Company:Bookmundi

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Bookmundi
IndustryTourism
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
FounderRasmus Juul-Olsen
Headquarters
Copenhangen
,
Denmark
Area served
Global
ProductsMulti-day group, private and custom tours in 135+ countries
ServicesInternet booking engine
Number of employees
22
Websitewww.bookmundi.com

Bookmundi is an online travel booking platform founded in 2015 by Rasmus Juul-Olsen. The company is based in Denmark and partners with local tour operators around the world, currently in 135 countries. [1] The company is one of the largest online travel agencies (OTAs), offering multi-day and custom tours and then handling all transactions and payments, from which they charge a commission.[2]

History

In 2013, Juul-Olsen started the website nepaltrek.com to sell trekking tours; it later expanded to offer other types of tours and was rebranded in 2015 as Bookmundi.com.[3] In January 2016, Bookmundi launched the first “integrated real-time chat and customized holiday” feature on their website, allowing customers to chat with local travel specialists.[4][5] They also promoted offering "skip-the-line" tickets so customers wouldn't have to wait in line for popular tourist attractions.[6]

In July 2021, the company conducted a survey of over 1,000 tour companies across the world, looking to assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the travel industry.[7][8]

In January 2022, Bookmundi announced its pledge to carbon offset all tours offered on its website.[9] This initiative came with Juul-Olsen's prediction that "the post-pandemic travel era" would be "greener"[10] hoping to make travel greener and attract eco-concious customers.[11] Since February 2022, the company claims to now carbon offset all of their 15,000 tours as well as all indirect carbon emissions from servers and users browsing bookmundi.com.[12] The company invests in carbon offset projects around the world.[13] The founder, Juul-Olsen, was quoted as saying “considering that the travel industry accounts for a significant portion of CO2 emissions, it should, in fact, be neither possible nor lawful to sell a tour without it being carbon offset.”[14]

In February 2022, the company launched an initiative where customers and website visitors can donate to support Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Hayhurst, Lee (28 January 2022). "Package Tours Booking Portal Bookmundi Makes Carbon Offset Pledge". Travolution. https://www.travolution.com/news/travel-sectors/tours-and-activities/package-tours-booking-portal-bookmundi-makes-carbon-offset-pledge/. 
  2. ↑ Quinby, Douglas (1 June 2021). "45 OTAS For Multi-Day Tours & Custom Trips: A quick guide to help tour operators and DMCs understand the growing landscape of online travel agencies for custom and scheduled multi-day tours". https://arival.travel/39-otas-for-multi-day-tours-custom-trips/. 
  3. ↑ Eklund, Mikkel (26 February 2018). "Fra Thy mod toppen i Nepal (in Danish)". https://nordjyske.dk/plus/fra-thy-mod-toppen-i-nepal/d4c8a568-6b9f-4365-9b1d-1d74c5fa8552. 
  4. ↑ "BookMundi.com Launches The First Ever Integrated Real-Time Chat and Customized Holiday Offers Feature". 29 January 2016. https://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/BookMundi.com+Launches+The+First+Ever+Integrated+Real-Time+Chat+and+Customized+Holiday+Offers+Feature/11259742.html. 
  5. ↑ "Sophisticated Travel Booking Platform Startup Leads The Travel Industry Into New Territory". 5 May 2017. https://tgdaily.com/technology/sophisticated-travel-booking-platform-startup-leads-the-travel-industry-into-new-territory/. 
  6. ↑ "BookMundi Makes Trips And Experiences Around The World Accessible To All". https://www.superbcrew.com/bookmundi-makes-trips-and-experiences-around-the-world-accessible/. 
  7. ↑ "Kæmpe undersøgelse: To tredjedele af rejsebureauer overvejer nye forretningsveje (In Danish) Translates to: "Huge survey: Two-thirds of travel agencies are considering new business routes"". 2 November 2021. https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/kaempe-undersogelse-to-tredjedele-af-rejsebureauer-overvejer-nye-forretningsveje?publisherId=13560406&releaseId=13635102. 
  8. ↑ "The Devastating Impact of Covid-19 on the Tourism Industry". https://www.bookmundi.com/t/the-devastating-impact-of-covid-19-on-tourism-industry. 
  9. ↑ Hayhurst, Lee (28 January 2022). "Package Tours Booking Portal Bookmundi Makes Carbon Offset Pledge". Travolution. https://www.travolution.com/news/travel-sectors/tours-and-activities/package-tours-booking-portal-bookmundi-makes-carbon-offset-pledge/. 
  10. ↑ Buzec, Mihaela. "Expert Interview: How Traveling Will Change after the Pandemic". RentCafe. https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/expert-interviews/expert-interview-traveling-will-change-pandemic/. 
  11. ↑ "Bookmundi ‒ The World’s First Travel Platform To Carbon Offset For All Package Tours". https://businessmondays.co.uk/bookmundi-%E2%80%92-the-worlds-first-travel-platform-to-carbon-offset-for-all-package-tours/. 
  12. ↑ "Bookmundi – the world’s first online booking portal to carbon offset for all its package tours". Atlanta Chronicle. 1 February 2022. http://www.atlanta-chronicle.com/news/story/279529/bookmundi-the-worlds-first-online-booking-portal-to-carbon-offset-for-all-its-package-tours.html. 
  13. ↑ "Responsible Travel—Carbon Offsetting of all Tours and Trips". https://www.bookmundi.com/t/responsible-travel-carbon-offsetting-of-all-tours-and-trips. 
  14. ↑ "Bookmundi – the world’s first online booking portal to carbon offset for all its package tours". http://www.atlanta-chronicle.com/news/story/279529/bookmundi-the-worlds-first-online-booking-portal-to-carbon-offset-for-all-its-package-tours.html. 
  15. ↑ "Bookmundi". https://www.bookmundi.com/. 

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