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2021 COVID Contingencies: What If GetYourGuide Is All Done?

2021-02-26 by Phil Butler

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Berlin startup GetYourGuide floats an 80 million euro line of credit financing to help the company stay afloat. What does it mean?

Tags: 2021 outlook, 2021 travel, GetYourGuide, investing, startup sector, travel bookings, travel guides, travel startups, world bookings, world travel

The Latest Google Evil Leveled on Battered Online Travel Businesses

2020-08-27 by Phil Butler

Sundar Pichai

Google has a knee on the necks of companies like GetYourGuide, Airbnb, and Travago, at a moment when regulators build an anti-trust case.

Tags: Anti-trust, EU fairness commission, EU Google, EU laws, European commission, German Start-ups Association, GetYourGuide, Google, Google evil, Johannes Reck, monopoly, online travel, OTAs, Trivago

GetYourGuide Secures $25 Million Series B Funding Round

2014-07-31 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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GetYourGuide, an online platform for tours and activities, announced the closing of its $25 million Series B round of funding from Spark Capital and Highland Capital Partners Europe.

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GetYourGuide: Swiss Movement for Tours

2011-07-08 by Phil Butler

GetYourGuide offices Berlin

Travel and tourism in the digital world is branching out in “pioneer” fashion more and more these days. One startup we took a look at today, GetYourGuide, illustrates vividly what is possible with the right people behind an endeavor. GetYourGuide, founded in 2008, is a development that has been hard at work becoming the digital world’s tour and specialty activity “go to” platform.

Tags: activity booking, city tours, City-Discovery, CrunchBase, Expedia, GetYourGuide, isango!, Johannes Reck, Martin Sieber, online marketing, OTA's, Pascal Mathis, Sabre, Tao Tao, tickets, Tobias Rein, tour bookings, tourism, travel tools, TripAdvisor, Viator

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Discover 5 top tips for planning your dream holiday. From budgeting and timing to hidden gems and stress-free booking, make your trip unforgettable.

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The organization ARION confirmed a mass stranding of Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) on the coasts of southeastern Crete.

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Crete’s Peskesi Triumphs at EU Organic Awards 2025

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Heraklion’s Peskesi was named Best Organic Restaurant at the EU Organic Awards. The Cretan eatery outshone over 100 European entries.

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In autumn, crows gather outside windows with a noisy chorus — part annoyance, part seasonal ritual. A lyrical tale of their racket and the crooked music of change.

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In Crete, finches, doves, blackbirds, and crows share the skies — not always peacefully. A cheeky guide to the island’s feathered residents.

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