Canadian Entrepreneur Spotlight

The Canada-e-Connect Entrepreneur Competition offers Canadian Online Travel Start-ups, the opportunity to win a scholarship to participate in the first Canada-e-Connect Conference and to present their value proposition in 10 minutes in front of the coveted Canada-e-Connect audience. The ideal start-up is leveraging the Internet and new emerging technologies to market Canadian travel experiences to the world.

The winner of the Entrepreneur Spotlight competition is PlanetEye.com, and the concept is very exciting.

PlanetEye is dedicated to inspiring travellers to discover captivating destinations around the world specifically through photographs, videos and valuable advice from independent travelers and locals.

According to Butch Langlois, President & CEO of PlanetEye Inc., had this to say about PlanetEye during a welcome message on his company blog:    "While many Web sites provide incredible value to travel consumers, we believe there is an exciting opportunity for PlanetEye to leverage many of the emerging elements of the Web such as photo-sharing, geo-tagging and mapping to create something that will inspire travelers to discover the most captivating destinations around the world.

We're not trying to be everything to everyone. We see our core mission as helping people plan their trips by providing them with the essence of a destination through beautiful photographs, insider tips and innovative mapping technology that puts everything into context."

To learn more about the exciting concept of PlanetEye, please visit their website www.planeteye.com

Butch Langlois & Jens Thraenhart

Butch Langlois & Mira Shemtov