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Four new travel startups for discovering concerts, surf spots, and friends

  • Samantha Shankman, Skift
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    This week’s roundup of new travel startups looks at some clever niche sites and services that use a combination of hashtags, Airbnb-inspiration, the Facebook social graph, and an events calendar to pair travelers with specific types of trips and advice.

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    Photo Credit: Moscow-based Travelatus finds travelers concerts and sporting matches based on social recommendations. Screenshot / Travelatus
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