GetYourGuide to be sole provider of tours and activities to TUI agents « Tnooz. Tours and activities: Still looking for breakthrough company. This is part two of our three part series on the online tours and activities market, focusing on the buzz around venture-backed startups in the space.
Part one here. There are only a handful of companies that matter these days in selling tours and activities, and they are a mix of old-guard established companies, a hungry wannabe, and an online travel agency making some overtures. And, although there has been venture capital money funneling into the sector, the track record has seen a paucity of success stories. About Alcatraz Media and ReserveXL - Reserve XL. Alcatraz Media is the leading provider of destination travel products in North America.
Alcatraz Media was formed in 1999. The company began as an Internet company providing web hosting, email services, web design and development. The name “Alcatraz Media” was chosen because the founder’s home in Sausalito had a view of San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz. The name was memorable, came up high on alphabetical lists, and it was available as a corporate name (always a challenge in the huge state of California).
When the company added a toll-free number, the phone began ringing off the hook. Reserve123.com Now Offering Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Flex Tickets from New York. Reserve123.com, The World's Leading Online Travel Company, is now offering Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Flex Tickets from New York to Celebrate Lady Liberty's Upcoming 126th Anniversary Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) October 30, 2012 Reserve123.com - the worldwide leading resource for booking more than 12,000 tours, attractions and activities in thousands of destinations throughout 160 countries – recently announced that they are now offering Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Flex Tickets from New York.
Flex Tickets provide customers with the most freedom to tour when it is convenient for their schedules. The tour offering also serves to celebrate the upcoming 126th anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty on October 28, 1886. Viator News & Press Releases. San Francisco, CA - Proving that travel really is about the experience you have once you arrive in your destination, the sale of travel activities, such as sightseeing tours, events and attractions in the United States outperformed the overall U.S. leisure travel sales market during 2009's market turmoil by 11 percentage points*, according to the soon-to-be released PhoCusWright study "When They Get There (and Why They Go)".
This trend is expected to continue as online sales of activities in the U.S. are expected to grow by 13 percent this year and 11 percent in 2012, outpacing U.S. online leisure travel sales overall, expected to grow 8 percent and 9 percent respectively. Trip activities account for $26.8 billion** of the U.S. travel market, which is more than car rental ($14.2 billion) and cruise ($12 billion) - combined - and nearly three-times as much as packaged travel ($10 billion), according to the report. "We? GetYourGuide lands $2M funding round from Brent Hoberman group and Swoodoo founders. More investment coming into travel startups this week, with GetYourGuide landing $2 million from a string of high profile investors.
The round comes from PROfounders Capital, a European VC fund which counts Lastminute.com co-founder Brent Hoberman as one of its investors alongside Andy Phillipps (founder of Active Hotels) and Karen Hanton (founder of TopTable) Others investing in the tour and activity marketplace service include founders of Swoodoo, Christian Saller, Wolfgang Heigl and Lars Jankowfsky. Making money from tours and activities on the web. NB: This is a guest post by Johannes Reck, CEO of GetYourGuide.
We have all read the buzz around tours and activities recently, spurred in part by a study revealing the vertical is actually bigger than cruise and rental car combined. The report and subsequent travel industry interest was grist to the mills of evangelists and niche players in this field. But are we seeing the rise of a marketplace with vast distribution potential, similar to what the hotel category has been in the past 15 years? The realistic answer is, unfortunately, no. Frequently Asked Questions Travel Agents Frequently Asked Questions. Do you work with travel agents?
Yes, we do pay commission on bookings you make with us. For more information on our commission structure and how to work with us please give one our G Adventure Specialists a call at 1-800-708-7761 (North America) or 0870 999 0144 (in the UK). Back to top How do I book a tour for my client online? We have an interactive online booking engine, called "Sherpa". To get started, please ask your manager for your username and login. Once logged into Sherpa, input the desired trip code into the "trip code". If the departure is outside of 60 days (90 days for Expedition-based adventures) you have the choice of holding a space (i.e. an Option) for up to 2 business days, or to confirm by paying a deposit of USD/CAD/EUR 250 or GBP100 per person (USD/CAD/EUR 500 or GBP300 p.p. for Expedition-based adventures) using your client's credit card.
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