Startup launches a visual guide to what to do and where to go

Simply, it's tourist magazine in a TV format.

Tourist TV creates a dedicated tv show for cities which plays in four and five star properties. "A bit like a tourist magazine but in a tv format. We also broadcast the show in both its entirety as well as segments on our web site as well as our dedicated YouTube channel," said co-founder Steven Hopkinson.

According to Hopkinson, the show is updated monthly thereby making it relevant and timely. Already has over 360 leading 4 & 5 Star Hotels carrying the service across the cities in which it operates.

The team is also creating an Eco system where they bring the show, online ad apps all together to help a visitor either to the city or thinking of visiting the city understand the inner workings of the city.

The company started in Shanghai in late 2009 and have expanded to six cities in Asia including Singapore. Founders have bank rolled the business personally to-date.

Hokinson said that team have built a tourism content platform for the STB and that they are using this to house and aggregate tourism content. "This will allow us to better serve the tourism marketplace and to feed specialised apps we are currently building."

Hopkinson said tha Tourist TV will continue to expand into more cities. "We have identified an additional 10 cities we are looking to expand into."

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Name of the company: Tourist TV
Founder/Founders: Daniel Barry, Steven Hopkinson and Andrew Jeffery
Website: www.ttvinsider.com
Major Investors: Founders
Total funding at hand: US$1m+
Target fund: US$5m
Source of funding: Founders to-date
Start of operation:2009