Brighton, England - TrustedHousesitters announced that it has been nominated for Best Community website in the 20th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honour” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honouring excellence on the Internet. Web industry experts, including Tumblr founder, David Karp, Head of Partnerships at Instagram, Eva Chen, Twitter Co-Founder, Biz Stone, Jimmy Kimmel, and creator of the .gif file format, Steve Wichita, nominate and select the Awards winners.
TrustedHousesitters is a global community of pet lovers who are helping each other travel the world. Pet owners when going away can find like-minded people to care for their home and pets completely for free, in return for a free retreat. With a fast growing membership base in over 140 countries and having helped facilitate over 1million nights in pet sitting, saving members over £150million in accommodation and pet care costs, it has created a solution to a common, global problem. Having been cited as a new trend in travel, TrustedHousesitters most recently was voted in the Top 50 Most Disruptive Businesses by Real Magazine and Best Technology Business in Brighton by the TechCity Awards.
“Nominees like TrustedHousesitters are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said David-Michel Davies, Executive Director of The Webby Awards. “It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the almost 13,000 entries we received this year.”
“We’re so proud and honoured to be nominated for a Webby and want to thank our growing community - who’s common interests (pets and travel) have helped create meaningful connections between each other, exciting and authentic travel experiences and most importantly happy pets who get to stay at home, when owners are away”, said Andy Peck, CEO of TrustedHousesitters.
As a nominee, TrustedHousesitters is also eligible to win a Webby People’s Voice Award, which is voted online by fans across the globe.
https://pv.webbyawards.com/2016/websites/general-website/community
Winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 and honoured at a star-studded ceremony on Monday, May 16, 2016 at Cipriani on Wall Street in New York City. There they will have an opportunity to deliver one of The Webby Awards’ famous 5-Word Speeches. Past 5-Word Speeches include: Steve Wilhite’s “It’s Pronounced “Jif” not ‘Gif’; Stephen Colbert’s “Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.”; and Björk ‘s “A E I O U.”
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Find TrustedHousesitters Online:
Website: www.trustedhousesitters.com
Facebook: facebook.com/trustedhousesitters
Twitter: @housesitting
YouTube: www.youtube.com/trustedhousesitters
About TrustedHousesitters:
The site was founded in 2010 by Andy Peck and Rachel Martin. The world’s largest house sitting site - facilitated over 1,000,000 nights of house and pet sitting globally, saving members more than $200,000,000 in accommodation and pet care costs. Members in 140 countries - with key markets being UK, USA, Canada and Australasia. Winner of UK Trust Awards 2015 - Most Trusted On-line Business, Most Trusted Customer Service, Best Website of the Year 2015 - The Good Web Guide Awards, awarded in Top 50 Most Disruptive Business 2015 by Real Business, Best Technology Company in Brighton by TechCity Awards 2015, #2 in Travel and Pets categories on TrustPilot with more than 1800 independent consumer reviews.
Membership of TrustedHousesitters costs $US99 / £79.20 per annum. Every month the site helps thousands of pet owners choose like-minded, experienced and trustworthy sitters who will pet sit for FREE while they are away.
Find The Webby Awards Online:
Website: www.webbyawards.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/TheWebbyAwards
Snapchat: TheWebbyAwards
Twitter: @TheWebbyAwards
YouTube: www.youtube.com/webby
About the Webby Awards:
Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, Advertising & Media, Online Film & Video, Mobile Sites & Apps and Social. Established in 1996, The Webby Awards received nearly 13,000 entries from all 50 states and over 70 countries worldwide this year. The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Xfinity, SeeSo, Google, Vitamin T, YouTube, Adformatie, Advertising Age, Code and Theory, Cool Hunting, Creativepool, Digiday, FITC, Internet Week New York, It’s Nice That, Mashable, Mobile Marketing Association, Moleskine, Ninja Marketing, Northside Festival, NUMA, Social Media Week, SoDA, Springwise, Taste Talks, The Drum, The Guardian News Media, The Hollywood Reporter, Tube Filter and VentureBeat.