TravelMuse, Inc. has announced the public beta release of TravelMuse.com and the industry's first "Inspiration Finder" within its travel planning site.

Published: 09 Jun 2008

TravelMuse, Inc. has announced the public beta release of TravelMuse.com and the industry's first "Inspiration Finder" within its travel planning site.

According to the company, The TravelMuse "Inspiration Finder" offers consumers the ability to quickly discover destinations that match their personal preferences and needs.

It is being described as the first solution of its kind to consider multiple dimensions of travel information including budget, ages of travelers, maximum travel distance and preferred vacation activities to quickly identity best-fit destinations. It integrates seamlessly with the powerful "TravelMuse Planner," which allows consumers to bring all their trip research together in one place. Travelers can now research and save content from TravelMuse or other websites to the TravelMuse Planner and share it all securely with family and friends.

"Consumers are overwhelmed by the volume of travel content on the web and are seeking relevancy and sense-making tools," said Kevin Fliess, CEO and co-founder of TravelMuse, Inc.

Fliess added, "Empowering people with information more relevant to them will continue to be the future trend in online travel planning, and matching this movement with easy-to-use, personalised travel planning tools will be paramount to the consumer's successful planning experience."

The TravelMuse Inspiration Finder makes the process simple for users by taking the following criteria into account simultaneously:

· Travel budget

· Number of hours from home airport

· Desired vacation activities

· Number and ages of people traveling

· Exact travel dates or time of year

Headquartered in Los Altos, Calif., TravelMuse has raised more than $3 million in funding from Azure Capital Partners and California Technology Ventures.

"Our partnership spent a year looking for the right start-up to invest in within travel," said Michael Kwatinetz, Founding General Partner of Azure Capital, a lead investor in TravelMuse.

"We also saw a need for an online concierge in the travel space and were delighted to invest in TravelMuse. The planning tools and professional content found on TravelMuse.com are a big leap forward toward this vision of providing users with a better, more personalized travel planning experience," he added.