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The OFF2 blog gives you travel information about the site OFF2.com. Soon to involve special offers on package holidays, hotels, car hire and much more!

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Travel distribution summit 2008
2008-05-21 17:08:00
The little and large combination of James and Michael worked very well during the presentation, both taking it in turns to get the ideas of off2 across to the Judges. The Dragons seemed to ask us paticularly more questions after our pitch than some of the others we had watched previously. We took this as a positive indication we had presented a good interesting pitch with Hugo Burge commenting on the “rich and varied functionality” of the site.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm3A a_z9Pxs) After the presentation it was a chance to sit some meetings with potential travel partners like Hostel Bookers. They have youth hostels and cheap accommodation in over 2,500 worldwide and are keen to work with OFF2. We will be speaking to Paul of Hostel Bookers within the next few weeks to discuss this in alot more detail. We were also approached by Isango, a leading provider of travel experiences on the internet. They were seeking to forge a partnership with OFF2, a revenue-share partne...
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Travels “Dragon’s Den”
2008-05-20 17:01:00
Sell more, reduce distribution cost and keep customers happy. Some of the key goals of any successful travel company and one of the purposes of the summit. It gives all sectors of the travel industry a chance to increase business development and plan strategies to achieve their goals. For OFF2, not only was the summit a chance to form exciting new partnerships, but we were also selected as one of the 20 most exciting new travel companies in Europe. Taking part and competing with other budding travel industry entrepreneurs, and showcasing our products to a select board of industry experts, venture capitalists and angel investors was nerve wracking to say the least! For James McDowall the CEO and Michael Waylett the CEO this was an exciting opportunity to take part in such a large scale event. During the preparations the nerves could be felt throughout the team as this was our first time publicly showcasing our products in front of the some of the biggest players in travel. (Watch her...
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New Ad Network chosen
2008-01-31 11:01:00
With all the many Online Advertising networks available out there it can sometimes be a bit of a mind boggling exercise to decide on exactly which one will best serve our needs (relevant content / good rates / backend reporting). We are glad to have chosen the Rubicon Project as our ad network provider. As ...
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Site Development Updates?again!
2008-01-30 11:53:00
Over the past few weeks we have had some upcoming changes and developments to the site which are worthy of note. We have recently started final stage testing on Hotels, which are due to go live anytime soon, full booking functionality is now being acheived with offers being generated. Although some of the data from ...
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Recent Press Article (Travolution.co.uk)
2008-01-25 12:02:00
Off2.com reveals February launch date (25 January 2008) View the full article here …. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Article s/200 8/01/25/1235/Off2com+reveals+February+lau nch+date.html Travel social network OFF2.com will launch on February 25th after successfully securing a first round of private investment and deals to provide travel search and booking functionality. The Bournemouth-based operation, headed by managing director James McDowell, sales director Harry Ramburn and operations director Michael ...
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Soon to Launch Travel Networking Site announces usage rewards program
2008-01-21 16:28:00
Over the past 2 months we have been working tirelessly on the social networking elements of our new to launch travel site OFF2. In conjunction with our developers and graphics designers we have built a robust and rewarding user experience, our main feature being the ability to plan activities and view establishments through images and ...
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Livebookings
2008-01-04 10:48:00
OFF2.Com has agreed to a fantastic partnership with the largest real-time booking network for restaurants and diners in the world, Livebookings. For those of you don?t know anything about them, they are a global network that is a marketing and real-time booking service for restaurants and diners, and provide a convenient service with useful information ...

2008 and ?. travel
2008-01-03 18:27:00
A recent article by well known Analyst Imran Khan and his team at JPMorgan entitled ‘Nothing But Net’, his 2008 Internet Investment Guide pointed out many key factors and topics that will dominate both the business world and the internet over the forthcoming year and beyond. The article offers excellent insight into emerging technologies and ...
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Corporate Travel Launch
2007-12-18 16:03:00
Today we launched our Corporate Travel channel, the initial interest following the first full day of marketing has overwhelmed us! With 6 scheduled meetings in the first week of January already things are looking very promising! With an initial phase 1 target of 120 client signups over the forthcoming 3 months we are keen to start ...
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New Logo? Finally
2007-12-14 15:44:00
After many mockups and designs we have finally decided on our definitive logo. The breif to the graphics designer was to create a logo which was vibrant, memorable and simplistic. We wanted the logo to represent ourselves and our ethos, to use travel as the basis and look to other web 2.0 logos for inspiration. The ...
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Site Testing
2007-12-02 16:37:00
Our private testing site launched today for our closed testing phases. Starting initially with Hotels we will be rigourously testing the hotel booking interface and backend results over the forthcoming month. Its a great feeling to finally be able to see the site working in all its glory, returning search results, recommending products, ...
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Current Site Updates
2007-11-27 13:20:00
Things are coming along well with development, good news for all! Page designs are flying in - literally! (India!) we now have the full mockups and HTML templates for all of AIR / Car / Hotel / Restaurants and Activities, these include search results, product detail pages and all category headers. We are now entering the ...
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New Offices
2007-11-24 16:19:00
Didnt take that long did it!! After 3 hours of ferrying equipment, files and stationary from our previous offices we have managed to set up shop in our new offices (4th Floor Melbury House, 1-3 Oxford Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 8ES for those readers that need to know!). With an excellent net connection, ...
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2nd Round Funding Sought
2007-11-14 17:31:00
Following the initial investment from Private Angel Investors we are now at early growth stage and looking to source second round funding to take the website and company onto the next phase of development. I am currently in the process of creating and building a freshly updated business plan and prospectus for potential investors, we will ...
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New Logo here we come!
2007-11-14 14:01:00
Its very bizarre at this stage to still be quibbling over the best logo choice and as yet we still arent happy with any weve had presented, maybe were just really picky!! In the aim of actually being able to brand our site, literature and be able to show off the new site its about time ...
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So were moving then? ?
2007-11-12 17:53:00
Weve finally found offices that suit our needs, after viewing over 30 offices throughout the dorset area over the past year we are on first name terms with most of the Realtors in town! We have decided on an open plan office based in the Bournemouth University Innovation Centre (www.buic.co.uk) this will provide us with ...
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Screencasts - watch them here!!
2007-11-05 17:58:00
Following the recent successes of screencasts we will be looking to film approximately 10 screencasts in time for the site launch, hopefully these short narrated movie clips will give users a clear process to follow should they find themselves in difficulty. Allied with a large breadth of answered FAQ’s, feedback forms and now narrated ...
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Graphics, Graphics and more Graphics!
2007-11-01 17:01:00
It is really an exciting time at the moment to start to see the graphics pages flying in by the day! Minus some minor alterations and amendments were are pretty chuffed and suitably impressed the guys have hit the nail on the head in terms of meeting our vision for the site. In total theres about ...
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Slovenian Travels!
2007-10-25 13:35:00
Weve just got back from our central European travels! A breathtaking country, and so clean. It was really good for us to finally meet our development team in person rather than Skype, Email and Yahoo Messanger! After two solid days of thrashing out development issues, problems and all things OFF2 we managed to really clarify our goals ...
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OFF2 Slovenia
2007-10-18 13:51:00
OFF2 Slovenia …. Quite like the ring to the name on that title, seems the chosen brand name works well with any name added at the end!! So were off to slovenia next week on an Easyjet flight to Ljubijana for 2 nights to meet our developers, see the site in action and iron out any ...

The advantages of linking
2007-09-25 17:08:00
Linking between sites is what makes the World Wide Web what it is. The World Wide Web is basically one big mesh of links that connect one site to another making it easy to go from site to site finding out new information or anything of importance. Search engines like Google have developed and have ...
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World Travel Market 2007
2007-09-20 11:47:00
OFF2 will be attending the World Travel Market 2007 in November. Staged annually in London under one roof, World Travel Market is a must attend, business to business exhibition. WTM provides a unique opportunity for the whole global travel trade industry to meet, network, negotiate, conduct business and stay abreast with the latest developments in ...
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Whoo Whoo!!
2007-09-20 11:43:00
OFF2 have been granted a International Air Transport Asscociation Licence (IATA) today!! This is fantastic news for us, and enables OFF2 to sell and trade flights anywhere in the world. This application has been processing for over a year now, and its arrival will allow us to ramp up production significantly in the run up to our ...
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Press Release - New Travel Networking Commerce Site Launches Pre Registrati
2007-09-14 13:59:00
The online travel industry is gearing up for a new player in its market today as OFF2.COM launched their online pre registration for the first 50,000 users. For a limited time only the website is offering bonuses and benefits to users who pre register with OFF2.COM. We have only allowed a limited number of 50,000 pre ...
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Pre Registration opening shortly!
2007-09-10 23:25:00
As promised we are opening a limited number of spaces for pre registration for the site launch, as a pre registered user were going to give you a little bit back, its only fair really isnt it!. Were currently working on a points / rewards system for users. The initial concept is that we will reward users ...
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