Released on: July 24, 2008, 2:47 pm

Press Release Author: Brian Solis

Industry: Internet & Online

Press Release Summary: MobiFriends harnesses travel search and social networking, to bring people together to share travel plans and favorites, find deals, recommend destinations, and connect in cities around the world.

Press Release Body: SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2008 -- Mobissimo, www.mobissimo.com, is the world\'s most inclusive travel search engine, outperforming the largest online networks to help travelers find the best, most accurate deals anywhere. Through an alliance with Thingfo, Mobissimo becomes the first travel search engine to feature a collaborative community with the introduction of MobiFriends.

With MobiFriends, travelers are connected to other friends, colleagues, and family, as well as a global network of savvy travelers. When using Mobissimo to plan upcoming trips, users can see who from their network is in the same town during their visit or read their trusted recommendations for favorite restaurants, hotels, activities, and entertainment spots. In turn, travelers can share their own favorites for every city they\'ve visited with their Mobifriends social network - all through a friendly widget located on the user\'s dashboard and search results page. MobiFriends helps travelers make more informed decisions based on the trusted opinions of their friends, combining the benefits of online travel search with the power of social networking, trip reviews, and location-based networks.

It all starts with a travel search. Once users find a great price, they can add it to their trip plans,share it with their Mobissimo community, and broadcast it tofriends on other social networks like Twitter and Facebook.

Mobissimo makes it simple to build a MobiFriends travel network by offering a one-step invitation process that supports Google Gmail, Yahoo Mail, MSN Hotmail, Facebook, Twitter, Hi5, and many others.

About Mobissimo

Mobissimo, which means the \"ultimate in mobility,\" was founded in 2004 and is located in San Francisco. For consumers, Mobissimo is the ultimate travel search engine because it saves travelers time and money and improves the way they discover travel information.

The Mobissimo search engine performs real-time queries of the multiple websites that travelers traditionally check manually plus dozens of others that are often overlooked. Mobissimo simultaneously searches more than 180 different travel sites in 30 countries and five continents, including major global airlines, low-cost carriers, consolidators, and hotel/car rental sites, to find the best fares and rates online. Support for the world\'s leading travel brands include Alitalia, American Airlines, British Airways, Ebookers, Lufthansa, Opodo, Orbitz, United Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Travelocity, and Virgin. The company\'s powerful search tools feature OneBox natural language search and ActivitySearch for theme-based travel planning.


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