Tours & Activities

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News / Online

Multi-day packaged tours specialist Exoticca snags €20M for growth in North America, Latin America

By Jill Menze | September 12, 2022

The financing brings the Barcelona-based company’s total funding to €66 million. Read More

News / Startups

TripAdd acquires AI-powered chatbot solution Eddy Travels

By Kathryn Walson | September 8, 2022

Ancillary travel product marketplace TripAdd plans to grow revenue with the B2B Eddy chatbot service. Read More

News / Online

Seera Group to launch tours and activities marketplace with Klook in Saudi Arabia

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WiT | August 31, 2022

For Seera, a rebound in all sectors puts the group in a strong position: “This is just the beginning.” Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

It’s time for travel businesses to rethink how they transact

By Johannes Koeppel - WeTravel | August 29, 2022

While technology advancements have, for many years, provided non-linear transaction models for consumers and businesses, the pandemic drastically changed the way we transact – forever. Read More

Opinion / Technology

How DID and SSI will transform the travel experience market

By Bill Carroll - Marketing Economics | August 17, 2022

In the next decade, decentralized identifiers and self-sovereign identity will dramatically change travel for consumers, suppliers and intermediaries. Read More

News / Technology

Connect&GO raises $17M to expand attractions tech offering

By Mitra Sorrells | August 17, 2022

The Montreal-based technology company is aiming to double its revenue and number of installations each year. Read More

News / Online

Cosmopolitan launches travel booking platform targeting Gen Z and millennials

By Jill Menze | August 17, 2022

With CosmoTrips, the women’s media brand wants to encourage its Gen Z and millennial audience of 62 million to “travel like an editor.” Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: WayAway sees demand for cash-back membership program amid high inflation

By Kathryn Walson | August 15, 2022

WayAway is a price-comparison app that offers a paid-membership plan for consumers to get cash back on travel deals. Read More

News / Online

Agoda’s Tim Hughes on preparing for the coming travel boom

By Mitra Sorrells | August 15, 2022

"We don’t want to be at the starting line of the COVID travel boom standing still, we want to be racing," says Agoda's vice president of corporate development. Read More