[fubyFrery]

It's something thats been on the drawing board for way too long, actually since around 2007. I have been a bunch of times and love the country, I kick myslef for not developing a site sooner, but finally the stars have aligned and I'll be off to Colombia at the end of this month to get things rolling.

DR1 been going since 1996 and we have learn't a lot, had some successes and made lots of mistakes. These days we have a pretty good idea what people want and how to drive traffic to the site. So our plan is to take our knowhow and see if it will duplicate in another market. If it works, great, expect to see a few more countries in the future

Our goal was to be the first Dominican tech/web related company to successfully export it's knowledge/knowhow and setup in a market outside of the DR. Looks like we might be #2, as my very good friend Carlos Coll at SuperCasas & SuperCarros is currently setting up opertations in Bogota. Carlos has a great business model and will do very well in Colombia.

Why Colombia?

It's a massive emerging market that is relativly untapped when it comes to English language sites, especially ones of the quality and depth of DR1.

Colombia leads in Latin America for tourism growth numbers and has an outstanding tourism product, very diverse and well organised.

It's a huge country to cover, so our initial focus will be in and around Carategna, the center of tourism. I have been there 4 times, so I know it pretty well and I'm looking forward to getting to know it a lot better.

This thread will keep everyone updated and how things evolve from the day to day stuff to the final launch date and beyond. I have no doubt it will make for interetsing reading as the project unravels.