Seattle Tour and Seattle Travel Industry Launches the Go Seattle Card
Recent significant venture investment in Smart Destinations has resulted in the expansion of the company's Seattle technology headquarters, run by company co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Tyler Brooks.
Seattle, WA (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) June 30, 2005 -- Recent significant venture investment in Smart
Destinations has resulted in the expansion of the company's Seattle technology
headquarters, run by company co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Tyler
Brooks. A Northwest native, Brooks was previously founder and owner of Purchase
Net, Inc., which sold to Sybase 10 years ago, and a former engineer with
Asymetrix. He invented most of the technology on which Smart Destinations'
all-inclusive attractions "smart" card is based. All of Smart Destinations'
information infrastructure, terminal networks and research and development are
run from Seattle under Brooks' direction.
Thanks to North Hill Ventures,
the investment arm of Capital One Bank, and Zon Capital Partners, and based on
the success of its Go Boston Card and Go San Francisco Card, Smart Destinations
has secured $4.25 million in Series A venture funding. As a result, Brooks has
hired three new staffers in the company's Seattle technology headquarters. Visit
www.GoSeattleCard.com
for more information.
"I have always been interested in applying my
technical skills to interesting business problems," notes Brooks. "I previously
worked with (CEO) Kevin McLaughlin at Sybase, and when he called to say he and
(president) Cecilia Dahl had an idea to fill a void in the travel industry, but
needed a proprietary technology system, the opportunity was significant.
Investment in the travel industry is rare these days, but our systems provide
the Go Cards with a unique value proposition and business model that set us
apart."
Visit www.GoSeattleCard.com for more information.
About Smart
Destinations
Smart Destinations is the premier provider of unlimited
admission attraction passes in major U.S. travel destinations. Smart
Destinations' Go Cards offer simplified access to dozens of attractions to
individuals, couples and families, for one fixed "per day" price. The Go
Guidebook is ready-to-travel and includes fun facts about a destination, access
details, and important local numbers. Distributed through major travel services
in 25 countries as well as on the Web, Smart Destinations' Go Cards are the
industry's "trusted companion" for the best a city has to offer at an unbeatable
price point. For more information on program participation, the company and its
cards, visit www.GoCardUSA.com or call 617-671-1001.
Media
Contact:
Nick Stamoulis
Smart Destinations, Inc.
617-459-0869
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