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Articles tagged “peek”

Startups

Peek Raises $10 Million, JetBlue Invests in Ride-Sharing in Travel Startup Funding This Week

Peek boasts that it provides a great booking experience on both desktop and mobile devices, which at this stage in the game is a must if tours and activities platforms hope to keep pace with consumer demands and behavior.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago

Peek Raises $10 Million, JetBlue Invests in Ride-Sharing in Travel Startup Funding This Week

Online Travel

Tours Land Grab Under Way as FareHarbor Gives Temporary Lifeline to Zerve

It is a war zone in tours and activities this week as all of the platform players are scrambling to pick up the pieces of Zerve.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Tours Land Grab Under Way as FareHarbor Gives Temporary Lifeline to Zerve

Online Travel

Sharing Economy Can’t Save Tour Guides, says Tour Startup CEO

Something can't be dead if it never lived. In terms of real consumer traction, peer-to-peer tour guide businesses, however well-intentioned, never won broad acceptance. The economics of these businesses didn't enable them to achieve any kind of scale.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Sharing Economy Can’t Save Tour Guides, says Tour Startup CEO

Online Travel

Peek launches in Boston with plans to donate to bombing relief fund

At least Peek backs up its questionable PR tactic of announcing a Boston launch when awareness surrounding the city is at its highest by donating to The One Fund Boston.

Ira Kantor, Boston Herald | 11 years ago

Peek launches in Boston with plans to donate to bombing relief fund

Ground Transport

Special Report: Investors boycott tours and activities as peer-to-peer shakeout looms

The early adopters in tours and activities could be too early, and to paraphrase a baseball scholar: It is going to get late early for a lot of the startups.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Special Report: Investors boycott tours and activities as peer-to-peer shakeout looms

Ground Transport

Special Report: Why the tours and activities market is more hype than the next big thing

Kayak's dropping of tours in its mobile apps shows that the sector may not be as addressable as envisioned and isn't ready for prime time.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Special Report: Why the tours and activities market is more hype than the next big thing

Online Travel

New destination activity startup Peek takes baby steps into California and Hawaii

Having $1.4 million in funding from SV Angel, Khosla Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, and Jack Dorsey is a nice start, but the activities market is incredibly tough to crack -- even with nice design and big ambitions.

Skift | 12 years ago