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DEMO just announced the list of companies participating in this year’s DEMOfall 08, expected to have the largest attendance ever. Travelmuse is looking forward to participating alongside these other companies in San Diego and telling press, bloggers and analysts all about our new release.

Kevin, Eric and I are bound for San Diego tomorrow on Southwest Airlines. Stop by and see us at booth #24 if you’re also heading to DEMO, or follow us on our blog here and on Twitter @TravelMuse.

In the meantime, here’s more from DEMO’s press release earlier today and the list of companies participating at DEMOfall 08:

Leading Technology Conference Continues to Highlight the Best in Entrepreneurship from Around the World

The DEMO conferences, known for launching some the world’s biggest technology products, will kickoff this Sunday with 72 new products poised to launch onstage in just 72 hours. Beginning its nineteenth year of supporting innovation, DEMOfall 08 will highlight products from more than 11 countries and 19 states. Known as the conference that launched products from Google, Apple, Palm, Intel, Yahoo!, and TiVo, the fall conference will host one of its largest attendances of journalists, investors and business professionals in its history. DEMOfall 08 is being held from Sept. 7 - 9 at the Sheraton San Diego. To learn more about the event and register to attend visit http://www.demo.com.

“Every DEMO we strive to identify the companies that will defy all the odds and have significant impact in the technology markets. Ours is a year-long process that culminates in seventy-two hours of products that are more than disruptive; they change the rules of the game as we know it,” said Chris Shipley, product analyst and executive producer of the DEMO conferences. “I am very excited to unveil the class of DEMOfall 08. They are innovative, they are important, they are fun, and they represent the future products and solutions we all will be using soon.”

The DEMO conferences are held twice a year requiring the DEMO team to hold in-depth interviews with more than 1,000 companies ready to launch new products at the event. This rigorous process ensures that DEMOfall 08 attendees will, for the first time, see new products from around the globe including Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Taiwan. Some of the products launching at DEMOfall 08 include:

products that help you manage, deliver, and socialize your mobile phone and content.
tools that enable you to personalize, navigate and deliver multi-media, rich-media presentations and television content over the Web.
a solution that brings RFID right to the consumer.
an application that promises to keep spam out of your inbox for good.
a tool that takes the mystery out of eating healthy wherever you are.
services that take personal finance management to a new level.
a solution that makes everyone a game developer.
tools to make you fall in love with your photos again.
products focused on reducing our impact on the planet from energy consumption to traffic congestion.

Videos of each live onstage demonstration will be available on http://www.demo.com beginning Monday afternoon Sept. 8.

DEMOfall 08 Demonstrators

Accordia Group, LLC; New Rochelle, NY; http://www.accordia-group.com
Adapx, Inc.; Seattle, WA; http://www.adapx.com
Alerts.com, Inc.; Bellvue, WA; http://www.alerts.com
Arsenal Interactive, Inc.; Mountain View, CA; http://www.heycosmo.com
Asyncast Corp; Campbell, CA; http://www.rocketron.com
Awind Inc.; Junghe, Taiwan; http://www.awindinc.com
beeTV; Milano, Italy; http://www.bee.tv
Best Buy; Minneapolis, MN; http://www.giftag.com
BizEquity Corp.; Spring House, PA; http://www.bizequity.com
Blue Lava Technologies, Inc.; Honolulu, HI; http://www.bluelavatech.com
Cerego; Tokyo, Japan; http://www.usa.iknow.co.jp
Cinergix, Pty Ltd.; Melbourne, Australia; http://www.creately.com
Clintworld; Boenningstedt, Germany; http://www.clintworld.de
CoreTrace Corp.; Austin, TX; http://www.coretrace.com
crowdSPRING, LLC; Chicago, IL; http://www.crowdspring.com
DesignIn, Inc.; Marblehead, MA; http://www.mydesignin.com
Dial Directions, Inc.; Alameda, CA; http://www.dialdirections.com
DOCCENTER; Omaha, NE; http://www.doccenterinc.com
Enterprise Informatics, Inc.; San Diego, CA;
http://www.enterpriseinfomatics.com
Familybuilder; New York, NY; http://www.familybuilder.com
ffwd.com, Inc.; San Francisco, CA; http://www.ffwd.com
Fortressware, Inc.; Mountain View, CA; http://www.fortressw.com
Fusion-io; Salt Lake City, UT; http://www.fusionio.com
G.ho.st; Ramallah & Modin, Palestine and Israel; http://g.ho.st
Green Sherpa; Santa Barbara, CA; http://www.greensherpa.com
Infovell, Inc.; Menlo Park, CA; http://www.infovell.com
Intelius, Inc.; Bellevue, WA; http://www.zumende.com
Invision TV, LLC; Bethesda, MD; http://www.invision.tv
iWidgets, Inc.; San Francisco, CA; http://www.iwidgets.com
Kadoo Inc.; Washington, DC; http://www.kadoo.com
Koollage, Inc.; San Jose, CA; http://www.koollage.com
Mapflow, Ltd.; Cork, Ireland; http://www.eirlift.com
Maverick Mobile Solutions, Pvt. Ltd.; Maharashtra, India;
http://www.maverickmobile.in
MeDeploy; Hamden, CT; http://www.medeploy.com
Message Sling; Worcester, MA; http://www.messagesling.com
MeWorks, Inc.; Taipei, Taiwan; http://www.meworks.net
Microstaq, Inc.; Austin, TX; http://www.microstaq.com
MixMatchMusic, Ltd.; Burlingame, CA; http://www.mixmatchmusic.com
Momindum; Paris, France; http://www.momindum.com
OpenACircle.com; Dallas, TX; http://www.openacircle.com
Paidinterviews, LLC; McLean, VA; http://www.paidinterviews.com
Paragent, LLC; Muncie, IN; http://www.paragent.com
Photrade, LLC; Cincinnati, OH; http://www.photrade.com
PlanDone, Inc.; Petaluma, CA; http://www.plandone.com
Plastic Logic, Ltd.; Mountain View, CA; http://www.plasticlogic.com
Qtask, Inc.; Burbank, CA; http://www.Qtask.com
Quantivo Corp.; San Mateo, CA; http://www.quantivo.com
Radiant Logic, Inc.; Novato, CA; http://www.radiantlogic.com
RealNetworks, Inc.; Seattle, WA; http://www.real.com
Rebus Technology, Inc.; Cupertino, CA; http://www.rebustechnology.net
RemoTV, Inc.; New Haven, CT; http://www.remotv.com
Rudder, Inc.; Houston, TX; http://www.rudder.com
Semanti Corp.; Alberta, Canada; http://www.semantifind.com
Sim Ops Studios, Inc.; San Francisco, CA; http://www.wildpockets.com
SitScape, Inc.; Vienna, VA; http://www.sitscape.com
SkyData Systems, Inc.; San Mateo, CA; http://www.skydata.com
SpinSpotter; Seattle, WA; http://www.spinspotter.com
Telnic, Ltd.; London, England; http://www.telnic.org
TetraBase, LLC; Boothwyn, PA; http://www.tetrabase.com
The Echo Nest Corp.; Somerville, MA; http://echonest.com
tikitag, an Alcatel-Lucent Venture; Antwerp, Belgium;
http://www.tikitag.com
Toolgether; San Mateo, CA; http://www.toolgether.com
TravelMuse, Inc.; Los Altos, CA; http://www.travelmuse.com
Trinity Convergence, Inc.; Durham, NC; http://www.trinityconvergence.com
TurnTo Networks, Inc.; New York, NY; http://www.turnto.com
UbiEst S.p.A.; Treviso, Italy; http://www.ubiest.com
UGA Digital, Inc.; Taipei, Taiwan; http://www.ugadigital.com
Unity Solutions, LLC; Clearwater, FL; http://www.unitysolutions.com
Usable Security Systems, Inc.; San Francisco, CA; http://www.usable.com
WebDiet, Inc.; Henderson, NV; http://www.webdiet.com
Xumii, Inc.; San Mateo, CA; http://www.xumii.com
Zazengo, Inc.; Santa Cruz, CA; http://www.zazengo.com

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In just under two weeks, Team TravelMuse (Kevin, Eric and I) will head to San Diego to take part in our version of the Olympics—DEMOfall '08, a launchpad for emerging technology. Although we haven’t been working on this for four years, it’s certainly taken a huge amount of planning and practice to get ready for this prestigious event.

At DEMO we will launch our latest product, the most complex release our product and engineering teams have tackled so far. With no challenge too small, they have worked diligently towards the deadline of Sept. 7. As we approach the final lock-down stage, Bugzilla has certainly been getting quite a workout! We’re really excited to show off our new product and let you try it out for yourself.

Kevin and Eric (TravelMuse Co-Founders) are our demonstrators at DEMO. We joke with our PR team about how many times we can get the word DEMO into a sentence. We’re going to give you a demo of our demo for DEMO. Anyway, Kevin and Eric are doing well with learning their scripts and can be seen listening to iPods (are they getting in the Michael Phelps zone?), clutching cue cards and muttering away to themselves. Coach Nathan has them on a regular practice schedule, and Eric, every now and again, gives me impromptu recitals.

I think we have compared this experience to a mix of memorizing your lines for a school play, to practicing the tricky sections of your piano recital, to being in a competitive race. Basically, you have to know your game plan and practice, practice, practice.

Meanwhile, I’ve been taking care of the logistics with the DEMO team, writing product marketing copy and finalizing press kits and give-aways.

Later this week Kevin and Eric will have a live audience with our company—definitely the toughest crowd yet! Everyone has been working hard to produce their piece of the puzzle and is counting on them to show it off at its best—which I’m confident they will.

Team TravelMuse DEMO schedule:
Saturday, Sept. 6: Arrive in San Diego and rehearse in the evening.
Sunday, Sept. 7: Demonstrators’ meeting and set up booth #24.
Monday, Sept. 8: Watch other demos and give demos at booth #24.
Tuesday, Sept. 9: Team TravelMuse presents at 8:52 a.m. and gives demos at booth #24.

If you’re attending DEMO, we’ll see you there, otherwise you can follow us on Twitter @TravelMuse, and we’ll post more to the TravelMuse Company Blog soon.