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KKR buys Travelopia for £325 million and targets Chinese outbound

By Martin Cowen | February 14, 2017

European travel group TUI has sold off a batch of specialist businesses for £325 million to KKR, with the new owner immediately looking to China as a source market. The Travelopia unit comprises 53 Read More

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Airbnb claims most significant development in its history - moving beyond accommodation

By Kevin May | November 18, 2016

It's big rhetoric time at Airbnb this week, with the home sharing giant claiming at its annual hoedown that it is going to "make travel magical again". The worst kept secret in recent months has se Read More

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Booking.com dips toe in waters of attraction tickets, under the guise of AI platform

By Kevin May | July 14, 2016

Booking.com has finally moved into the complex world of tours and activities with the pilot of a new service on its mobile app. Until now, the Priceline Group-operated hotel giant has worked with t Read More

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Lessons for tour operators in the wake of #Zervocalypse

By Stephen Joyce | July 5, 2016

Yep, I went there. I just gave what happened to hundreds of small businesses on the fourth of July long weekend, a name. Why? Because it was an apocalypse of sorts. Hundreds of small businesses wer Read More

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Kayak debuts an ambitious Facebook Messenger bot

By Sean O'Neil | June 29, 2016

In the past five weeks, online travel companies have been rolling out their bots for Facebook messenger. First to jump in was Skyscanner, followed by Expedia, and Hipmunk. Metasearch rival Cheap Read More

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Kayak adds tours and activities to its travel metasearch [UPDATED]

By Sean O'Neil | May 31, 2016

A month ago Tnooz reported that Kayak would soon create a tours and activities channel. That day has arrived, with inventory now appearing on the Priceline Group-owned metasearch brand's various in Read More

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City Discovery takes animal welfare stance, demands big players must follow

By Kevin May | May 27, 2016

The recent criticism of those who sell online tickets to attractions that are accused of mistreating animals has forced City Discovery to make a policy change. The France-based tours and activities Read More

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TripAdvisor defends listing alleged unethical attractions

By Kevin May | April 27, 2016

TripAdvisor is on the receiving end of a barrage of criticism this week from animal welfare campaigners who want the site to stop featuring certain products. The World Animal Protection group says Read More

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Kayak moves into restaurant search, makes a u-turn on activities

By Kevin May | April 18, 2016

Kayak has confirmed it will soon be launching products for travellers looking for places to eat, and tours and activities. The things-to-do channel will launch with a number of supply partners incl Read More

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Travel hackathon: Code with us, as THack returns to Berlin

By PhocusWire | March 3, 2016

Like to travel? Love to code? Want to help travelers make the most of their mobile devices during their journeys? Join 100 developers and create new digital products, tools and services at THack Be Read More

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Looking back and ahead - tours and activities get real

By Viewpoints | December 28, 2015

As we reach 2016, Tnooz is unveiling its customary series of reflections on the year behind us and what the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry might expect looking ahead. And, as always, we' Read More

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Expedia bets big on tours and activities: Will the industry win?

By Stephen Joyce | December 22, 2015

For the past year or more, Expedia has been working behind the scenes quietly re-engineering the platform that powers its Local Expert brand. At the Expedia Conference earlier this month in Las Veg Read More

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New focus on activities as Booking.com partners with buoyant GetYourGuide

By Kevin May | November 13, 2015

As GetYourGuide was trousering $50 million this morning in Series C funding, details also emerged to what has been going on behind the scenes for a while at Booking.com. Without any fanfare until n Read More

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GetYourGuide raises $50M in biggest round in tours and activities to date

By Kevin May | November 12, 2015

GetYourGuide has secured what will be the largest ever single investment in the tours and activities sector: $50 million in a Series C round. The round is being led by global investment firm KKR an Read More

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Booking Boss raises $2 million to bring activities software to Europe

By Kevin May | June 9, 2015

Australia-based tours and activities technology provider Booking Boss has secured a Series A financing round of $2 million. The investment was led by Michael and Daniel Dempsey, the founders of pay Read More

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