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"Seattle-based TripHub is a new service for planning group travel.  It's been in \"soft beta\" since March, but they just launched the official version a few minutes ago.  The company was founded in 2005 by veterans of Microsoft and Expedia, and has taken funding from Madrona Venture Group and private investors.  The board of advisors includes Zillow Chief Executive Rich Barton, Farecast VP of Marketing Mike Fridgen and RealNetworks VP Dave Richards.\nThe team have referred to TripHub as a cross between MySpace and Evite - I'm not sold on the MySpace angle, but it shares a lot in common with Evite and other group planning tools.   You start by creating a trip and inviting some friends - you can then add entries to the group blog (a new feature in this release), add events like scheduled activities, book hotels and search for flights.  All these activities can be shared with the group, helping you to co-ordinate your plans.  They've also used the company blog to provide travel guides, checklists and tips, all linked to from the main site.  Additionally, they have a co-branded site with Alaska Air, available here.\nGroup planning is tricky, so I'm glad to see these tools solving a real problem.  What's more, it's pretty easy to see a business model here.  TripHub is simple and useful: if they can strike some more deals with airlines and other travel sites, it seems they could get some traction.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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