Russia's new online resource booking "Ostrovok.ru" attracted more than $ 1 million seed investment from leading international venture capital funds and business angels in less than 15% of the company. Resources in the development of new tourist service invested more than a dozen investors. "Currently, Russia is the fastest growing Internet market among major countries - is expected to reach 90 million users in 2013. This means that he is still actively growing, providing many opportunities for the development of new projects. So today Russia - is the best place in the world to create a successful Internet company, "- emphasizes Cyril Maharinsky, co-founder and president of Ostrovok.ru. As the founders of the resource, to attract foreign investment for this project was easy. "Almost 40% of global e-commerce market are services that help users to plan trips online. In Russia, these figures are much lower because the market is still developing. We have gathered an excellent team and very strong circle of experts, who are our advisers, to to solve this interesting problem, "- said co-founder and CEO Sergei Fage. Having received the first investment, the company began to establish high-quality online product, designed for quick and easy booking Russian-speaking users. "Ostrovok.ru" on a plan of the founders, must provide a wide choice of international hotels and differ most complete database for hotels in Russia. The company is currently preparing the content and working on a mechanism for ranking hotels. Now, the first phase of the service users have access to only part of the database - "Ostrovok.ru" weekly Top 10 represents the best deals on hotels worldwide. Fully service, including a system of online hotel booking will be launched in June 2011. Nevertheless, a few months since the start of the project site has weekly visits more than 50 thousand unique visitors, and in its newsletter, every day shall be signed by 2 thousand new users.
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