area served worldwide founder s michael cameron bernhard tschirren ceo rod cuthbert industry travel technology search engine slogan s discover the possibilities website rome2rio.com type of site travel search engine rome2rio is a multimodal transport search engine that launched in april 2011 . 1 rome2rio s platform is capable of long distance inter city trip planning as well as local intra city journey planning . users can input any address town or landmark as the origin and destination and rome2rio searches a database of flight train ferry bus and driving routes to present route and price options for travelling to that destination . the company is based in melbourne australia . contents 1 data coverage 2 white label and api 3 founders and history 4 see also 5 references 6 external links data coverage edit the transport data searched by rome2rio includes 2 612 610 bus routes via 3 328 bus operators 100 167 train lines via 364 train operators 44 833 flight paths via 670 airlines 5 628 ferries via 531 ferry operators plus driving directions for most countries worldwide . white label and api edit the company initially offered both white label and api options for partners wishing to integrate its multi modal results into web sites and mobile apps . 3 in july 2015 it announced that support for its white label product would cease in january 2016 citing pressure on development resources brought on by rapid growth in its consumer business . 4 founders and history edit rome2rio was founded by bernhard tschirren and dr michael cameron two ex microsoft software engineers . the site was born out of their frustrations with the lack of a fast easy to use and comprehensive multi modal search engine with global coverage . 5 the two co founders began work on the product in september 2010 and won the melbourne azure bizspark camp award in february 2011 . 6 the beta version of rome2rio was officially launched on 7 april 2011 . 7 rod cuthbert founder of viator joined the team as ceo in 2012 . 8 rome2rio won the people s choice award at phocuswright 2012 9 the traveltech globalcollect website of the year in 2013 10 and the data specialist award at the 2015 witovation awards . 11 the company has raised 2.8 million in funding including a 2014 grant of 1.2 million from commercialisation australia . 12 see also edit zoombu skyscanner goeuro from atob gopili quixxit cleartrip waytogo references edit rome2rio is google maps with airfare train and driving options . techcrunch 2011 04 07 . retrieved on 2015 05 22 . ltd rome2rio pty. rome2rio coverage . rome2rio . retrieved 2016 02 03 . bryant martin . multi modal travel search engine rome2rio opens up free api access . the next web . retrieved 2016 02 04 . rome2rio axes white label to prioritise own consumer brand . tnooz . retrieved 2016 02 04 . tlabs showcase rome2rio . tnooz . retrieved on 2015 05 22 . community report melbourne azure bizspark camp 2011 burela s house o blog . davidburela.wordpress.com . retrieved on 2015 05 22 . rome2rio launches travel search with planes trains and automobiles venturebeat news by anthony ha . venturebeat 2011 04 07 . retrieved on 2015 05 22 . rome2rio grabs 450 000 investment round appoints ex viator boss as interim ceo tnooz . tnooz . retrieved 2016 02 03 . phocuswright conference 2012 travel innovation summit alumni . phocuswrightconference.com . retrieved 2016 02 04 . rome2rio beats strong field to win website of the year travel trends . www.traveltrends.biz . retrieved 2016 02 03 . tearjerker in thailand and karaoke basketball fusion win at witovation awards wit . wit . retrieved 2016 02 03 . rome2rio gets another 1.2 million in govt funding travel trends . www.traveltrends.biz . retrieved 2016 02 03 . external links edit official rome2rio site v t e travel search engines search engines busbud cheapflights cheapoair dohop expedia farecompare fromatob.com goeuro google flights hipmunk hotel tonight hotelscombined ixigo.com jetcost jetradar kayak.com lagisatu.com loco2 mobissimo momondo msn travel orbitz priceline.com rome2rio scout skyscanner studentuniverse travelocity trivago voyagermoinscher.com wanderu webjet wego.com whole travel yatra defunct bing travel busjunction sidestep zoombu category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rome2rio & oldid 726549336 categories australian websitescartographycompanies based in melbourneintermodal transportinternet search enginespublic transport information systemsroute planning websitestravel ticket search engines navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print 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