Fly Kanye!
Very smart move by ‘Ye. The blog is nutz & he has the built in the membership 2 start data mining information that will position him get some really nice travel deals. It will be interesting 2 see how this pans out. Will I book a ticket from his site? We’ll see… I’m looking @ vacations now I’ll keep u posted. Shout out 2 Jaime 4 this 1 -!YG
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Thursday April 3, 2008
guardian.co.uk
He’s already been a producer, rapper, actor and self-help book writer. So there’s only one job left for Kanye West… Travel agent?
According to Advertising Age, Kanye is preparing to jump into a rather unmusical field – the business of selling airline tickets, hotel reservations and rental cars. Instead of Diamonds from Sierra Leone, it’ll be hotel rooms in downtown Lyon. Instead of telling us that Jesus Walks, he’ll offer deals on flights to Bethlehem.
KanyeTravel.com will offer a raft of budget travel options without service or rental fees. The site will also make it easy for fans to travel to faraway Kanye gigs – or pick up tour merchandise.
“So much of travel is so connecting to touring,” explained Miki Woodard of Kanye’s West Brands company. It’s true: Forget the Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower or Machu Picchu – let’s catch Kanye in Cleveland.
We think for the site to be really successful it will take more than Kanye’s name and faced plastered over another Expedia clone. Why not take advantage of the rapper’s experiences in far-off climes? Kanye could review hostels around the world, checking under mattresses for bed-bugs. He could evaluate the selection of CD singles at various English car boot sales, with tips on nearby airports. Or maybe one of his collaborators – Lauryn Hill, say, or Kid Sister – could review vegetarian meals on a variety of different airlines.
We’d never buy a Rough Guide again.
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