Brad Gerstner

We are a few travel geeks who happen to be tech geeks – and we believe that we can make TravelPost.com an even better place to share, review and explore the world. Over the coming months, you will see some small changes on the site – but we are planning major embellishments later this year. We are hugely interested in your ideas for how we can make this site soar. We’ll read everything we get, and try to respond to as much as possible. Catch us at ideas@travelpost.com. Our Mission is to Build Great Product. To house and care for travelers' stories properly, we aspire to make our site the fastest, smartest, easiest to use travel community out there. We believe in great product design and we are building the team that can deliver on this promise. The TravelPost community is one built by travel enthusiasts for travel enthusiasts, and it will continue to be as great as the stuff that comes into it. So, travelers, leave us behind a breadcrumb trail or an essay, a photo or a recap of the last 5 years. Debate and rate, help a friend who has questions when you have answers. However you want to contribute is up to you. Find Us: facebook.com/TravelPost blog.travelpost.com twitter.com/TravelPost ideas@travelpost.com

On November 18, 2020, Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Nor1. The acquisition extends Oracle Hospitality's OPERA Cloud Suite by adding Nor1's Merchandising platform that enables hotels to provide personalized offers throughout the guest journey using AI & machine learning, thereby improving guest engagement, and driving incremental revenue and improved loyalty for hotels. Nor1 delivers industry leading upsell products and solutions all built on a core platform that combines a machine learning based decision engine with an optimized operational process. This enables hotels to enhance the guest stay and generate greater revenue throughout the entire reservation life cycle. The combination of hospitality experience, historical data intelligence and well designed, sophisticated algorithms ensure that hotel companies utilizing the Nor1 platform are able to price, present and sort offers to maximize conversion and profitability. With over 4,000 installs representing more than 1,000,000 rooms worldwide, Nor1 has developed new and innovative enterprise scaled products and consultative services. These products and services provide hotel companies with extraordinary opportunities to take control of their guest engagement and revenue destiny.

RealSelf is the leading resource for people to learn and share experiences about cosmetic procedures and connect with doctors. Millions of people from around the world visit RealSelf each month to browse patient reviews, before and after photos, and medical experts’ answers to discover which treatments and doctors live up to their promise of being "Worth It." From skin care and emerging nonsurgical technologies to highly considered cosmetic surgeries, RealSelf makes it easy to get the insights consumers need to make smart, confident decisions and find the right doctor. For more information, visit RealSelf News and follow RealSelf on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest. Behind the scenes, RealSelf is a values and performance-driven team that shares a common purpose of achieving our mission of empowering people to make smart, confident self-improvement decisions. We believe in inclusiveness, equal pay, and giving back. Our office sits in a historic Pioneer Square building. Employees also have the option to bring their (well-behaved) dogs to work! Curious about life at RealSelf? Follow us at https://www.instagram.com/realselflife/ https://atwork.realself.com/about-realself-blog Check out our Built In Seattle page for an in-depth look at our culture and benefits https://www.builtinseattle.com/company/realself

Join our mission to give the people power to unlock life’s next chapter. We’re looking for smart, passionate people to join our largely distributed workforce as we reimagine the real estate transaction and change the way people buy, sell, rent and finance their homes. Our homes are the heartbeat of our lives, and we believe that finding a home shouldn’t be so hard in today’s always-on world. That’s why we’re reimagining the traditional rules of real estate to make it easier than ever to move from one home to the next. Our journey began nearly 15 years ago with a handful of employees and one big idea: to make it radically easier for people to move. We began by helping people understand and track their homes’ values with the Zestimate, our proprietary algorithm, and then with advanced technology and valuable connections with real estate professionals. Today, Zillow has become a household name; “Zillow” is Googled more frequently than “real estate.” We believe that the time for a seamless and convenient real estate experience is now. This is Zillow’s next chapter.

We are a few travel geeks who happen to be tech geeks – and we believe that we can make TravelPost.com an even better place to share, review and explore the world. Over the coming months, you will see some small changes on the site – but we are planning major embellishments later this year. We are hugely interested in your ideas for how we can make this site soar. We’ll read everything we get, and try to respond to as much as possible. Catch us at ideas@travelpost.com. Our Mission is to Build Great Product. To house and care for travelers' stories properly, we aspire to make our site the fastest, smartest, easiest to use travel community out there. We believe in great product design and we are building the team that can deliver on this promise. The TravelPost community is one built by travel enthusiasts for travel enthusiasts, and it will continue to be as great as the stuff that comes into it. So, travelers, leave us behind a breadcrumb trail or an essay, a photo or a recap of the last 5 years. Debate and rate, help a friend who has questions when you have answers. However you want to contribute is up to you. Find Us: facebook.com/TravelPost blog.travelpost.com twitter.com/TravelPost ideas@travelpost.com

On November 18, 2020, Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Nor1. The acquisition extends Oracle Hospitality's OPERA Cloud Suite by adding Nor1's Merchandising platform that enables hotels to provide personalized offers throughout the guest journey using AI & machine learning, thereby improving guest engagement, and driving incremental revenue and improved loyalty for hotels. Nor1 delivers industry leading upsell products and solutions all built on a core platform that combines a machine learning based decision engine with an optimized operational process. This enables hotels to enhance the guest stay and generate greater revenue throughout the entire reservation life cycle. The combination of hospitality experience, historical data intelligence and well designed, sophisticated algorithms ensure that hotel companies utilizing the Nor1 platform are able to price, present and sort offers to maximize conversion and profitability. With over 4,000 installs representing more than 1,000,000 rooms worldwide, Nor1 has developed new and innovative enterprise scaled products and consultative services. These products and services provide hotel companies with extraordinary opportunities to take control of their guest engagement and revenue destiny.

Altimeter is a leading technology-focused investment firm built by founders for founders. Our mission is to help visionary entrepreneurs build iconic companies, disrupt markets and improve lives through all stages of growth. Altimeter manages a variety of venture and public funds and serves as an expert long-term partner to companies as they enter the public markets. At Altimeter, essentialism is not just the flavor of the day - it’s an ongoing practice. It’s a key to our culture whether thinking about organization, compensation, our portfolio, our investor base and the balance between our work and personal lives. We believe strong cultures require repetition. Our highly focused team has extensive operational, financial, venture capital and capital markets experience. We are excited and honored to back the entrepreneurs and companies that will help move our global economy forward while making a positive impact in our communities along the way.

Here at Room 77, we love all things travel. What we don't love is spending countless hours looking for the best hotel deal. That's why we set out with an audacious mission: to create the world's best hotel search engine. Room 77 allows travelers to quickly compare prices across every online travel agency and more, shop across a variety of room types and book more than 200,000 hotels worldwide. Unlike other travel sites, Room 77 doesn't stop at the booking. Travelers booking 4- or 5-star hotels, or stays totaling more than $400 on Room 77 get access to a complimentary Room Concierge to help them get into the best possible room. We won't dive into the technical nitty-gritty, but our bottom line is simple: help our users find the best hotel deals with the least amount of legwork, every time they travel.