“Tour de Suisse” Finals
November 17, 2008
Dear Friends,
after an amazing race we have seen over the last two months, voting on Tour de Suisse has finally come to an end this saturday night. Cusquix’s “100% Valais, Hike & Gastro” won the popular vote (678 votes), followed by Dani’s “Airboard in Filzbach” (575 votes) and rolf’s “Bezaubernde Schneeschuhtour im Mythengebiet” (553 votes).
Bettmeralp…the better Alp!
November 6, 2008
One of the contest sponsors of GetYourGuide’s Tour de Suisse is Bettmeralp. Many people have asked us about where Bettmeralp is located and what you can do there, which is why we decided to release a special Blog post on this great place. Bettmeralp is located in Valais and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn.
The sun-spoiled village of Bettmeralp is situated at 2,000 meters (6,561 ft) above sea level and is a perfect holiday destination, as you can combine nature and sports. Whether you take varied hiking tours in summer or enjoy unforgettable skiing days in winter, Bettmeralp, the family-friendly and car-free village, provides the perfect framework for carefree and relaxing days far away from routine and the hectic pace of the world.
Tour de Suisse Part II
October 4, 2008
Dear users, fans and supporters of GetYourGuide,
while our competition Tour de Suisse is still not even half finished, we have seen many new people coming to our site and sharing tours. Although this might sound not very spectacular to you, it is certainly special to us, as it means that the framework that we have been created during many hours of hard work withing the past couple of months is used in a creative manner. We believe that there is no better thing for creative people than to step aside the project you are working on for a brief second and see how others engage with it. Continue reading…
“Tour de Suisse” is launched
September 16, 2008
We are very proud to announce that we have launched “Tour de Suisse”, a contest seeking to find the best touristic tours and activities in Switzerland. You may find it here !
Tour de Suisse offers to everyone living in Switzerland to post innovative and original tours that allow visitors to experience the country from a different perspective than when traveling on the standard touristic paths. The contest runs until November 15th and everyone can vote on the tours through an application that we designed on Facebook.
Facebook is a terrific social community that allows users to integrate APIs on their platform and make use of the powerful social graph. In our case users may create tours and then invite their friends to vote for them using Facebook. Once a friend cast a vote, the friends’ frind will see this in his/her newsfeed and may also vote for the tour. Thus, within few cycles, a creative and convincing entry to the contest may rise to the top of the competition and win one of our amazing prizes. Continue reading…