Thursday, March 19, 2009

AdventureLink Buys Competitor, Get Investment

Los Angeles-based AdventureLink, the new adventure travel booking site run by Kelly Tompkins, announced this morning that it has acquired a competitor, Adventure Central. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to AdventureLink, the all-stock deal also included a new investment from Allegis Capital. Amount of that funding was not released. Denver-based Adventure Central provides a search engine and services for finding adventure travel. AdventureLink is also venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners and The Mail Room Fund.

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