Peek's angle is that while it's easy to find flights and hotels online, people need help in finding and booking activities to do once they arrive at their destinations.
Gidsy was founded in 2011 and attracted a lot of interest, building a respectable community with booking activities in more than 140 cities and 40 countries.
GetYourGuide's one-stop-shop approach for finding and booking activities to do while on vacation — such as tours and fast-track tickets for attractions — currently covers some 27,800+ activities in more than 2,500 destinations around the world.
Founded in 2012 by Ruzwana Bashir (CEO) and Oskar Bruening (CTO), the San Francisco-based startup describes itself as "OpenTable for the activities market" in that it aims to make booking activities as seamless and straightforward as a restaurant or even a flight.
Modern technology and algorithms lead to better recommendations and a wider range of potential travel experiences, which then ensures that you're booking activities that truly suit and excite you -- even if you'd never considered them before.
Make sure you think of all of your travel companions when booking activities.
Factory use shriveled to just 50% in the first quarter from 70% in Q4 2009, but recent upside bookings activity suggests a quick recovery and much higher margins ahead.
Chen, who thinks KKday may be Japan's largest travel activities booking platform already, said Line will introduce a dedicated "Travel" account that ties into the KKday service to allow Line users to book activities and share details with friends without leaving the messaging app.
Peek is for discovering and booking vacation activities.
Klook sets out to make booking travel activities as easy as arranging flights and hotels.
