Fresh research by Dopplr highlights the importance of sharing and recommendations in key travel decisions

The Dopplr Social Atlas is a new guide of guidebook, compiled and curated by the smart travellers who use Dopplr's web service. Their travel advice pulls together the interesting and useful things they have discovered along the way.

It can be hard to find travel tips for social or business travel. Dopplr's Social Atlas is packed with travel advice for the smart traveller who wants to find out what are the best places to eat, stay and explore in every new city they visit, but doesn't want to spend long hours researching on the internet.

Dopplr - The Social Atlas is the new iPhone app from the makers of Dopplr, a web service for smart travellers. It puts the social atlas in the iPhone users pockets, bringing together tips and advice from thousands of smart travellers who have recorded the gems they have discovered en route.

Dopplr, home of the Social Atlas, is now connected to the XING global social network for business people. XING's seven million members now have a chance to upgrade their online profile with the unique business travel advice generated by Dopplr's thousands of smart travellers. Travel planning for XING users need never be the same again, because they can directly connect their travel plans at Dopplr.com with their network of contacts at XING.

It can be hard to find travel tips for social or business travel. Dopplr's Social Atlas is packed with travel advice for the smart traveller who wants to find out what are the best places to eat, stay and explore in every new city they visit, but doesn't want to spend long hours researching on the internet.

Users of Dopplr's web service for smart travellers can share their travel tips with fellow travellers all the time, but if they activate their public profile they can share a beautiful visual summary of their activity with anyone else on the internet.

Dopplr is a great way of sharing travel plans and travel advice, but not all your friends and contacts will take the time to check the Dopplr web site to find out what your plans are. The Dopplr blog badge makes it easy to extend the reach of your Dopplr account by creating a simple box showing your current and planned trips, which can be added to almost any web site or blog. The badge is customisable and flexible, and makes a useful, functional and attractive addition to professional or personal web sites.

Dopplr's unique service for travel planning comes into its own when you share your trips with lots of other fellow smart travellers - that way, Dopplr can spot more co-incidences and highlight opportunities for you to meet up en route.