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TravelerVIP.com, headquartered in Dubai, is the Middle East’s first luxury hotel booking website. It also has the world’s largest collection of Arabic hotel reviews.〔(Traveler VIP ) Crunch Base, retrieved Feb 11, 2011〕 ==History== Initially branded as RihlaPrime.com during its launch in April 2012, the travel company was founded by Blagoja Hamamdziev, John Fohr and Marc Meunier.〔(TravelerVIP.com - The First Online Travel Club in the Middle East - Secures over $1 Million in one of the region’s largest seed funding rounds ) PR Web, retrieved 13 Feb 2013〕 This original name was inspired by Arab Explorer Ibn Batūtah's journey, or 'Rihla', and offered members-only discounted vacations and destinations offers at up to 70%.〔(Middle East’s First High End Travel Club: RihlaPrime ) Arab Net, retrieved 18 October 2012〕 After initial success, it expanded its business model to provide more curated offers and wider selection of hotels and rebranded itself to TravelerVIP.com. In January 2013 it received $1 million in funds from BECO Capital, one of the top venture capital investment firms in the Middle East, and a consortium of angel investors, including Soha Nashaat, former CEO of Barclays Wealth MENA & Turkey and Jakob Beck Thompsen, CEO of SaxoBank MENA & Turkey.〔(TravelerVIP secures over $1m in funding ) Arabian Industry.com, retrieved 31 Jan 2013〕〔(Online Travel Club TravelerVIP Raises $1 Million Investment Led by BECO Capital ) ArabNet, retrieved 5 Feb 2013〕 TravelVIP.com is notable as the Middle East’s first online travel club, which is a model that has proven very successful in the United States and Europe. Tailored to the Middle East traveler, TravelerVIP.com offers both weekly limited time sales on four and five star hotels, as well as the ability to book at the best available rates (BAR) on its collection of the top 1,000+ hotels in the World. The website features curated travel reviews for each hotels, and is offered in both English and Arabic. As of February 2013, TravelerVIP.com had the world’s largest collection of originally written Arabic hotel reviews.〔(TravelerVIP secures over $1m in funding ) Arabian Industry.com, retrieved 31 Jan 2013〕 TravelerVIP is one of the first members of the ‘Majid Bin Mohammed Innovation Center in5’ which is an incubator for promising companies in the UAE. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「TravelerVIP」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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