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Kasbah.Com is perhaps the last remaining globally recognised, high traffic, independent retail travel Portal
Currently entering profitability Kasbah provides online travel reservation services and reliable, real-time access to schedules, pricing and availability information for over 400 airlines, 60,000 hotels and all major car rental companies. In addition Kasbah offers a comprehensive range of travel related goods. (A brief Kasbah timeline can be seen below).
We have determined that at this stage in our growth it is the right time to seek outside investment in Kasbah.Com. This would enable us to fast track and improve our infrastructure and perhaps, most importantly, increase our revenue and marketing resources.
Accordingly, Kasbah.Com will soon be seeking initial private investment for a stake in the company and the opportunity to participate in future growth in our valuation. Ideally, although not exclusively, Kasbah is seeking investment from existing online travel players. We feel this will provide an instant and mutually beneficial quick start for both parties instigating a rapid return on investment.
The opportunity to invest in a pre-IPO product and core Internet brand such as Kasbah.Com is now extremely rare. Kasbah has spent five years, and £1.4 million ($2 million) researching and developing a user friendly advanced system in which to rapidly expand our brand and customer base. This system consists of aggressive marketing and product strategies enabling Kasbah.Com to tap into new travel markets, quickly, and at a fraction of the cost that a traditional travel agency would have to spend to develop either a 'bricks and mortar' operation or a new web site.
Despite the Kasbah brands continuing ascendancy and commercial growth within the online travel sector, Kasbah is still 100% committed to its founding principles, content and visitor satisfaction. Kasbah is the Internets largest travel specific search engine. In addition our continually growing editorial base contains in excess of 7,000 pages of travel related information. Kasbah content is core to the sites existing kudos and the key to its future growth.
Unlike many travel sites with similar traffic rankings Kasbah does not advertise on or off line, testament indeed to Kasbah's ability to maintain existing loyalties whilst continually growing new visitor numbers.
Kasbah.Com believes that the worldwide travel industry is particularly well poised to benefit from increased Internet and electronic commerce application. Travel has already become the largest online retail category with estimated online transactions of £ 5 billion ($8 billion) in 1999, growing to £20 billion ($32 billion) in 2004, according to Forrester Research. Internet travel services are poised to be a multi-billion dollar market; we intend to be a major player in this sector.
We believe that with proper capitalisation, Kasbah.Com and its unique position on the Internet can be leveraged into one of the largest global travel players, serving a global audience.
Serious investors are invited to e-mail the principals at Kasbah.Com to discuss participating in this capitalization.
To be considered a serious inquiry, please indicate which company you represent and what you can bring to the table in the form of capital, expertise and enthusiasm.
Our key strategies for the future growth of Kasbah.Com
- Cementing the Kasbah.Com brand name into a worldwide recognized company.
- Expanding our network of travel web sites.
- Expanding into niche travel markets with targeted travel websites.
- Expanding our marketing platform for advertisers
- Expanding into other related areas of the travel market.
- Building our licensed content resources to add additional value to our visitors.
- Partnering with more technology, information and inventory providers.
- Building our own affiliate network.
- Expanding our corporate travel solutions (customised travel web sites for employees of small to medium size companies and travel agents).
- Building the main Kasbah web site into the only truly Travel Community Gateway by introducing extra services.
Kasbah.Com main source of revenues
- Automated online reservations for air, car & hotel.
- Leisure bookings consisting of cruises, tours and packages.
- Miscellaneous commissions from other travel related products.
- Advertising revenue generated from hosting ad space on our web site network.
- Commissions generated from our numerous partner and referral relationships.
If you are interested in a possible relationship with Kasbah, please email one of our principals with the details of your interest.
Kasbah Timeline (Brief!)
- 1997 Founded by Iain Gaynor as research project to provide him with travel information as a freelance journalist.
- 1998 Kasbah online.
- 1999 Kasbah purchased by Sir Bob Geldof's new Deckchair.com Flight Booking System.
- 2000 Kasbah and Deckchair purchased by World Travel Holdings PLC.
- 2001 Iain Gaynor buys Kasbah back from World Travel Holdings PLC (although they retain a small shareholding).
- Kasbah adds revenue streams.
- 2003 Kasbah growth continues apace. Currently receiving over 1,000000 unique visitors per month. (July, 2003)
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