Founded in 2010 in Russia, before relocating its headquarters to the U.S., the company plans to offer low-cost travel packages to destinations such as China, India, Nepal and Morocco. Emerging Travel's co-founders include Kirill Makharinsky, who also co-founded YouNoodle, a San Francisco-based networking website for entrepreneurs and small businesses, as well as Ostrovok.ru, a Moscow-based consumer travel e-commerce company.