Creation of Terra Group
Initially, in 1999, a handful of French partners created and developed Terra Group, a network of receptive agents specializing in adventure and tailor-made travel in Latin America. It was the beginning of the Internet and "à la carte".
Growth and Evolution
As Terra Group agencies multiplied, their operational needs grew exponentially. Consequently, the group created a dedicated management unit to coordinate the activities of the various structures. Under the direction of Fabrice Pawlak, founding partner of Terra Group, this unit, based in La Paz (Bolivia), had the mission of developing powerful IT tools adapted to the tourism industry. Word and Excel were no longer enough.
During this phase, an important partnership was formed with Dragnux, a technology and IT services company specialized in the European and North American markets. In addition, this collaboration, led by IT engineers Marcelo Ayllon, Ivan Collazos and Juan Vega, proved to be instrumental in our development. Terra Group quickly became Dragnux's main client.
Entering Big Market
In 2008, Terra Group assembled a specialized team to develop EMAGINE. However, after eighteen months, the project faced significant challenges due to technological limitations, poor choice of database architecture, bad HR choices...
Timeline Story
EMAGINE is liquidated and the project is relaunched on a completely new basis: new company (TOOGONET), new technology (open source and 100% web), new database architecture and increased resources. The team is also renewed: the former members of Dragnux now develop the software, Fabrice Pawlak becomes project manager. The core is enriched by fruitful collaborations in the following years.
Subsequently, the team grew stronger with important additions. In 2010, Nicolas Morice strengthened the technical development. Then, in 2011, Pierre Ligonie strengthened the commercial sector. In addition, experts from Terra Group brought valuable industry insights (and remain in the industry to this day): Olivier Tibi, Thibault Jeannin, Nicolas Blanquet... Toogonet's shareholders now number nearly 20 people of different nationalities, all from the world of tourism or web engineering.
