tripwolf (http://www.tripwolf.com) is an innovative travel guide that is available online and on mobile devices and is generated by a travel community for independent travelers. tripwolf combines classic travel suggestions from well-known travel guides like Marco Polo and Footprint with fresh travel tips from thousands of travelers from all over the world. Users can use the contents of 50,000 travel destinations and 500,000 sites, restaurants, hotels, and much more to create personalized travel guides and then print them out as a PDF or download the iPhone application and view them there. The popular tripwolf iPhone application has been downloaded over 250,000 downloads so far and is already one of the leading travel apps. tripwolf is available in German, English, Spanish, Italian, and French.
Company Information
tripwolf.com (http://www.tripwolf.com) is an online platform of tripwolf GmbH, which was founded in 2008 and based in Vienna. tripwolf GmbH is overseen by managing partners Sebastian Heinzel and Alexander Trieb and employs a 15-member international team. The MairDuMont Group, market leader for tourist information in Germany and Europe, is an investor in tripwolf GmbH.
Markets
- tripwolf English http://www.tripwolf.com
- tripwolf German http://www.tripwolf.com/de
- tripwolf Italian http://www.tripwolf.com/it
- tripwolf French http://www.tripwolf.com/fr
- tripwolf Spanish http://www.tripwolf.com/es
The tripwolf Manifesto
A Ten-Point Declaration for Digital Nomads, Flashpackers, tripwolves, and other Travelers in the 21st Century. The internet and social networks have changed the way we travel: today we look up information wherever and whenever we need to, we share our experiences online, with our mobile and with locals.
We believe this change has made a new way to travel possible and we’ve put those thoughts into the 10 points of our tripwolf Manifesto.
Biographies of Company Co-Founders
Sebastian Heinzel
Sebastian Heinzel (33) is the co-founder and CEO of tripwolf. He is a passionate globetrotter who has traveled to 65 countries and a former journalist who understands what producing good content is all about. After studying economics in the UK, Spain and Austria, he pursued a career in journalism, reporting from every corner of the earth for top German media outlets such as “profil”, “Die Zeit” and “Spiegel Online”, finally ending up in New York. He contributes not only eight years of experience with both “old” and “new” media to tripwolf, but also wide ranging managerial background – from managing a development project in the Peruvian Andes to serving on the board of one on Austria’s biggest pulp and paper companies.
Alexander Trieb
Alexander Trieb (33) is the co-founder and COO of tripwolf, a travel enthusiast and global citizen having lived in Spain, Costa Rica, Austria and the US. He contributes over 10 years of internet and software industry experience to the tripwolf Team. During his bachelor studies at Boston University, he began his career by working for internet consulting and startup companies, in the initial dot.com era. His responsibilities ranged from business development, to product and technology development, successfully building several companies from the ground up. His return to Vienna, Austria in 2002 led him to finish his Masters degree with a distinction in Economics and Computer Science at the University of Technology in Vienna, and has since gained several years of experience in Project Management and IT Consulting, of large complex SOA-based distributed implementation projects at Capgemini, a leading European consulting company.
