Footprint launches new iphone app

Online, June 15, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Footprint www.footprinttravelguides.com is delighted to announce the launch of its iphone app - an application which brings Footprint travel content direct to your phone!
Packed with travel essentials and information on all the top sights as well as places to eat and sleep, Footprint's guides are the ideal travel companion. With contact details, opening times and prices, as well as an insight to all the must see places, it's like having your own private tour guide. The guide highlights are geocoded allowing users to locate and select sights based on their promximity to them.
All features of the guides work offline as well as online - so no unpleasant roaming costs.
Apps cost £3.99 each and the first set of guides are available in the app store now with another 50 following over the coming months !
Current guides :
- South Africa
Cape Town (free with app)
Winelands

- South America
Cuzco & Sacred Valley
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro Region

About Footprint
The passion for travel and discovery at Footprint has been reflected in guidebooks dating back to the first edition of the South American Handbook in 1924. This book is the longest established travel guide in the English language market. Since first publication in 1924, Footprint travel guides have consistently offered comprehensive, insider knowledge-driven insights into over 150 countries. Written for independent travellers looking to get off the beaten track and escape the tourist crowd, World News says "Footprint can be depended on for accurate travel information and for imparting a deep sense of respect for the lands and people they cover." Everyone at Footprint has a passionate approach to travel; one based on choice, knowledge, adventure and sensitivity to the surroundings. Striving to ensure that the very best travel guides in existence are produced; Footprint understand that choosing the right travel companion is as important as choosing the right trip.
www.footprinttravelguides.com

For further information please contact Liz Harper
lharper@footprintbooks.com
Mobile +44 (0) 7957231051