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Kanye West launches a travel site

Posted by Paul Makishima, Globe Assistant Sunday Editor April 3, 2008 09:33 AM


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Now I ain't sayin' he's a gold digger, but hip-hop star Kanye West has started a travel business, which aims to offer lower-cost airfares, hotels, rental cars -- all the usual suspects (according to Advertising Age, the venture is linked up with Travelocity).
Obviously, this thing looks to tap into Kanye's platinum-size fan base. Right now, the travel site is linked to Kanye's main site but there are no trips tied to concert tours or appearances. Apparently, that will come in a later phase.
Other celebrities have tried similar marketing deals but met with less that stellar results.
But Kanye? Get down man, go 'head get down.

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3 comments so far...

  1. The website looks terrible. The style-obsessed rapper should at least learn how to steal good website design, just like he dubs over good music. There at least could have been a Louis Vuitton pattern background, I mean, come on!

    Posted by Cliff April 3, 08 01:35 PM

  1. Yeah, his website looks so very amateurish!

    Posted by Karina April 4, 08 05:38 PM

  1. This site looks perfectly fine to me. LV background? Sometimes simplicity goes a long way. Bells & whistles only slow down a site, and for those of us with business to attend to (i.e. travellers) the quicker the better. I could go watch a Kanye video if I wanted to be entertained.

    As a world traveller, web designer and music fan, I'd be more than happy to spend a lil' doe @ KanyeTravel - Beats William Shatner (just barely though, gotta love the homie NoFee!)

    Posted by Damon April 5, 08 09:16 AM
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