September 24, 2009 — Hobart, Australia — Insight4 travel company receives funding from World Nomads Group (WNG).

Insight4 web startup Travellr.com has received strategic investment from the World Nomads Group (WNG). Travellr.com is designed to help people find the best and most relevant travel knowledge about anywhere in the world. It provides an innovative way to allow people to share their travel knowledge with other like-minded travellers in the form of user generated questions and answers.

Since launching in May this year, Travellr.com has won a number of awards, including the CeBIT Webciety Wildcard, and has been featured in the Google Geo Developers blog.

"Travellr's development team will be based in Sydney to work more closely with the World Nomads Group, and will continue to be supported by local services from Insight4. The roll out of the National Broadband Network will bring a further opportunity to host the site from Tasmania and deliver the maximum benefit from the network." - Jared Hill, Managing Director, Insight4

The World Nomads Group provides customers with travel services and insurance designed to keep them travelling, safely. More than one million travellers annually use a World Nomads Group service, be it travel insurance, safety advice or language guides.

"Our investment in Travellr.com represents an ongoing commitment to innovative technologies and presents a great opportunity to work more closely with our partners by enabling them to deeply connect with the travel community." - Stewart Hindmarsh, CEO, World Nomads Group

About Travellr.com
Travellr was founded by Tasmanian entrepreneurs Ian Cumming and Scott Woodhouse. Inspired by a love of travel and web technology, the two co-founders developed the concept of 'crowd-sourcing' travel answers from locals and past visitors using a unique recommendation engine. After pitching the idea in Silicon Valley in 2008 they developed Travellr.com, which launched publicly in May 2009. Travellr was funded by an early-stage AusIndustry COMET grant, and is an ANZA Technology Network 'Gateway to the US' company. For a closer look, please visit http://www.travellr.com.

About Insight4
Insight4 was established in 2003 as a forward-thinking company that delivers high quality ICT solutions and expert consultancy for business and government. Key service industries include; Education, the Power Industry, Health, Tourism and Science and Technology. Insight4 is a leading company and employer within the Tasmanian ICT industry and provides a rewarding workplace that fosters innovation and creativity. Insight4 is a proud venture partner of Tickit Systems, a company that provides AS/NZS 4360 risk management software to Australian Fortune 500 companies. For further information, please visit http://www.insight4.com.

Further Information about Travellr:
What is Travellr? - http://press.travellr.com/2009/01/about-travellr.html
Twitter - http://twitter.com/travellr
Travellr Blog - http://blog.travellr.com
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/travellr