Milestones of Falk Content & Internet Solutions

1996 Falk launches first website with integrated route planner and city maps in Europe (falk.online).

1998 In collaboration with BMW: Market launch of the first onboard travel guide for
navigation systems under the Falk brand

2001 Creation of the complete travel and mobility services for BP/ARAL starting from a route planner up to a finder for service stations

2004 Opel integrates the Marco Polo TravelGuide into its car-embedded navigation systems

2005 Thomas Cook Germany integrates Marco Polo travel content on all its web portals

2006 Site-relaunch of falk.de results in reaching more than 2,5 mill. Unique User per month in 2007

2006/07 Garmin and Magellan trust in the Marco Polo brand and launch the TravelGuide for
their mobile navigation devices

2008/Q1 Presentation of the new API for Falk Map Services at the CeBIT

2008/Q2 Online route planner and city-maps are now available in six European languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish

2008/Q3 Falk releases first community places.falk.de to synchronize and share content of places.falk.de with a Falk navigation device

2008/Q3 The GuidedTours are presented in the 7er BMW at the Mondial de l´Automobile in
Paris

2008/Q4 FALK MAPS features pan-European navigation for selected mobile phone models

2009/Q1 Falk starts the year with the launch of the Marco Polo CityGuide application for
Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch

2009/Q2 Relaunch and extension of Marco Polo travel destinations in XML format

2009/Q3 With the Falk Guides Falk presents its first offline travel guides for iPhone an iPod touch at the IFA

2009/Q4 Falk launches the Falk Navigator for iPhone - the sole iPhone navigation app with travel guide


Data & Facts
  • Since the middle of the1980s, the MAIRDUMONT Group has continuously been expanding its “Electronic Media” branch
  • 2009: Falk Content & Internet Solutions separates from the Falk Navigation GmbH
  • Strategic areas of business: OEM Solutions, Web Services and Travel Services 
  • Managing Director:
    Dr. Frank Mair


 
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