World’s #1 Travel Community Site to Expand Remit
A British internet business has been achieving notable success in the American dominated social networking scene. WAYN (where are you now) which focuses on the travel sector has just reached a 15 million member milestone, outstripping established US giants such as TripAdvisor (10 million members).
Founded as a spare time hobby by London based entrepreneurs, Jerome Touze and Peter Ward in 2003, WAYN now has a global following with active members in 193 countries and attracts some 10,000 new users each day. Touze and Ward have announced they plan to build on that success by broadening WAYN’s remit beyond travel into a wider lifestyle arena.
Said Jerome Touze “Our 15 million membership confirms WAYN’s position as the world’s largest and fastest growing travel community and provides us with a solid base from which to expand and diversify. Travel will continue to be a key ingredient in our offering but with a wider lifestyle dimension the new site will provide a much richer content for existing members as well as attracting a new audience and offering new opportunities for our commercial partners. “
The “new WAYN” is scheduled to be unveiled late April 09.
About www.wayn.com
WAYN.com (Where Are You Now?) is the world's largest travel and lifestyle focused social networking community website. The site operates in 193 countries and membership has grown from 45,000 users in March 2005 to over 14.5 million today. WAYN.com allows its members to keep track of their friends' whereabouts and make new friends based on where they are now, where they have been and where they're going. Services on WAYN.com include travel guide and trip planning tools, unlimited photo and video storage; interaction tools such as email, SMS and instant messenger, forums and travel related tools and products. Headquartered in London, UK, WAYN was founded by entrepreneurs Pete Ward, 30, and pal Jerome Touze, 29, who started the site in their spare time after returning home from a 'round-the-world' trip in 2003. |
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