Archive for February, 2010

  • Yet Another Tests for LetMeGo I18N Challenge

    This post is the sixth test for the candidates of the LetMeGo I18N Challenge. It is the second public test. Tomorrow’s test, that won’t be public, will be the last one. Early next week we will announce the six selected entrepreneurs. Candidates: You have 24 hours after...

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  • One of the Tests of the LetMeGo I18N Challenge

    This post is one of the tests for the candidates of the LetMeGo I18N Challenge. Because of the fun and social nature of this test, we have opted to make it public. You have 24 hours after this post is published to deliver the expected results. Objective:...

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  • The LetMeGo I18N Challenge: 154 Challengers

    The LetMeGo I18N Challenge: 154 Challengers

    We are very excited! The deadline to apply for the LetMeGo I18N Challenge was yesterday and not only did we receive hundreds of applications (387 to be exact), but many are of extremely high quality. After filtering out incomplete and erroneous applications, Leonardo has invited 154...

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  • New Tools for Lodgings to Avoid Unwanted Invitations to Bid

    Lodging staff members can now set the minimum nightly budget for which they would like to be invited to bid, and also opt out from receiving automatic invitations altogether. When lodgings set a minimum nightly budget, they will only be invited to bid in itineraries with...

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  • Our Experience, So Far, With the LetMeGo I18N Challenge

    Our Experience, So Far, With the LetMeGo I18N Challenge

    In this guest post, Leonardo Suarez, Business Development Manager with LetMeGo and Torrenegra Labs, share some insights on his experience, so far, with the LetMeGo I18N Challenge. The first time I heard the saying, ‘Get big fast’, was back in 1998, shortly before the dot-com bubble...

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  • Agile Software Development Rocks!

    Agile Software Development Rocks!

    Agile software development definitely rocks! Our own, custom-built version of this methodology, which we call RRápido, has allowed us to push dozens of improvements to our service during the past two weeks. We have published 15 new versions of the Merrcury Engine (the software behind...

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  • Customer Service Overload

    Customer Service Overload

    We have good news, and bad news. The good news is as follows: LetMeGo’s open beta has been very well received by both travelers and our lodging partners. Thousands of lodgings have already submitted bids for travelers’ itineraries. But here’s the bad news: While we expected lodging...

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