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|full_name=Elite Travel

|leader_name=[[file:BetaPlain.png|25px]] [[BetaPlain]]

|commenced_operations= 16 December 2019

|commenced_operations= 24 December 2019

|headquarters=[[file:Windemere flag.png|25px]] [[Windemere (Aurora)|Windemere]]

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[[BetaPlain]] contacted close friend [[EstiQT]] to assist in the start of the company. [[EstiQT]] was immediately hired as an employee of Elite Travel, forgoing the entire application and vetting process. [[EstiQT]] assisted [[BetaPlain]] in the development of the discord server and brought much needed criticism for Elite Travel's experimental business model.

[[BetaPlain]] began developing an appropriate logo for Elite Travel sometime before 23 December 2019. [[BetaPlain]] initially selected a gray, three-dimensional block as the first potential logo for the company. [[BetaPlain]], very dissatisfied with the design, hired an unknown professional logo maker to create an original logo for the company. It was shortly after this time that [[BetaPlain]] decided to use an image of an ice block as a potential logo for Elite Travel.

[[BetaPlain]] began developing an appropriate logo for Elite Travel sometime before 23 December 2019. [[BetaPlain]] initially selected a gray, three-dimensional block as the first potential logo for the company. [[BetaPlain]], very dissatisfied with the design, hired an unknown professional logo maker (most likely twomoo1119 or imabritishcow) to create an original logo for the company. It was shortly after this time that [[BetaPlain]] decided to use an image of an ice block as a potential logo for Elite Travel.

[[BetaPlain]], indecisive about which logo to use, and desiring to give the original logo a chance, decided to post a poll on the Elite Travel discord server on 23 December 2019. [[BetaPlain]] cut the poll short after it had reached only a few votes, due to the lack of voters, on the same day the poll was posted. The ice block logo won a unanimous vote.

Elite Travel officially commenced operations on 24 December 2019, after the discord server had finished development and planning had finished.

== First Business ==

~~15 days~~ following Elite Travel's commencement of operations, player [[alsjad]] created a ticket and ordered a subscription, making them the first subscribed member of Elite Travel. Later in the ticket, [[alsjad]] began discussions on behalf of NewYorker9 and [[Lucas2011]] for a new ice highway stretching directly from [[New York (town)|New York]] to NewYorker9Estate. Although the order was never followed through on behalf of [[Alsjad|alsjad's]] part, the order would have netted Elite Travel it's first 85 gold profit on top of the 16 gold from [[Alsjad|alsjad's]] subscription.

One week following Elite Travel's commencement of operations, player [[alsjad]] created a ticket and ordered a subscription, making them the first subscribed member of Elite Travel. Later in the ticket, [[alsjad]] began discussions on behalf of NewYorker9 and [[Lucas2011]] for a new ice highway stretching directly from [[New York (town)|New York]] to NewYorker9Estate. Although the order was never followed through on behalf of [[Alsjad|alsjad's]] part, the order would have netted Elite Travel it's first 85 gold profit on top of the 16 gold from [[Alsjad|alsjad's]] subscription.

[[File:BetaPlain ad for elite travel.png|left|thumb|500x500px|Advertisement created by BetaPlain for EarthMC discords]]

[[BetaPlain]] created Elite Travel's first advertisement on 29 December 2019. [[BetaPlain]] promptly copied this advertisement into major EarthMC discord servers, bringing many new customers to Elite Travel.

On 10 January 2020, [[BetaPlain]] hired player Heyloki as Elite Travel's 2nd staff member. Heyloki was hired despite not filling an application, while their citizenship in [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadia]] and friendship with [[EstiQT]] satisfied the vetting process.

During the State of the Market survey of 11 January 2020, Elite Travel ranked extremely low, with 0.9% on in-game shops, and 1.5% on the discord shops section. This was most likely influenced by Elite Travel's appeal for votes on 8 January in the Elite Travel discord server.

After few subscriptions were bought and limited criticism on [[EstiQT|EstiQT's]] part, [[BetaPlain]] lowered the subscription cost to 6 gold on 12 January. Refunds were offered to pre-existing subscribers, however no customers requested any refunds.

=== '''Construction of Elite Travel's First Ice Highway''' ===

On 13 January 2020, ItsSparky, leader of [[Nova:Ontario|Ontario]], ordered an ice highway stretching from Superior, [[Nova:Ontario|Ontario]] to Astoria, [[Nova:Cascadia|Cascadia]]. In the ticket, [[BetaPlain]] calculated the distance between the two points to be approximately 6,800 blocks. [[BetaPlain]] gave the unknown player a quote of 90 gold for the ice highway, at a cost of 64 blocks per gold. The player also ordered an aboveground station for 10 gold, which was an available add-on when an ice highway was ordered.

[[BetaPlain]] began construction of the order on 15 January. The unknown player directed [[BetaPlain]] to their selected site, and construction on an aboveground station began. Once the aboveground station, the elevator, and the underground station were finished, ice highway digging began. [[BetaPlain]] made the decision to begin adding the concrete blocks, lighting, and blue ice blocks to showcase the luxuriousness of the Elite Travel ice highway design.

Digging continued until the tunnel reached the town of Nuova Roma, which prevented further ice highway digging. To combat this problem, [[BetaPlain]] contacted player __Zuki__, mayor of Nuova Roma, and coordinated ice highway construction. __Zuki__ explained that there already existed a national ice highway system for Lacusmagnia (located at y = 21), and he intended to connect the two ice highways (Elite Travel's ice highway being located at y = 3). __Zuki__ refused the offer by BetaPlain to allow Elite Travel access to the plots necessary to build the ice highway, instead opting to dig the highway himself.

Construction of the ice highway halted around 14 February 2020, with __Zuki__ having never finished digging the highway, and the portion before Lacusmagnia never having a finished interior. Shortly after construction had halted, Ontario fell and the ice highway began getting griefed. BetaPlain notified staff that construction would halt permanently on 24 Februrary.

=== Other Developments ===

Elite Travel began an official partnership with Formidable Concrete Co. on 2 February 2020. Advertisements for both companies were posted in their respective discord servers, drawing many new potential customers to Elite Travel. Members of the Elite Travel discord server were offered a limited 10% discount on all items at Formidable Concrete Co.

After intense criticism and low sales resulting from Elite Travel's subscription system, [[BetaPlain]] officially removed the subscription system on 5 February. [[BetaPlain]] took advantage of the situation by advertising the removal of the subscription system, which did not seriously affect Elite Travel's discord server membership count.

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 |full_name=Elite Travel
 |leader_name=[[file:BetaPlain.png|25px]] [[BetaPlain]]
-|commenced_operations= 16 December 2019
+|commenced_operations= 24 December 2019
 |headquarters=[[file:Windemere flag.png|25px]] [[Windemere (Aurora)|Windemere]]
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 [[BetaPlain]] contacted close friend [[EstiQT]] to assist in the start of the company.  [[EstiQT]] was immediately hired as an employee of Elite Travel, forgoing the entire application and vetting process.  [[EstiQT]] assisted [[BetaPlain]] in the development of the discord server and brought much needed criticism for Elite Travel's experimental business model.
-[[BetaPlain]] began developing an appropriate logo for Elite Travel sometime before 23 December 2019.  [[BetaPlain]] initially selected a gray, three-dimensional block as the first potential logo for the company.  [[BetaPlain]], very dissatisfied with the design, hired an unknown professional logo maker to create an original logo for the company.  It was shortly after this time that [[BetaPlain]] decided to use an image of an ice block as a potential logo for Elite Travel.
+[[BetaPlain]] began developing an appropriate logo for Elite Travel sometime before 23 December 2019.  [[BetaPlain]] initially selected a gray, three-dimensional block as the first potential logo for the company.  [[BetaPlain]], very dissatisfied with the design, hired an unknown professional logo maker (most likely twomoo1119 or imabritishcow) to create an original logo for the company.  It was shortly after this time that [[BetaPlain]] decided to use an image of an ice block as a potential logo for Elite Travel.
 [[BetaPlain]], indecisive about which logo to use, and desiring to give the original logo a chance, decided to post a poll on the Elite Travel discord server on 23 December 2019.  [[BetaPlain]] cut the poll short after it had reached only a few votes, due to the lack of voters, on the same day the poll was posted.  The ice block logo won a unanimous vote.
+Elite Travel officially commenced operations on 24 December 2019, after the discord server had finished development and planning had finished.
 == First Business ==
-days following Elite Travel's commencement of operations, player [[alsjad]] created a ticket and ordered a subscription, making them the first subscribed member of Elite Travel.  Later in the ticket, [[alsjad]] began discussions on behalf of NewYorker9 and [[Lucas2011]] for a new ice highway stretching directly from [[New York (town)|New York]] to NewYorker9Estate.  Although the order was never followed through on behalf of [[Alsjad|alsjad's]] part, the order would have netted Elite Travel it's first 85 gold profit on top of the 16 gold from [[Alsjad|alsjad's]] subscription.
+One week following Elite Travel's commencement of operations, player [[alsjad]] created a ticket and ordered a subscription, making them the first subscribed member of Elite Travel.  Later in the ticket, [[alsjad]] began discussions on behalf of NewYorker9 and [[Lucas2011]] for a new ice highway stretching directly from [[New York (town)|New York]] to NewYorker9Estate.  Although the order was never followed through on behalf of [[Alsjad|alsjad's]] part, the order would have netted Elite Travel it's first 85 gold profit on top of the 16 gold from [[Alsjad|alsjad's]] subscription.
 [[File:BetaPlain ad for elite travel.png|left|thumb|500x500px|Advertisement created by BetaPlain for EarthMC discords]]
 [[BetaPlain]] created Elite Travel's first advertisement on 29 December 2019.  [[BetaPlain]] promptly copied this advertisement into major EarthMC discord servers, bringing many new customers to Elite Travel.
 On 10 January 2020, [[BetaPlain]] hired player Heyloki as Elite Travel's 2nd staff member.  Heyloki was hired despite not filling an application, while their citizenship in [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadia]] and friendship with [[EstiQT]] satisfied the vetting process.
+During the State of the Market survey of 11 January 2020, Elite Travel ranked extremely low, with 0.9% on in-game shops, and 1.5% on the discord shops section.  This was most likely influenced by Elite Travel's appeal for votes on 8 January in the Elite Travel discord server.
+After few subscriptions were bought and limited criticism on [[EstiQT|EstiQT's]] part, [[BetaPlain]] lowered the subscription cost to 6 gold on 12 January.  Refunds were offered to pre-existing subscribers, however no customers requested any refunds.
+=== '''Construction of Elite Travel's First Ice Highway''' ===
+On 13 January 2020, ItsSparky, leader of [[Nova:Ontario|Ontario]], ordered an ice highway stretching from Superior, [[Nova:Ontario|Ontario]] to Astoria, [[Nova:Cascadia|Cascadia]].  In the ticket, [[BetaPlain]] calculated the distance between the two points to be approximately 6,800 blocks.  [[BetaPlain]] gave the unknown player a quote of 90 gold for the ice highway, at a cost of 64 blocks per gold.  The player also ordered an aboveground station for 10 gold, which was an available add-on when an ice highway was ordered.
+[[BetaPlain]] began construction of the order on 15 January.  The unknown player directed [[BetaPlain]] to their selected site, and construction on an aboveground station began.  Once the aboveground station, the elevator, and the underground station were finished, ice highway digging began.  [[BetaPlain]] made the decision to begin adding the concrete blocks, lighting, and blue ice blocks to showcase the luxuriousness of the Elite Travel ice highway design.
+Digging continued until the tunnel reached the town of Nuova Roma, which prevented further ice highway digging.  To combat this problem, [[BetaPlain]] contacted player __Zuki__, mayor of Nuova Roma, and coordinated ice highway construction.  __Zuki__ explained that there already existed a national ice highway system for Lacusmagnia (located at y = 21), and he intended to connect the two ice highways (Elite Travel's ice highway being located at y = 3).  __Zuki__ refused the offer by BetaPlain to allow Elite Travel access to the plots necessary to build the ice highway, instead opting to dig the highway himself.
+Construction of the ice highway halted around 14 February 2020, with __Zuki__ having never finished digging the highway, and the portion before Lacusmagnia never having a finished interior.  Shortly after construction had halted, Ontario fell and the ice highway began getting griefed.  BetaPlain notified staff that construction would halt permanently on 24 Februrary.
+=== Other Developments ===
+Elite Travel began an official partnership with Formidable Concrete Co. on 2 February 2020.  Advertisements for both companies were posted in their respective discord servers, drawing many new potential customers to Elite Travel.  Members of the Elite Travel discord server were offered a limited 10% discount on all items at Formidable Concrete Co.
+After intense criticism and low sales resulting from Elite Travel's subscription system, [[BetaPlain]] officially removed the subscription system on 5 February.  [[BetaPlain]] took advantage of the situation by advertising the removal of the subscription system, which did not seriously affect Elite Travel's discord server membership count.
 [[Category:Businesses (Nova)]]
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