Tag Archives: tourism

Estonian travel startup Guide.me recently competed in the Welcome Challenge, a tourism-focused pitching competition in the country of Georgia. The rapid growth in tourism activities in Georgia is a major reason why investors sees Georgia as “currently underserved” by Nordic startups. Which industry employs one in ten people globally and accounts for ten percent of the world’s GDP? Hint: It’s the …

Medihub, an Estonian startup founded in spring 2015 aim at building up a kind of database in which patients can search for affordable and creditable clinics, the services of which suit their needs best. CEO Helary Lainjärv gives us some insight into the company’s past, present and future. You’ve been working as a physician for over 8 years now, so …

Startup Tourism, a new 10-week accelerator program held in Iceland from February 1st, 2016, is now in full swing.   As the number of tourists in Iceland increases exponentially, startups rush to fill the challenges that arise. Oddur Sturluson, managing director of Startup Tourism, believes there has been a paradigm shift among tourism companies in Iceland, spurned by recent history. “After …

Tourboks  an online portal that provides tourist attraction activities to the Asian market, is a “Chinese friendly” platform, despite it’s Danish origins. Originally reported in Øresund Startups. It is the sister company of a Danish company, Uniko Holding, which was established in 2009. The firm is now international and has 5 different companies: Uniko ApS, Eurotime ApS, Cafe Apothek Hellerup …