December 13th, 2011

Travel Rewards Redemption Company ezRez Buys Social Loyalty Check-In App Topguest

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ezRez, a software company that develops white-label travel commerce and loyalty redemption platform and a loyalty payments engine for digital wallets, has acquired social loyalty rewards startup Topguest. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

As we’ve written in the past, Topguest is a loyalty program that rewards users for engaging with brands on social networks. The startup lets you… → Read More

March 27th, 2011

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Points: Topguest Hooks Up With Instagram

Everyone loves loyalty points. But it’s often a pain to get them because different companies all have their own programs that require you to remember numbers. Topguest’s goal is to unify that experience by letting you earn points simply by checking-in on social networks like Foursquare and Facebook. And now they’re adding a new layer to the mix: Instagram photos.

Yes, beginning today when the… → Read More

July 22nd, 2010

Topguest Hooks IHG, All-Star InvestorsĀ [Video]

Earlier this month, investor Jeff Clavier told us on TechCrunch TV that he had just invested in a promising startup that was related to the geo-location space.

Well, we didn’t have to go very far to unveil the identity of Clavier’s mystery startup. Less than two weeks later, Geoff Lewis, the founder of Topguest knocked on our door.

The New York based startup is a travel rewards service based on… → Read More

June 9th, 2010

Topguest Rewards Travelers For Check-Ins At Hotels, Airports, And More

Location based services are moving towards establishing rewards program for check-ins; Foursquare just announced that it would be testing rewards offers to users this week. Topguest, which is backed by the Founders Fund, has an interesting take on the LBS arena; the platform gives travelers loyalty points and rewards for check-ins on Foursquare, Twitter, Gowalla, Yelp, Loopt and even Google… → Read More