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CitiesPlanet
believes the Tallwave partnership will give the
company the expertise, coordination and resources
needed to achieve its vision. Tallwave, a firm founded by former executives from
Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and iCrossing
is reportedly disrupting the startup incubator/accelerator marketplace with its new system for building these ventures faster with more success and less risk.
Robert
Wallace, Executive Vice President of Venture Services at Tallwave,
said “We believe in CitiesPlanet.com.com because of the
strength of the team, its role and influence in the
industry and the size and nature of the market opportunity its core
business addresses. You cannot build this kind of business with WordPress plugins and content feeds. This level of sophistication and functionality requires real corporate infrastructure, capital and technology innovation, which is why it has not been done before now.”
Mercaldo added, “Tallwave is literally a
‘dream team’ of executives that will guide CitiesPlanet.com to the next
level. Mr. Wechsler brings not only the capital we need, but energy, enthusiasm, vision and an incredible track record of business success to our company. We are thrilled to announce both of these developments.”
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News of the first
major expansion of the current
CitiesPlanet client base came immediately
after the developments above when Mercaldo
revealed a major geodomain development deal with Peter Maxymych and
Montreal based eMall.ca.
Mr. Maxymych, principal of
eMall.ca, said "After meeting with both CitiesPlanet and the Tallwave team in Scottsdale last month, I am convinced that they are the most qualified organization to develop eMall.ca’s top brands such as
LasVegas.ca, NewYork.ca, Mexico.ca,
America.ca, United States.ca, France.ca,
Brazil.ca, Germany.ca, England.ca,
Russia.ca, and many others. We will develop these brands in conjunction with the various
city and country tourism boards, along with securing sponsorships and marketing agreements with airlines, tour operators, hotel and car rental firms and more." |
Peter
Maxmych, eMall.ca |
Mercaldo added, "As a starting point, LasVegas.ca and Mexico.ca will be the first properties to launch with the CitiesPlanet and Tallwave
alliance. We are excited to be able to develop the geo related portion of eMall.ca’s portfolio. As we all know, the
Canadian market is targeted with substantial advertising dollars by the majority of the locations that are represented in eMall.ca’s geo portfolio. Mexico.ca and LasVegas.ca alone will be substantial sites with alliances already being developed with the major players in each locale. We have targeted a total of 42 geo brands in the eMall.ca’s portfolio, and we look forward to this partnership with the company and Peter.”
(Editor's
note: eMall.ca also owns and operates CheapTickets.ca,
HockeyTickets.ca, eTickets.ca, and has one of the largest portfolios of
ccTLD names in Canada, including Golfing.ca and
SkiResorts.ca).
Mercaldo also noted
that the company's next-generation City In The Box platform will represent a
change both in terms of the technology under the hood as well as the
scalability of the business and delivery model.
Fred said, "It will be engineered under the guidance of Tallwave executives that have excellent track records in SEO, monetization platforms, and branding."
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Toby
Hardy, CEO
FrenchRiviera.com Media Group, LLC |
That step forward
should bring the company more of the kind of
kudos it has received from current clients
including Toby Hardy, the CEO at FrenchRiviera.com
Media Group, LLC. Hardy said, "Having
worked with Fred and his team for the last
several years with many of our FrenchRiviera.com
brands, we are delighted that he has taken the
geo Cities grand plan to the next level
and then some. His passion and determination
have been tireless with his conviction and vision
for the future of creating a dominant
digital platform of City brands worldwide. We
look forward to working with Fred and Tallwave
on the future development of our global
portfolio of Riviera brands which includes SaoPauloRiviera.com,
RioRiviera.com, CroatiaRiviera.com,
SuisseRiviera.com, MacauRiviera.com,
BajaRiviera.com and AustraliaRiviera.com. |
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