Apr 14, 2009 09:00 ET
Free TripIt iPhone App Takes Travel Itineraries On The Road
SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)-- Apr 14, 2009
Online travel itinerary and trip planning service TripIt (http://www.tripit.com)
today announced TripIt for iPhone. This free application for the Apple
iPhone displays a traveler’s detailed itinerary on their mobile phone,
so they have all their travel plans at their fingertips.
TripIt is a popular service for organizing and sharing travel plans.
With the new TripIt for iPhone, travelers now have mobile access to all
their TripIt itineraries, which can include travel plans from more than
500 booking sites. Travelers can quickly find the travel details they
need, whether their iPhone is online, offline or in airplane mode, and
easily link to websites or call numbers from their itinerary.
“An iPhone app has been one of the top requests from TripIt travelers,”
commented Gregg Brockway, co-founder and president, TripIt. “It’s ideal
for the frequent traveler, who can just forward their confirmation
emails to plans@tripit.com and
automatically get all their plans on their iPhone.”
TripIt for iPhone is available for free in the Apple iTunes App Store (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=311035142&mt=8)
or at TripIt (http://www.tripit.com/uhp/iphone).
TripIt supports other mobile devices with a specially-designed website
at m.tripit.com.
TripIt for iPhone was created using the TripIt API (Application
Programming Interface) that enables developers to build on TripIt’s open
itinerary platform. More than 100 developers are using the TripIt API to
create the next generation of travel services.
“We built the TripIt for iPhone app using our TripIt API to make sure
developers could easily build the same type of apps on their own,” said
Andy Denmark, co-founder and VP Development, TripIt. “In doing so, we
further improved the API for our developer community.”
About TripIt
TripIt helps people organize
their travel plans by simply forwarding their travel confirmation
emails to plans@tripit.com no
matter where they book. TripIt automatically creates a master itinerary
that combines all their travel plans plus weather, maps, restaurants and
more. With TripIt it’s easy to share and collaborate on trips with
friends and colleagues. TripIt is an open itinerary platform that
supports more than 500 booking sites and can be accessed from mobile
devices, calendars and blogs, as well as from partners including
LinkedIn, Microsoft Windows Live, Plaxo and others. TripIt has received
honors from Mashable, PC Magazine, PhoCusWright, TechCrunch,
Travel+Leisure and other top travel and Web 2.0 organizations. More at www.tripit.com.
TripIt
Peter Harrison, 415-738-2359
press@tripit.com