Posted in Joobili Buzz, Site Features on Apr 10th, 2009
We launched a new feature today allowing you to see upcoming events that don’t have a confirmed date yet. A lot of festivals only lock in their dates 4-6 months in advance, but for people who like long-term planning we wanted to at least allow you to see an approximate date based on previous years. [...]
Posted in Joobili Buzz on Apr 8th, 2009
Joobili was featured on KillerStartups.com yesterday. As I write this we are 19 votes away from being the top website of the month. Please give us your vote.
We had a great March and April is off to a great start. Thanks for everything and let’s keep this train a movin’.
Posted in Feedback, Joobili Buzz, Uncategorized on Mar 22nd, 2009
Wow…where to start. On Wednesday, Joobili was selected one of the winners of Seedcamp’s Warsaw competition. Each of the 20 finalists had 5 minutes to present their startup to a room full of investors and entrepreneurs. The rest of the day was filled with individual sessions where we received incredible feedback about Joobili from an [...]
Posted in Feedback, Joobili Buzz on Feb 13th, 2009
Aside from cruising the Travel Technology Show, I used my time in London to meet with Howzat Media and Index Ventures. Both companies have considerable experience investing in travel start-ups. Joobili is too early stage for these guys, so rather than begging for money I used my time with them to soak up some advice [...]
Posted in Joobili Buzz on Jan 26th, 2009
I just booked my ticket to London for the Travel Technology Show. Judging by the program there should be some good sessions on site design, online travel start-ups, and utilizing social networks. Hopefully I pick up a few things that will help improve Joobili. The other purpose of the trip is to meet with a [...]
Posted in Joobili Buzz on Jan 15th, 2009
We launched!
I’m feeling excited/ nervous/ hopeful/ stressed/ relieved, etc. Have you ever been hiking and you come to the top of a hill, you’re sweating like crazy, dust everywhere, and just as you’re about to let out a sigh of relief you notice the trail rising sharply toward an even bigger hill? That’s me.
It’s gratifying to type in Joobili.com and [...]
Posted in Joobili Buzz, Site Features on Dec 16th, 2008
National Tourism Offices and private event promoters host fantastic travel events every day throughout Europe. But you never hear about them. They hide on the back pages of event calendars on difficult to navigate websites. Or they are locally famous events that are unknown to an international audience. Joobili is on a mission to make these events easier to discover. Part of this effort requires enlisting the [...]
Posted in Joobili Buzz on Nov 17th, 2008
Enormous, exhausting, exciting…three “E” words that sum up my WTM London experience. I was there from opening until closing on Monday and Tuesday and I barely covered the Europe section of the expo. No time for the other continents, the cool travel technologies, the seminars and speeches, not even time for the Kazakh folk dancers. No [...]
Posted in Site Features on Nov 5th, 2008
We recently published a new version of the Event Details page. Go to the site and check it out for yourself. The page now has previews of the Nearby Events, Forum, and Who’s Going features. The Nearby Events feature is perfect for planning longer trips. After selecting an event you can view all the other events [...]
Posted in Joobili Buzz on Nov 3rd, 2008
I made a bit of a last minute decision on Thursday. I’m going to attend the World Travel Market in London on November 10-13. It’s the biggest gathering of tourism professionals in the world (as the name implies) and it will be a great chance to demo Joobili to European countries and cities looking for a [...]
