Travel Social Network WAYN Hits Profit, Mobile Apps To Come

It's been a while since we caught up with WAYN , one of the earliest social networks (so early they once charged for access). WAYN is a niche social network which focuses on the younger, aspirational traveling classes. Amazingly, despite the recession, they are still gap-yearing around the world using WAYN to meet fellow travelers, and there are now 15.5 million registered users globally. More interestingly, London-based WAYN has revealed exclusively to TechCrunch Europe that the site is now in profit. And next month it is going mobile with an iPhone and Android application created jointly with UK mobile social startup Rummble . WAYN users will be able to check in to places, and Rummble will get access to the WAYN user base.