If, like Robert
Frost, you want to take the road less traveled, then visit Monaker Group,
Inc.’s (OTCQB: MKGI) website at www.monakergroup.com. There, you’ll find the
path to a luxury escorted vacation in some of the most exotic locales through
Maupintour Extraordinary Vacations. Maupintour, a portal for vacationers, is
owned by Monaker Group and is just one of the ways that the company is setting
out to make life easier for travelers. Travelers can use its comprehensive
online platforms to make informed decisions about vacations.
Maupintour was
founded in 1951 by Tom Maupin and, according to the Maupintour website
(http://dtn.fm/Cr4Rd), was the first travel company ‘to send tourists into the
Soviet Union after World War II’. These tours garnered extensive media coverage
at the time, which helped to establish Maupintour as an adventurous company
willing to travel off the beaten track, a reputation it retains to this day.
‘Maupintour travelers have the highest repeat rate in the industry, with some
taking as many as 60 vacations with Maupintour’.
Since one picture is
worth a thousand words, a key element in Monaker Group’s online offerings are
images of vacation destinations. A visitor to the NextTrip.com portal is
invited to embark on a Voyage to Vietnam, an Ecuadorian Adventure, a trip to
Amsterdam or, perhaps, to enjoy Eternally Italy. One of Monaker’s digital
assets is an extensive media library. The company has discovered that would-be
travelers are increasingly using video content to make decisions about
vacations.
The company’s travel
platforms offer a variety of features, including enhanced video, language
conversion, and dynamic booking capabilities, all working together to assist
the excited adventurer as he or she plans that next trip. Monaker’s platforms
are ‘a combination of proprietary and licensed technology, connecting and
searching both large travel suppliers and alternative lodging inventories for
the benefit of travelers’.
NextTrip.com
provides access to travel video and support from full service travel divisions,
as well as key partnerships with multiple cruise and tour groups within the
United States. NextTrip uses network original programs with travel footage to
create valuable and relevant content for its viewers. Later this year, a mobile
app for the platform is expected to be launched.
Travelers on the
road to success include founder, chairman and CEO of Monaker Group, William
Kerby. Kerby has over 18 years’ experience in the media and travel industries,
which was preceded by 10 years in the financial services industry. He founded
RealBiz Media Group, the largest video creation company in the North American
real estate industry. He also started the R&R Television Network, now
viewed by 34 million households, and founded TravelByUs, a NASDAQ small cap
company that completed a number of accretive acquisitions, including seven
international tour operations and 24 travel agencies. Kerby is also the founder
of Leisure Canada, which operates 210 agencies and international tour
operations in Great Britain, France, South Africa and the South Pacific.
Chief operating
officer and chief financial officer of Monaker Group is Omar Jimenez. Jimenez
is an executive with over 33 years of multi-industry experience in building,
strengthening and leading national and multinational, public and private
companies in various degrees of corporate maturity, including start-up, stable,
high growth and turnaround status.
James Marmorstone is
acting president. His background is in the real estate and hospitality
industries. Curtis Krauskopf is chief technology officer. Jim Nieters is
director of engineering & IT. Jeff Idso is VP business development. Other
directors are Pat LaVecchia, formerly group head of global private corporate
equity placements at Credit Suisse First Boston; Doug Checkeris, formerly CEO
of Mediacom North America; and Don Monaco, principal owner of Monaco Air
Duluth, an aviation services business.
For more
information, visit www.monakergroup.com
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