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What Else? GetYouGuide goes cruising, ConTGo eats, Wego in UAE, IFE upgrades
What else is going on in the world of travel tech? A round-up of other stories from across the industry? Product expansion for tour and activity platform GetYourGuide, moving into the world of shore...
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Are small tourism businesses really ready for the mobile revolution?
For years we’ve been told that “this year will be the year of mobile”. Unfortunately, for many of us, this tiresome line became mundane and predictable years ago. You can only go to so many conference...
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The economics of peer-to-peer travel marketplaces and collaborative...
NB: This is a guest article by Tao Tao, co-founder and vice president of product at GetYourGuide. Peer-to-peer marketplaces are popular at the moment. Having attained web fame in second-hand...
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The economics of peer-to-peer travel marketplaces and collaborative...
NB: This is a guest article by Tao Tao, co-founder and vice president of product at GetYourGuide. In part one I talked about the basic economics that make collaborative consumption and peer-to-peer...
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Come on, travel startups: Please innovate and stop replicating!
NB: This is a guest article by Andrey Spektor, founding CEO of Carsolize. The travel industry is flooded with venture capital investment. Millions of Dollars and Euros are poured into a multitude of...
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GetYourGuide raises $14M for tours and activities push in new markets
In what could be one of the biggest investments so far in the growing online tours and activities sector, GetYourGuide has grabbed $14 million from Spark Capital and Highland Capital Partners Europe....
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And then there were three – TripAdvisor quietly adds more tour and activity...
If tours and activities are the next big thing in online travel, then TripAdvisor is taking note – by adding a third supplier of products in recent weeks in the form of Viator. Not announced officially...
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Kayak ends tours and activities on mobile via GetYourGuide, cites low...
Mobile users with tours and activities – a perfect match, right? Perhaps not so obvious after all, with Kayak deciding to end its partner deal with GetYourGuide. The US-based travel search service...
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The Scan – Inside Iberostar, Wego extends, Amazon Redshift and more travel...
Iberostar, Hotelbeds, Egencia, Wego, eRevMax, GetYourGuide, Etihad- Jet Airways, JetBlue, SITA, mobile in China, Viator, TradeDoubler, 3rd Planet, Amazon Redshift, Southwest Airlines, Sweetbeam and...
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GetYourGuide to be sole provider of tours and activities to TUI agents
Travel agents working with TUI in Germany will have their pick of tours and activities by way of a new supplier after the tour operator turned over responsibility to GetYourGuide. As a result of the...
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TUI Travel buys tours and activities specialist Isango
Tours and activities just got that little bit more interesting with news that European tour operating giant TUI Travel has bought tours and activities provider Isango. Terms of the deal were not...
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Isango white labels to continue as TUI takes over, but Qantas switches to...
The work at TUI to integrate its latest acquisition has started, with the company claiming one of its primary motives for buying Isango was for its technology. The tours and activities agency was...
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TripAdvisor eyes next move on travel Rubik’s Cube: Mobile destination...
Think the big boys in travel are not taking tours and activities seriously? Might need to think again. While Google has a jigsaw to fill in its drive to become a one-stop-show for all things...
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Done deal: GetYourGuide buys Gidsy
More interesting moves in the tours and activities wing of the industry as GetYourGuide makes its first acquisition and snaps up fellow European startup Gidsy. Terms of the deal have not been...
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No need to cry about the Berlin startup scene after the GetYourGuide-Gidsy deal
STARTUPS: The recent deal that saw Gidsy bought by GetYourGuide was an interesting one in the tour and activity sector, even if it was essentially an acqui-hire. But what does it say about the wider...
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Trip4real aims to connect Spanish locals with travellers
Collaborative-consumption-based travel startups are on the rise, especially peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms that connect travellers and locals. Trip4real, a Spain-based startup, has created a platform...
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How much is on the table with destination services for travel companies?...
A study by Euromonitor estimated the total leisure spend on travel and destination-related products was a massive Euro 2.5 trillion during 2012. Roughly half that of expenditure is on so-called...
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Travspire wants to inspire travellers to experience handpicked activities
Even when the travel industry is trying to go online, be digitally accessible, trying to offer all services online, taking advantage of SoLoMo features, we have a startup that goes back to basics....
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GetYourGuide makes second acquisition, snaps up iGottaGuide
GetYourGuide is flexing its business development muscles once again after agreeing to buy the assets of peer-to-peer activity service iGottaGuide. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but essentially...
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Vayable pivots from guide marketplace to trip concierge
Many travel tech professionals have been envious of Jamie Wong, CEO of San Francisco startup Vayable. They’re jealous of her for having had the savvy, determination, and luck to launch a startup...
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