TourRadar
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| Founded | 2010 |
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| No. of locations | Vienna, Toronto, Brisbane |
| Slogan(s) | "Booking Tours Made Easy" |
| Website |
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| Alexa rank | 60,424 (Global, 10/2015) |
| Type of site | Travel Website |
TourRadar is a travel website where travellers and tourists can book a group tour, as well as featuring user-generated reviews of individual tours and of the Tour Operators. It claims to have more than 20,000 tours available from more than 250 different tour operators worldwide,[1] and acts as an online marketplace for third party tour operators to list their tours so that users can find them. As well as offering booking and reviews of tours, they also allow travellers to meet before their tour departs through their iOS and Android apps.[2][3]
History
Founded in 2010, the website was set up by brothers Shawn Pittman and Travis Pittman,[4] and was spun off from their social travel website BugBitten.[5] The website has since grown to include reviews,[6] the Meet app,[7] and the annual award titled ‘World's Most Amazing Tour’.[8] In June 2013, TourRadar announced a round of angel funding[9] from investors including ex-CEO of Expedia, Erik Blachford. In May 2014, TourRadar appeared on Austrias version of Dragons' Den, "2 Minuten, 2 Millionen" (2 Minutes, 2 Million), and secured $500,000 in funding led by former chief executives from Expedia and HolidayCheck, as well as funding from SpeedInvest, an Austrian Investment Company.[10] In September 2015 TourRadar launched into North America with Christian Wolters, former VP of sales and marketing at Intrepid Travel, as the North America managing director.[11]
References
- ↑ Sean O’Neill: “TourRadar just made a bold move to become the Viator of multi-day group tours”. Tnooz. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ↑ Ilya Pozin: “5 Apps for Perfecting Your Travel Experience”. Forbes. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ↑ “TourRadar Meet is WhatsApp for Group Travel”. Adventure Travel News. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ “Our Founders”. TourRadar. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ Kevin May:“TLabs Showcase - TourRadar”. TNooz. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ “Dear tour operators, welcome to 2014 – online reviews drive bookings”. Tnooz. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ “TourRadar Launches Mobile Messaging App for $250b+ Group Travel Industry”. Adventure Travel News. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ Phil Davies:“TourRadar hunts for world's 'most amazing tour'’. Travolution. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ Robin Wauters: “Social group tour marketplace TourRadar books funding from ex-Expedia CEO and others”. The Next Web. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ Thomas Ohr:"Group tour platform TourRadar secures $500k in angel funding". EU-Startups. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ “TourRadar Launches in North America”. TravelPress. Retrieved 8 October 2015.