Utrip: What happened to Utrip? Abrupt end to Seattle travel startup blindsides investors and clients

When Gabrielle Andrews arrived for work at the ATL Airport District Convention & Visitors Bureau in Georgia on May 7, she was surprised by an email from Gilad Berenstein, CEO of Utrip, the Seattle-based travel itinerary planning startup. "It is with deep sadness that I inform you that Utrip, Inc. will be ceasing operations," read the message, sent early that morning to the company's corporate and institutional customers. "This follows our extended efforts to bring about a transaction for the company's continuance that fell through at the last second. We are devastated to no longer be able to continue to... Read More