotzbach, Google Product Director
Google’s Enterprise Products
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6. 2009
January 26, 2009
February 15, 2009
Over 1,500 bloggers install the TripIt Blog Badge, which displays
TripIt opens its API to third party app developers a user‟s upcoming travels on their blog or website.
TripIt API makes it easy for other websites and
applications to exchange data with TripIt.
April 14, 2009
May 11, 2009
Virgin America partners with TripIt
TripIt launches iPhone app Virgin America flight confirmations arrive with a
reminder to add the flight to TripIt.
The iPhone app organizes
upcoming TripIt itineraries and
links to
airlines, hotels, restaurants and
much more, straight from an May 29, 2009
itinerary.
TripIt updates “Trip Sharing” so
that users can post trip plans on
Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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7. 2009
June 23, 2009
June 2009
TripIt launches TripIt Pro,
a premium service for TripIt reaches 500,000 users
frequent travelers.
Sends alerts for check-in, flight
changes and cancellations.
Monitors flights and
automatically notifies the
traveler if the price drops.
Organizes frequent traveler August 15, 2009
points in one place.
TripIt iPhone app is listed #3 on the “Top Free Travel Apps” list and
Keeps significant others or
those who need to know in the
#9 on the “Most Popular Travel Apps” list from the iTunes App
loop. Store.
November 22, 2009
November 11, 2009
TripIt launches itinerary merging, allowing users to combine multiple
itineraries into a single itinerary with the click of a button.
TripIt launches free Android App
Users can get maps and directions and make calls
to airlines, hotels, etc. straight from their
itinerary, and can access their TripIt Pro account
number from their Android phone.
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8. 2010
January 20, 2010
February 1, 2010
TripIt launches BlackBerry app
TripIt reaches 1 million users
This free mobile app gives travelers access to all
their travel plans right on their BlackBerry.
Users can also easily get directions to a March 2, 2010
hotel, restaurant or meeting on-the-go.
TripIt launches TripIt Groups
Users can join their company‟s group on TripIt and instantly see
colleagues‟ trips on the company travel map.
July 15, 2010
TripIt travelers log over 1 billion miles for the first half of the year.
July 28, 2010
TripIt wins “Most Outstanding App” at the
Business Traveler Innovation Awards, hosted by
the National Business Travel Association and The
Wall Street Journal, where corporate travelers
picked out services, products and ideas best for
business trips.
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9. 2010
August 8, 2010
TripIt introduces Gmail auto import October 9, 2010
TripIt can monitor a user‟s Gmail account for travel-related TripIt reaches 2 million users
emails and automatically create an itinerary.
November 12, 2010
TripIt is featured on CNBC Street Signs:
Will Aldrich, VP of Product, talks about holiday
travel trends.
December 1, 2010
TripIt supports the new
American Express Travel app
for iPhone and Blackberry
American Express card members can
now manage all their upcoming
itineraries using their TripIt account.
December 14, 2010
TripIt launches TripIt for Business
Administrators and office managers can instantly create itineraries for
their travelers, and push the latest plans to their smartphones.
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10. 2011
January 11, 2011
March 3, 2011
Concur acquires TripIt for $120 million TripIt now recognizes travel confirmation emails from 3,000 travel
and booking sites.
Concur, a leading provider of online integrated travel and expense
management solutions, expands into the consumer space. January 11, 2010
May 3, 2011
TripIt launches iPad app
The iPad app includes a master map that captures the entire
trip and individual maps on each page of the itinerary.
May 4, 2011
TripIt wins its first
Webby Award for
“Best Mobile Travel
App” at the 15th
Annual Webby
Awards.
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11. 2011
June 21, 2011
TripIt airs its first television commercial in
Chicago.
June 28, 2011
TripIt reaches 3 million users
September 16, 2011
TripIt launches its app for Windows Phone, which allows users to
add, edit and share trip plans and TripIt Pro users can view all their
frequent traveler points in one place.
October 4, 2011
TripIt partners with Avis, making it
easier and faster to rent a car.
The new Avis service takes trip details, such
as flight and hotel reservations from TripIt
itineraries, and adds the corresponding fields
onto Avis.com.
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12. 2011
November 4, 2011
November 20, 2011
TripIt is included in a “Best Travel
Websites” segment on The Today
TripIt reaches 4 million users Show with Nina Willdorf of Budget
Travel.
December 5, 2011
TripIt launches its app for Kindle Fire and Amazon Appstore for
December 21, 2011 Android
“The compact size of Kindle Fire and
its growing ecosystem of apps make
it a solid match for travelers.”
TripIt users - Gregg Brockway, TripIt
travel 5 billion
miles in 2011
Fun Fact: It‟s the
equivalent of a
round trip to Pluto.
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13. 2012
January 10, 2012 January 19, 2012
TripIt launches “trend and spend” feature for TripIt for Business
TripIt launches Samsung
Galaxy Tab app at the • Managers can see more office travel spending information with the
Consumer Electronics Show updated dashboard.
in Las Vegas. • Users can access their past travel expenses and see upcoming travelling
costs for the next 30 and 90 days.
February 2, 2012
TripIt launches new map feature that lets users interact with their entire
trip geographically and quickly create directions between their activities.
April 10, 2012
TripIt integrates with
Best Western
Travelers can use the app
to book a room at any
Best Western hotel.
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14. 2012
April 25, 2012
TripIt reaches 5 million users April 26, 2012
TripIt launches past trips for Android
July 6, 2012 Users can get all the info stored in their past itineraries from their
Android mobile devices.
TripIt launches trip photos and
searchable maps for iPhone, iPad and July 15, 2012
iPod Touch.
Users have the ability to upload photos TripIt is featured in a New York Times
and make changes to an itinerary from Sunday travel section cover story with
anywhere. road warrior Tim Ferriss.
Trip plans are automatically displayed on
a map.
August 27, 2012
TripIt is featured in PC Magazine’s
“The 50 Best Free iPhone Apps for 2012”
September 6, 2012
“TripIt tops the list of travel apps. It automatically syncs your email
itineraries to a trip organizer, putting all your travel plans right on TripIt updates its iPad app, including
your iPhone no matter which booking agent you use.” new design features, a “What‟s Next”
- Jill Duffy, PC Magazine preview and enhanced trip maps.
Push notifications introduced for Tripit Pro
users.
October 2012
5 years after launch, TripIt reaches
nearly 7 million users
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