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Startup pitch: Faralong moves into adventure travel with group buying model

By Nick Vivion | June 29, 2015

The adventure travel trade has seen new startups come along over the past year, from Inspired Challenge to Embark.org. The latest entry into adventure travel is called Faralong. The adventure trave Read More

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Inspirock attracts seed funding of $3m, unveils new site

By Linda Fox | June 24, 2015

California-based startup Inspirock has raised seed funding of $3 million with India's MakeMyTrip as its main investor. The founders of the itinerary planning site, Anoop Goyal and Prakash Sikchi, a Read More

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Haiwan secures large Series B to push activities to Chinese outbound travellers

By Martin Cowen | June 9, 2015

Chinese outbound tours and activities specialist Haiwan has picked up "tens of millions of dollars" in Series B funding. The round was led by Tiantu Capital with Sequoia Capital, Source Code Capita Read More

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TripAdvisor's Viator unveils DIY listing to tours and activities suppliers

By Sean O'Neil | May 29, 2015

Viator, the tours-and-activities company purchased by TripAdvisor for $200 million last year, has launched an open-listing platform. Before the acquisition, Viator CEO Barrie Seidenberg had already Read More

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Startup pitch: Experitus is a travel experience marketplace

By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2015

Experitus is a marketplace for locals and guides to sell short lessons in their hobbies and careers to visitors at a destination. The startup, founded in Ukraine but shifting its offices west, beli Read More

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Headout raises seed round for US cities expansion

By Linda Fox | April 27, 2015

Headout, a mobile application for tours and activities, has raised $1.8 million in seed funding to continue its expansion across US cities. Funding for the company which is live in New York and Las Read More

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Ceetiz, the French activities startup, nabs Euro 3 million funding round

By Sean O'Neil | April 21, 2015

Ceetiz.com, a tours and activities booking website based in France, has said it closed its first fundraising of Euro 3 million last month. Participating investors included the BPI, Entrepreneur V Read More

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Startup pitch: Embark.org brings a group's traveling ethos to worldwide P2P adventures

By Nick Vivion | April 14, 2015

Embark.org is a new entrant into the tours and activities marketplace, with a global platform of various adventures available for booking. Rather than focusing on just short city tours or longer trips Read More

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Anne Frank House protests GetYourGuide queue-hopping offer

By Sean O'Neil | March 18, 2015

In recent months, GetYourGuide, the Germany-based tours-and-activities platform, has been reselling advance tickets to Anne Frank House, in Amsterdam, at double the price the museum charges on its own Read More

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Activities startup Musement receives 5M euro in funding

By Sean O'Neil | March 5, 2015

Musement, a new tours and activities site and mobile app, said it has received Euro 5 million in Series A funding. Participating in this round are venture firms P101, 360 Capital Partners, Francesc Read More

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Closing a $1.4M round, Tiqets aims to boost ancillary sales for travel firms

By Sean O'Neil | February 3, 2015

Tiqets, a ticketing technology platform for museums, entertainment, and other local attractions, says it has received $1 million in seed funding from various non-institutional investors. This fundi Read More

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The reality of distribution in tours and activities

By Stephen Joyce | January 13, 2015

I write this article in the hope that someday soon the reality of distribution in the tours and activities space will change, and change dramatically. For years I've been advocating for increased d Read More

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Pivotal moments in 2014: tours and activities (finally) on the radar

By Stephen Joyce | December 23, 2014

It's hard not to think of tours and activities in 2014 without recalling two critical moments. The first is undoubtedly the purchase of Viator by TripAdvisor, signalling a pivotal moment in the tou Read More

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Pivotal moments in 2014: TripAdvisor and the entire trip

By Kevin May | December 23, 2014

It might seem to make perfect sense now, but many would admit to being surprised when TripAdvisor bought Viator for $200 million in July this year. The move came just 10 weeks after TripAdvisor had Read More

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Why shopping in a tours and activities supermarket benefits everyone

By Viewpoints | December 12, 2014

Tours and activities sector has made many people feel a bit uneasy lately. We know that it’s a huge market that is estimated at about $100 billion, but it still looks like a piece of a pie that no one Read More

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