CouchSurfing was once a fine example of how a web brand could capture a market without feeling the need to make heady revenues and kowtow to the needs of its backers.
From not-for-profit to investment bucket in 12 months – CouchSurfing takes $15M in latest injection
August 22, 2012 By 2 Comments
MyGuidie shuts down, blames competitive market and need for lots of cash
July 5, 2012 By 5 Comments
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.
OneFineStay raises $12M, plots move into US and elsewhere
June 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
More significant sums of money heading into the home rental marketplace with news that UK-based OneFineStay has captured $12 million in funding.
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Car-sharing by numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]
June 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ground transportation is apparently the new battlefield in travel distribution, apparently – the car-sharing startups beginning to make a fair amount of noise in the past year or so.
Pigafe wants to be front of mind for tours and experiences with a local touch
June 18, 2012 By 12 Comments
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
Ground transport – the exciting new battleground in travel distribution
June 12, 2012 By 6 Comments
When it comes to disruptive forces in travel distribution, 2010-2011 seemed to be largely about airlines, GDS’s, GNE’s (the so called Genies), direct connects, and full content agreements.
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Hot stuff or flash in the pan – a dose of reality about tours and activities
May 22, 2012 By 19 Comments
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.
Google throws its social travel planning service Schemer onto mobile
May 18, 2012 By 4 Comments
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?
The best trip planning sites might be those that focus on motivation, not inspiration
May 14, 2012 By 18 Comments
For many people travel is all about realising dreams, a brief respite from the daily grind of life and the chance to get inspired by places that they visit.
Wimdu sees revenue quadruple in three months, says social travel sky-rocketing
March 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Accommodation rental specialist Wimdu attributes a fourfold increase in revenue in the past quarter to mass market appeal of the concept
