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  • Travel Planning Startup NileGuide Acquires Local Recommendation Site 10Best

    Leena Rao

    Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was... → Learn More

    Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

    NileGuide, a one-stop travel planning site that allows you to create customized trip itineraries, has bought travel recommendation site 10Best.com from Enveritas Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

    10Best.com is an online travel guide that provides recommendations on the the most popular attractions, hotels, restaurants, events and more in cities around the world. 10Best Travel Guides cover 457 major metropolitan areas (comprised of 3,748 cities around the globe).

    For NileGuide, 10Best is another way for the travel site to become the go-to guide for all local travel planning (meaning where to stay, eat, visit etc.). The startup also recently acquired local travel site Localyte to add local expert advice to its platform. Founded in 2006 and based in San Francisco, NileGuide has received $13 million in funding from investors including Draper Richards, KPG Ventures, Austin Ventures, and Tenaya Capital.

    Company: NileGuide
    Website: nileguide.com
    Launch Date: 2006
    Funding: $13M

    NileGuide is a travel planning site that lets you search for hotels, restaurants, and other activities with advanced preference filters and build a free custom guide to more than 100 destinations.

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