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2024 Viator Experience Awards Celebrate Leading Global Travel Tours, Activities, and Excursions

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NEEDHAM, Mass., July 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Viator, the world’s largest travel experiences marketplace, today announced the winners of the 2024 Viator Experience Awards.

Now in its third year, Viator’s annual Experience Awards rank the world’s top travel experiences as chosen by the company’s millions of global travelers. This year, the awards program recognizes over 400 global tours, activities, and excursions – once again setting the bar for the best things to do and see.

“These awards highlight some of the world’s best travel experiences – and the incredible guides, operators, and small and large businesses that make them possible,” said Laurel Greatrix, vice president of brand and marketing at Viator. “The winner’s list reads as the ultimate bucket list – snorkeling between tectonic plates in Iceland, a candlelit dinner down the Danube, an exploration of the pyramids with a private, personal guide. It serves as a reminder of how truly extraordinary this planet is.”

What’s trending in 2024?
Culturally-driven tours and culinary experiences dominated the 2024 Experience Award rankings.

As travelers look to dive deep into destinations’ rich local cultures, it’s not surprising that all of the global regions spotlighted in Viator’s 2024 Experience Awards include at least one winning historical or cultural tour. From exploring temples on an after-dark tuk-tuk tour in Bangkok, to learning about the history and hauntings of Salem, Massachusetts, to experiencing the hidden world below Prague’s Old Town – travelers have a lot to choose from.

Travelers are also seeking out food-related experiences as a unique way to fully immerse into a destination’s culture and traditions. Cooking classes and street food tours are two of Viator’s top five best-reviewed travel experience categories in 2024. This year’s award-winning experiences offer ample culinary travel inspiration, with activities like a cocktail and food history tour in New Orleans, a hands-on Peruvian cooking class in Lima, and a private street food walking tour in Ho Chi Minh City ranking among travelers’ favorites.

Top Awarded Experiences
For those looking for amazing things to do in 2024, explore the number one ranked tours, activities, and excursions across each of the Viator Experience Award regions:

Region

No. 1 Awarded Experience

United States

Freedom Trail: Small Group Tour of Revolutionary Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

Canada

Explore Old Montreal Walking Tour
Montreal, Canada

Caribbean

Aruba UTV Tour with Natural Cave Pool and Cliff Jumping
Aruba

Latin America

Teotihuacan Private Tour from Mexico City
Mexico City, Mexico

Northern Europe

Golden Circle, Blue Lagoon with Ticket and Kerid Volcanic Crater
Reykjavik, Iceland

Southern Europe

Greek Food Walking Tour in Athens
Athens, Greece

Eastern Europe

Best of Prague Walking Tour and Cruise with Authentic Czech Lunch
Prague, Czech Republic

Western Europe

Louvre Museum – Exclusive Guided Tour (Reserved Entry Included)
Paris, France

Middle East & Africa

Dubai Aladdin Tour: Souks, Creek, Old Dubai and Tastings
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Asia and Pacific Islands

All-Inclusive Ubud Private Tour
Ubud, Indonesia

Australia & New Zealand

All-Inclusive Small Group Blue Mountains Trip with Scenic World
Sydney, Australia

Check out the full collection of 2024 award winners here. To book your experience with Viator visit www.viator.com or download the Viator app (available on the App Store and Google Play).

About the Viator Experience Awards
Viator is the world’s largest travel experiences marketplace with more than 300,000 bookable experiences around the world. The 2024 Viator Experience Awards rank the world’s top experiences based on a number of factors, including traveler review scores, review volumes, and booking volumes over the last year. It sets the bar for the world’s best things to do, see, and experience.

The first set of awards in 2024 recognizes the Top 20 experiences, tours, and activities in 11 regions worldwide, including the US, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, Western Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and Asia and the Pacific Islands.

The second set of awards in 2024 recognizes the Top 10 special interest experiences, tours, and activities across five categories—Best in Food, Best in Beverages, Water Adventures, Rising Stars, and Adrenaline Rush Experiences—in five regions worldwide, including the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and the Pacific Islands, and Rest of World.

For the full list of award-winning experiences click here. You can also follow the conversation on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok with the hashtag #ViatorExperienceAwards.

About Viator
Viator, a Tripadvisor company, makes it easy to find and book unforgettable tours, activities, and excursions around the world. With more than 300,000 experiences to choose from there’s always something new to discover, both near and far from home.

Your time off is precious so we focus tirelessly on quality, making it easy to book everything from simple tours to extreme adventures (and all the niche, interesting stuff in between). With ultimate flexibility, award-winning customer support, and millions of traveler reviews, you can truly do more with Viator.

Viator. Plan better with 300,000+ travel experiences. For more information, visit www.viator.com.

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Activeport Secures $4 Million in Strategic Licence Agreement with Radian Arc

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SYDNEY, Nov. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Activeport Group Ltd (ASX:ATV) has sealed a $4 million perpetual licence agreement with Radian Arc Limited for Activeport’s cutting-edge cloud gaming software.

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Radian Arc will pay $4 Million for a perpetual licence of Activeport’s cloud gaming orchestration software.Radian Arc will continue enhancing this software to address its global Telco market requirements. The companies will continue to work together from a business development perspective across cloud gaming, AI and network orchestration in the Telco sector.

With this latest licence deal coming quickly on the back of the recent Rights issue,  Activeport is now fully capitalised and ready to accelerate its recurring revenue growth from network orchestration licences and SaaS for Telco’s and data centres.

This licence deal highlights the value Activeport’s engineering expertise in bare-metal orchestration. The software developed for Radian Arc uses AMD CPU, GPU and encoder ASICs to deliver high performance, low-cost game streaming on distributed servers at scale and is being deployed to more than 80 Telco’s globally to deliver cloud gaming across their 5G networks.

Activeport Chairman and CEO Peter Christie commented “We are proud to have developed a world-class platform for the emerging cloud gaming industry. As the gaming experience evolves from consoles and PCs to the Cloud, Radian Arc will be there to catch a significant portion of that market with our software”

Radian Arc CEO David Cook says “Activeport’s software engineering expertise was instrumental in facilitating Radian Arc’s launch into Cloud Gaming. We’re now at a point where we feel comfortable taking the development tasks in-house and broadening our focus into virtual computing and AI applications”.

About Activeport

Headquartered in Australia, Activeport develops automation software and customer self-service portals for global telecommunication providers. The Activeport product suite enables network automation, minimising operational costs, accelerating ‘time to revenue; and improving customer experience. 

For more information: https://www.activeport.com.au 

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EQT sets hard cap for EQT Private Capital Asia’s BPEA IX at USD 14.5 billion

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THIS IS INFORMATION THAT EQT AB (PUBL) IS OBLIGED TO MAKE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO THE EU MARKET ABUSE REGULATION. THE INFORMATION WAS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION, THROUGH THE AGENCY OF THE CONTACT PERSON SET OUT BELOW AT 6:00 PM CET ON 17 NOVEMBER 2024.

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — EQT has today set the hard cap for investor commitments of USD 14.5 billion for EQT Private Capital Asia’s BPEA Private Equity Fund IX (“BPEA IX”). A hard cap refers to an upper limit on the amount of investor commitments accepted as part of the fund. The actual fund size is dependent on the outcome of the fundraising process. As previously communicated, the target fund size for BPEA IX is USD 12.5 billion

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EQT Press Office, press@eqtpartners.com, +46 8 506 55 334

The information contained herein does not constitute an offer to sell, nor a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security, and may not be used or relied upon in connection with any offer or solicitation. Any offer or solicitation in respect of BPEA IX will be made only through a confidential private placement memorandum and related documents which will be furnished to qualified investors on a confidential basis in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution to persons in the United States of America. Any securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold without registration thereunder or pursuant to an available exemption therefrom. Any offering of securities to be made in the United States would have to be made by means of an offering document that would be obtainable from the issuer or its agents and would contain detailed information about the issuer of the securities and its management, as well as financial information. The securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration.

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NTQ Korea Celebrates 5 Years: Empowering Korean Competitiveness Through Global Collaboration

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SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — After 5 years of establishment in Korea, NTQ Korea has gained significant positions thanks to a dedication to raising Korean businesses’ competitiveness through its pioneering Global Collaboration model. 

On 14th November, NTQ Korea celebrated its fifth anniversary in Seoul, hosting esteemed clients and partners in a special ceremony that highlighted the company’s journey from a small venture to becoming a trusted partner for numerous major South Korean companies across various industries.

The secret behind NTQ Korea’s remarkable success lies in its strategy to focus on multiple dimensions of business development. Aside from a sole focus on tech service offerings, NTQ Korea stands out for its unique Global Collaboration strategy, which has been instrumental in helping South Korean businesses unlock new opportunities in emerging markets like Vietnam and beyond.

Global Collaboration – NTQ Korea’s Approach To Leverage Korean Businesses In The Competitive Landscape

As part of maintaining its position as a global innovation leader, South Korea has actively expanded ICT collaboration with countries worldwide to strengthen its supply chain networks. Vietnam, one of the nations that has a strategic partnership with South Korea, has contributed significantly to this strategy.

“Realizing the needs for globalization of Korean businesses and the long-lasting bilateral relation between Vietnam & Korea, NTQ Korea chooses to foster service offerings & business development strategy around the “Global Collaboration” – A model that enables NTQ to build sustainable partnership values with clients”, said Mr. Pham Thai Son, CEO of NTQ Solution.

As the name suggests, “Global Collaboration” is NTQ Korea’s unique strategy model that aims to enhance clients’ capabilities to enter global markets through digital transformation. NTQ’s Global Collaboration consists of two critical objectives: leveraging clients’ competitiveness in the Korean market and committing to accompany clients on their journey to expand business globally.

Dedicated resources of more than 1300 employees globally, diverse tech stack capabilities & global experiences are the solid foundation of NTQ Korea’s Global Collaboration. NTQ Korea acts as an IT Service Provider, while providing a powerful source of technical expertise, know-how & experiences that allow clients to access markets where NTQ has a presence, including Vietnam, Japan, the US, Europe, Hong Kong, and many other countries/regions.

“With the help of NTQ’s tech powerhouse and global experiences, Korean clients will both achieve global expansion goals and strengthen their competitive edge in the domestic market at the same time”, said Mr. Pham Thai Son, CEO of NTQ Solution.

To effectively execute its Global Collaboration strategy, NTQ Korea employs: (1) a Global Development Center (GDC) model with advanced workforce management, developing dedicated IT resources that support Korean enterprises’ growth, (2) end-to-end services combining hardware and software to bring clients’ solutions to life, meeting diverse global demands, and (3) emerging technologies like up-trending GenAI and Blockchain, providing solutions that enhance Korean companies’ competitiveness, boosting growth through improved productivity, communication, and learning efficiency. These innovations address Korean businesses’ evolving needs, creating a robust foundation for sustainable international expansion.

Ready For A Greater Leap!

The resilience towards Global Collaboration has contributed to NTQ Korea’s remarkable achievements in both service development and market expansions. Looking ahead, NTQ Korea is pursuing a 5-year strategy toward future growth. This includes the goals of achieving 100 employees in Korea, deploying GDCs with 2000 – 3000 dedicated talents specialized for the Korean market, and granting top positions in the Korean ICT Market.

Along with other global subsidiaries, NTQ Korea is striving for the NTQ Solution’s 2026 goals, including 3000 employees milestones, $100M in revenues & achieving the Top 5 IT company in Vietnam!

About NTQ Korea: NTQ Korea is one of the international branches of NTQ Solution, a Global IT Service Provider with more than 13 years of experience in harnessing digital transformation for businesses worldwide. Founded in 2019, NTQ Korea has become a trusted IT partner of leading Korean companies, contributing to leveraging the position of Vietnam’s ICT competency in the market.

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