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Air New Zealand taps Viator enhanced API for destination activities

By Dennis Schaal | October 26, 2011

Air New Zealand redesigned its websites and as part of the changes the airline is tapping into a new API from Viator for destination activities. Read More

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Tours and hotels come to history travel site via interactive map

By Linda Fox | September 14, 2011

Historvius, the travel site with a historical bent, has introduced hotels and tours content to users via an interactive map Read More

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Expedia to grow tour and activity channel, no more palm trees and price points

By Kevin May | September 14, 2011

Expect a major expansion from Expedia in the coming months as it turns its attention to increasing revenue and the range of products from ancillaries. Read More

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Startup Chic vs Corporate Geek: Can Gen-Y retention predict success?

By Sarah Kennedy Ellis | August 25, 2011

A 2011 study on global employee engagement by BlessingWhite Research revealed that of all generations currently in the work force, Generation Y is the highest retention risk for employers this year. Read More

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Viator joins the member-only travel deal brigade

By Kevin May | August 1, 2011

Seems like the industry cannot get enough of a good thing, or the zeitgeist at least, with Viator the latest travel site to launch a members-only service to get exclusive deals. Read More

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Web tour and activity marketplace heats up as Azurever stakes claim

By Claude Bénard | July 1, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring France-based tour and activity platform Azurever. Read More

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TLabs Reprise - GetYourGuide 12 months on

By Kevin May | June 14, 2011

GetYourGuide is a Switzerland-based tour and activity platform, first featured on Tnooz in March 2010. What happened in the intervening 12 months? Read More

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Have Promoted Tweets worked for travel companies?

By Kevin May | June 13, 2011

Plenty of analysis recently about companies using the still slightly mysterious world of Promoted Tweets and Trends on Twitter - but how have travel companies performed? Read More

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Viator tours go mobile with differentiated iPhone and iPad apps

By Dennis Schaal | May 17, 2011

Viator introduced versions 1.0 of its iPhone and iPad apps, and also did a lot of work behind-the-scenes making changes that users of the iPhone app, in particular, can take advantage of. Read More

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Why there is no MOJO for tours and activities yet

By Stephen Joyce | April 18, 2011

A good portion of the PhoCusWright report about tours and activities that was published in January 2011, is dedicated to "Local, Social, Mobile MOJO". Read More

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Pocketvillage launches metasearch engine for tours and activities

By Alex Bainbridge | March 14, 2011

Potentially rather big news from ITB in Berlin last week in the tours and activities sector with the official launch of new metasearch service Pocketvillage. Read More

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Lipstick on a pig – The challenge with activities distribution

By Stephen Joyce | March 2, 2011

For such a juvenile segment, in terms of distribution, the tours and activities market has one of the most complicated distribution landscapes I've ever seen. Read More

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Viator debuts in Asia with local site for Japan

By Kevin May | January 19, 2011

Tours and activities online agency Viator launches its first language site in Asia this week with a dedicated service for travellers in Japan. Read More

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Viator takes on cruise lines with shore excursion transport pledge

By Dennis Schaal | November 15, 2010

Viator expanded its shore-excursion offerings in 40 destinations and pledges to transport customers to their ship's next port of call if the activity doesn't get the passenger back to the ship before it... Read More