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NEWS: 5000 Tours & Activities online

tom — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:16:58 +0000

Five thousand, fünftausend, cinco mil, cinq mille, 五千…

In anyone’s language, five thousand is a significant number, and this week, we passed a fantastic milestone – 5,000 tours; live, online, and promoted to millions.

GetYourGuide is growing rapidly, with supplier signups and tours being added from 6 continents daily (we’re still working on Antarctica!).

Since our last post announcing the partnership with Lastminute.de, we have opened our Las Vegas office (howdy!), focused on acquisitions from all around the world and some of us have even been working on our German language learning! As a result, we are seeing sensational growth in all of the key statistics for our and your businesses – site visits, tour views and most importantly, booking rates – and the best part is that these figures are being replicated consistently from week to week.

What does this mean for suppliers partnered with GetYourGuide? As our profile in the global travel community increases, and we see more visits and more bookings more often, it has never been a better time to work with us, and we’re encouraging all our suppliers to consider what additional products they can list. If you have only some of your inventory online, why not load more products? Contact your Product Manager to discuss how we can promote your business better, and get ready for the European high season! If you’re in an area heading into a slower season (like Australia for example), this is a great time to plan ahead and look for ways to increase your guests from the North American and European regions.

ITB Berlin: Interview with David Leonhard Steinbauer from Siemens Enterprise Communications

johannesthunert — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:11:40 +0000

In this GetYourGuide Intverview from ITB Berlin, David Leonhard Steinbauer, Consulting Director Global Hospitality Service of Siemens Enterprise Communications, talks about the future of information and communications systems in the hospitality industry. The IT-expert discusses why telecommunication is still a big issue and what changes new technologies like Cloud Computing will bring to the industry.

ITB Interview: David Leonhard Steinbauer Siemens Enterprise Communications – by GetYourGuide.com from GetYourGuide AG on Vimeo.

ITB Berlin: Interview with Timothy O’Neil-Dunne from T2Impact

johannesthunert — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:42:42 +0000

Timothy O’Neil-Dunne is Managing Partner of T2Impact and CTO of LUTE Technologies. In this video interview from ITB Berlin the travel expert meets with GetYourGuide.com to talk about the future of the industry and to discuss topics like travel search and the use of mobile devices and social media for the travel business.

ITB Interview: Timothy O´Neil Dunne T2Impact – by GetYourGuide from GetYourGuide AG on Vimeo.

ITB Berlin: Interview with Greg Marsh from onefinestay

johannesthunert — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:31:03 +0000

GetYourGuide.com meets with Greg Marsh co-founder and CEO of onefinestay, to talk about the big issues of this year’s ITB in Berlin. The travel expert discusses hot topics like mobile travel and how to individualize your travel experience.

ITB Interview: Greg Marsh onefinestay – by GetYourGuide.com from GetYourGuide AG on Vimeo.

ITB Berlin: Interview with Michael Thomas from BookingWiz and LBF Travel

johannesthunert — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:29:22 +0000

Michael Thomas discusses with GetYourGuide.com the trends in travel technology for the upcoming years at ITB in Berlin. The CEO and Chairman of LBF Travel and BookingWiz, is one the experts within the industry and gives us his point of view on topics like airline distribution and mobile travel.

ITB Interview: Michael Thomas BookingWiz – by GetYourGuide.com from GetYourGuide AG on Vimeo.

ITB Berlin: Interview with Jason Houle from Lixto Software

johannesthunert — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:37:29 +0000

Our ITB coverage continues with an video interview with Jason Houle, Vice President Travel Solutions of Lixto Software. Being one of the leading experts in the travel technology industry Jason Houle talks with GetYourGuide about the latest trends of the travel business and gives us his personal opinion on the use of social media in the industry.

ITB Interview: Jason Houle Lixto Software – by GetYourGuide.com from GetYourGuide AG on Vimeo.

Our favourite travel gadgets and accessories

Tao — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:13:23 +0000

Gadgets and accessories are one of the necessities in life and sometimes they are even useful. I asked each of our team members (Martin, Tobi, Pascal, Johannes and myself) to name three essential things that they cannot live without on their travels, and this is what we came up with.