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Isango white labels to continue as TUI takes over, but Qantas switches to Viator within days

By Kevin May | March 15, 2013

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. Read More

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TUI Travel buys tours and activities specialist Isango

By Kevin May | February 27, 2013

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. Read More

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GetYourGuide to be sole provider of tours and activities to TUI agents

By Kevin May | February 25, 2013

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 GetYouGuide. Read More

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The Scan - Inside Iberostar, Wego extends, Amazon Redshift and more travel tech news

By PhocusWire | February 20, 2013

Iberostar, Hotelbeds, Egencia, Wego, eRevMax, GetYourGuide, Etihad- Jet Airways, JetBlue, SITA, mobile in China, Viator, TradeDoubler, 3rd Planet, Amazon Redshift, Southwest Airlines, Sweetbeam and... Read More

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Kayak ends tours and activities on mobile via GetYourGuide, cites low popularity with users

By Kevin May | February 15, 2013

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. Read More

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And then there were three - TripAdvisor quietly adds more tour and activity suppliers

By Kevin May | January 10, 2013

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. Read More

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GetYourGuide raises $14M for tours and activities push in new markets

By Kevin May | January 7, 2013

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. Read More

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Come on, travel startups: Please innovate and stop replicating!

By Viewpoints | November 19, 2012

The travel industry is flooded with venture capital investment. Millions of Dollars and Euros are poured into a multitude of travel startups all the time. Read More

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The economics of peer-to-peer travel marketplaces and collaborative consumption [Part 2 of 2]

By Viewpoints | July 11, 2012

Now is the time to look more deeply into supply and demand sides of this sector, including the key enablers for such business models. Read More

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The economics of peer-to-peer travel marketplaces and collaborative consumption [Part 1 of 2]

By Viewpoints | July 6, 2012

Peer-to-peer marketplaces are popular at the moment. Having attained web fame in second-hand marketplaces (eBay), they have now become popular business models from accommodation (Airbnb) to tours and... Read More

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Are small tourism businesses really ready for the mobile revolution?

By Stephen Joyce | June 26, 2012

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. Read More

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What Else? GetYouGuide goes cruising, ConTGo eats, Wego in UAE, IFE upgrades

By PhocusWire | April 30, 2012

GetYourGuide targets shore excursions, ConTGo secures US Foods corp travel account, Wego claims UAE first, IFE rejigs website ... What else is happening in travel tech around the world... Read More

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Yes! Time to enjoy the bounty from the technology-led tour and activity sector

By Viewpoints | March 20, 2012

The news that European startup GetYourGuide has secured $2m in funding (and from an impressive list of travel-savvy investors) should be welcomed by incumbents in the tours and activities marketplace. Read More