Travelomy- A location based service from Ciafo
Monday January 16, 2012 , 2 min Read
Ciafo initially came up with Frrole, a social newspaper based on twitter which was covered by YourStory a couple of months ago. Ciafo has been slowly moving up the ladder and has now announced a new service called Travelomy which can be a good monetization option for them.About Travelomy
Travelomy is a travel guide that packs features based on rich content, geo-location and social media integration in a way that provides practical and useful information to a traveler. Travelomy leverages web 2.0 technologies to provide better travel information.
What does Travelomy do?
Quite a few existing travel guides end up having content which is obsolete and has little relevance left. Travelomy brings real-time and social information feeds to travel content. Travelomy claims their results to be more relevant than competitors like Gogobot but it is still early days to make a clear cut decision.
This feature is currently being rolled out for the 10 most popular cities (6 in India including Mumbai and New Delhi and Kathmandu, Thimpu, Maldives and Colombo overseas) and would be extended to cover smaller, but popular travel destinations in the next couple of months.
The working
Frrole is what powers Travelomy. Frrole is the sieve that filters relevant information and feeds Travelomy. Along with Travelomy, Ciafo is also announcing a private-beta release for accessing Frrole APIs.
Extrapolation
Currently available at a local level for 20 cities across 7 categories, Frrole would soon extend to around 50 cities and also start offering integrated feeds at a country and global level. And as far as Travelomy is concerned, the team ultimately intends it to be a complete travel destination site, although it currently focuses on being purely a travel guide for the 5 South Asian Countries of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives.
You can try out Travelomy here. If you are interested in getting access to Frrole API’s, you can tweet them at their handle: frrole or visit the site.
- Jubin Mehta
