Since we launched Aroundertouch, a virtual prelude to the real-world experience a year and a half ago (the 4th December 2009), our focus has been on uncovering the world’s top travel destinations by mesmerizing 360 panoramas that puts you at the center of the picture. After exploring sightseeing, museums, theaters, sacred places and landmark you can move in a restaurant, bar or hotel room and if it pleases you, book it right away.
With over 1 million downloads, we’re quickly becoming the app people turn to when they’re planning their next great vacation. Or when the travel budget is unavailable, to take a CO2 emission free virtual journey to your dream destination right from your mobile phone or tablet.
Now, with Aroundertouch 2.0 we’re bringing the long-awaited social features by enabling our users to become Arounder citizens, with their very own passport. A community of discerning global travelers holding the world at their fingertips is born, just in time to celebrate our one millionth download.
Arounder citizens, as we call our subscribers, will get their very own passport and be able to connect with friends. Like, Comment, Bookmark locations and share their findings as well as participate to the first of an ongoing series of contests that will allow the lucky winners to experience in real life the locations they virtually explore with the app. And this is just the beginning, over the next months we’ll be releasing regular updates to expand the community features.
This major update 2.0 includes the following features:
• Arounder Community
• Facebook integration and login
• Arounder citizen Passport
• Connect with friends
• View Friends activity
• Get regular community insights
• Like, Comment, and Bookmark locations
• Enhanced panorama interface
• Select metric units: kilometers and miles
• New Locations and new Venues stream
• Upcoming cities
Upcoming cities are an image preview of destinations we’ll shoot in the near future. Immediately available are hotel reservations with best rate guarantee through our partner Booking.com.
Win the Arounder Swiss Experience for two.
For this first Arounder citizen only contest we have teamed up with Bern Tourism to provide one lucky winner an amazing Swiss Experience for two (Value 7’000 Euro).
The prize includes a 3 nights stay in a deluxe suite at Bellevue Palace***** Bern. Dining in the finest restaurants such as La Terrasse and Kornhauskeller. A helicopter flight to see the World Heritage site old city of Bern from another perspective. Take a bathing ritual at the Hammam Spa. Excursions to the Jungfraujoch and to the Emmental where you will learn the art of making Swiss cheese. A variety of guided tours, Swiss travel system pass and museum pass. And your Airline ticket.
To enter competition click here.
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