About ArrivalGuides

ArrivalGuides Business Concept

ArrivalGuides delivers unique and concise travel information to travellers in advance of travel. High quality journalism, local languages, photographs on every page and detailed maps separates us from the bulk of travel guides to be found on the internet. Downloaded in PDF format, our magazine style publications entice the traveller with unbiased content, honest reviews, constantly updated information and our uniquely printable format. With over 400 ArrivalGuides translated into over 22 languages it’s easy to see why ArrivalGuides are the traveller’s choice. Designed for easy and quick access to information the ArrivalGuides are offered free of charge to travellers by hundreds of ArrivalGuides partners worldwide. Offering destination content online has gone from being a nice feature on a travel website to a critical business driver. High quality content in local languages is crucial both to attract potential customers to a travel website and the ability to convert visitors to clients. Key segments that have chosen ArrivalGuides for this crucial element are:

• Airlines. ArrivalGuides are displayed by many airlines around the world. From Low Cost Carriers including Ryanair and Germanwings to scheduled carriers including Austrian, Air Berlin, Scandinavian Airlines, Continental Airlines and Qatar Airways.
• Hotels. Many hotels chains now realise the power of ArrivalGuides to deliver fast and comprehensive information to customers visiting their worldwide properties.
• Travel Groups. Travel Agents love the uniqueness of ArrivalGuides. American Express, lastminute.com, Volagratis and Sembo are just a few of the many travel groups around the world turning to ArrivalGuides for independent, unbiased and trusted travel information to offer their customers.
• Media Companies. Many newspaper groups also turn to ArrivalGuides for travel content. Our ability to deliver guides in all the major languages and for so many destinations has seen us selected by newspapers around the world including Aftenposten (Norway), Expressen (Sweden), Manorama (India), News Ltd (Australia) and Metro (Spain).

Company History

With over 400 travel guides translated into over 22 different languages, read by more than 14 million travellers per year, ArrivalGuides is the world’s leading supplier of free pdf travel guides.

The unique business concept was started in 2005 with a mission to provide consumers and travel suppliers around the world with free, regularly updated travel guides, with revenues from print advertising in the guides. The business concept proved successful and enabled the company to expand globally within the first year.

Today, ArrivalGuides is located in Gothenburg and Stockholm, Sweden, and covers over 400 destinations in 77 countries.

Most downloads are currently generated from partnership websites that include over 140 leading travel brands such as Continental Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Ryanair, Air Berlin, etc.

In the end of 2009 ArrivalGuides launched a new model that focuses on partnerships with the local official tourist organizations. The local partner secures the quality of the content for their local destination and in return ArrivalGuides offer them a unique potential to communicate with the vast population of travellers in the ArrivalGuides network.

To become an official destination partner please contact our Destination Partner Manager, Moa Börjesson; Telephone: +46 (0)76 626 27 86; E-mail: moa.borjesson@arrivalguides.com

All PDF travel guides are also available for free download on www.arrivalguides.com, a website that is owned and maintained by ArrivalGuides.