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    Nixon has roped in plenty of celebrities to write about their favourite destinations, too. "Jim Kerr of Simple Minds owns a hotel and lives in Sicily, so he has written a piece for us ... His brother tweeted us about writing a guide because he is passionate about the island. Levi Roots from Dragons' Den has written for us about the Caribbean, Cliff Richard has written a popular guide to the Algarve, which is the top earner on the site. Dolly Parton's guide to the Smoky Mountains, home of Dollywood, is coming online soon as well." Nixon ploughed an initial £1m into the business, hiring 20 staff to help run the site. Full Article at The Independent
    Jim Kerr of Simple Minds owns a hotel and lives in Sicily, so he has written a piece for us ... His brother tweeted us about writing a guide because he is passionate about the island. Levi Roots from Dragons' Den has written for us about the Caribbean, Cliff Richard has written a popular guide to the Algarve, which is the top earner on the site. Dolly Parton's guide to the Smoky Mountains, home of Dollywood, is coming online soon as well.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
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Dolly Parton, Cliff and the new online travel site
  1. It's not an easy time for price comparison sites ... The smaller players are finding it hard. You have to have scale to survive, so a lot of these guys are either going out of business, changing their business models or being eaten up.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  2. If you have a good proposition, I don't think there is ever a bad time to launch ... You shouldn't worry about the recession – you should just go for it. To be honest, a recession is a great time to launch, with less competition out there.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  3. Five budget hotels in New York
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  4. This one is all about having fun because I don't think it'll be massively profitable
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  5. But Moneysupermarket is in a good place. We finalised plans for developments for the next three years and we have some great ideas. If I didn't think there was an opportunity to grow Moneysupermarket, I'd have sold my stock a long time ago.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  6. There is a real desire from people to book into top-end, luxury accommodation that isn't a hotel ... We've already received our first repeat booking from a party who stayed in our Abersoch property.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  7. With Simonseeks, we are trying to use experience gained through Moneysupermarket ... The customer is clearly not ready to pay for online content at the moment, and we think we have happened upon a strong model that will pay for us and the writers, and ultimately the consumers get interesting, independen...
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  8. I found myself getting really frustrated when trying to get inspiration for a weekend break or a holiday ... If you key something into Google, you basically get lot of stuff back that is commercial and certainly not independent. So I decided to launch Simonseeks.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  9. A big part of the new business is proving to myself that I can do it from scratch again
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago

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