Forbes Travel Guide Launches Luxury Travel Website

Forbes Travel Guide Launches Luxury Travel Website

Forbes Travel Guide introduced Startle.com, a new online travel planning site designed to help travelers discover the most outstanding places, in conjunction with the announcement of the 54th Annual Five- and Four-Star Awards.

Providing expert insights and unique perspectives from Forbes Travel Guide's own inspectors, Startle.com is making these available online along with expert answers from tastemakers, consumers, and some of the world's leading hotel, restaurant and spa brands.

Startle.com will launch with over 75 Founding Partners from such prestigious brands as Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Trump Hotel Collection and Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, as well as many of the leading independent properties including Aria Resort and Casino, The Broadmoor, The Hermitage Hotel, The Jefferson Hotel, The Palazzo Las Vegas, The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, The Venetian Las Vegas and Wynn Las Vegas.

These and many more properties from across the U.S. and Asia are represented on the site with rich media galleries, comprehensive questions and answers, exclusive offers, and social communities. By enabling direct booking on the hotels' own websites, Startle.com also brings the consumer together with the hotelier in the most valuable way possible.

The expert-based question-and-answer format on Startle.com will provide the consumer with a balance of professional and consumer insights that help its registered members plan exceptional travel experiences that are most appropriately matched to their precise needs, preferences and interests.