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Fresh Off Super Bowl Launch, Raleigh’s Yillio Preps for Golf’s U.S. Open

The Raleigh mobile app startup that made a splash with its Super Bowl launch last month announces today its second major event partnership, this time targeting the 400,000 visitors expected to visit Pinehurst and Southern Pines for the U.S. Open Championship in June. In partnership with the Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) for that region, Yillio will provide its free route-based search app to travelers in town for the tournament and to hotels, restaurants and retailers hoping to get their business. Yillio holds a unique patent for search along a route—it helps consumers identify the most convenient places to...

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