Website www.groupleader.com Launched November 2013 | Commercial Yes | |
Type of site Booking website for group travellers Owner Bob Haugh and Fergal O’Brien | ||
GroupLeader.com is an online booking website for group travellers.
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The company
GroupLeader.com is a new travel technology startup co-founded by Bob Haugh and Fergal O’Brien based in the Dublin Docklands area. It is a sister company of Travel Department, Ireland’s largest escorted tour holiday provider, also founded by Bob Haugh. GroupLeader.com puts the group organiser in touch with partners such as hotels, who create proposals based on a group’s request.
History
The concept for GroupLeader.com arose in 2009 from difficult experiences of organising group tours. The idea came to mind to deliver one platform that covered all aspects of group travel organisation and management.
The GroupLeader.com platform was built in 2013 and was launched to partners in November of that year at the World Travel Market in London.
Features
GroupLeader.com provides a mobile responsive platform to find and book hotels, ground transport, tour guides, visitor attractions and lots more. "Through the online service, self-organised groups of ten or more can search and book hotels, avail of group rates, and manage all of the attendant data in one place." "What gives GroupLeader.com its edge, though, are the features which allow group members to collaborate with each other, much like on a social network". "The platform facilitates the simple division of payments, meaning no messy spreadsheets are required to work out who owes what and no more chasing money owed by group members. Group members can pay their portion of the cost individually by card or PayPal". For hotels and partners, GroupLeader.com provides a new channel to receive qualified group travel requests with all the necessary group details.