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Zozi and the first Jetpack wedding ceremony in the world [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | August 24, 2012

Tour and activity platform Zozi will be rubbing its hands with glee at the exposure after a couple used one of its products to take the opportunity to tie the knot. Read More

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Are small tourism businesses lacking in best practice when it comes to the web?

By Stephen Joyce | August 23, 2012

Ask anyone who has worked with a variety of tour and activity operators and they will probably tell you that there are as many ways of doing business as there are operators. Read More

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Time for an economics lesson and a sprinkling of the real world over tours and activities

By Alex Bainbridge | July 31, 2012

Tnooz recently featured two somewhat academic articles about the economics of peer-to-peer travel marketplaces (Article #1, Article #2). Read More

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GringoLocal will aggregate and translate local deals and experiences for travellers

By Linda Fox | July 26, 2012

Not just another deals service, GringoLocal set to launch in the next few days, wants to act as a source of local deals helping travellers plan a trip 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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MyGuidie shuts down, blames competitive market and need for lots of cash

By Kevin May | July 5, 2012

Nobody particularly likes a deadpool story, but sometimes there are lessons to be learned to help out others in a sector seemingly trying to do that same thing. Read More

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Pigafe wants to be front of mind for tours and experiences with a local touch

By Linda Fox | June 18, 2012

Taking its name from explorer, Antonio Pigafetta, credited with being part of the first team to circumnavigate the world, Pigafe is boldly taking on the world of tours and experiences Read More

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TrekkSoft wants to make a splash in the tour and activity payment pool

By Kevin May | June 5, 2012

Swiss company TrekkSoft has lofty ambitions, wanting to muscle in the growing tour and activity marketplace with its own payment gateway system for operators. Read More

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Joobili almost back from the deadpool, finds buyer for assets with sale to TravelShark

By Kevin May | June 5, 2012

Much shedding of collective tears from other startups a few months ago when travel inspiration site Joobili announced it was closing its doors after almost four years in business. Read More

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The good, the bad and the ugly - the truth about payments for tourism businesses

By Stephen Joyce | May 29, 2012

There is an ugly truth that very few travel tech companies seem to talk about when they rush out of the gates to satisfy the curiosity of hungry travellers starved for experiences. Read More

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Hot stuff or flash in the pan - a dose of reality about tours and activities

By Stephen Joyce | May 22, 2012

In the year following the PhoCusWright report titled When They Get There & Why They Go, I've seen an explosion of interest and apparent innovation in the tour and activity space. Read More

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Google throws its social travel planning service Schemer onto mobile

By Kevin May | May 18, 2012

Remember Schemer, Google's service to find out things to do in a destination based on tips from friends within a user's network of contacts and professional reviewers? Read More

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TLabs Reprise - Urban Adventures 12 months on

By Kevin May | May 16, 2012

Urban Adventures is a Thailand-based tour and activity platform, which first featured on Tnooz in April 2011. So what happened in the intervening 12 months? Read More

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RAVN shuts down after just six months, not the Airbnb for experiences before or after rebrand

By Kevin May | May 16, 2012

RAVN, a marketplace place for experiences which captured the imagination of the tech press in the US, is to close at the end of this month. Read More

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