# What's new @GUIBO

## Smarter Guidebook Personalization — Accommodations Now Stay Connected to Your Master Guidebook

<mark style="color:orange;">March 9, 2026</mark>

We've updated how accommodations connect to guidebooks — making it easier to deliver a personalized guidebook per booking without the maintenance overhead.&#x20;

Please check the GUIBO Blog for a full explanation:

<p align="center"><a href="https://www.guibo.travel/news" class="button primary">GUIBO Blog</a></p>

## A faster way to manage geo content — plus better PDF handling for travelers

<mark style="color:orange;">Februray 5, 2026</mark>

Today we’re rolling out an update that makes working with geo content quicker, clearer, and more consistent across the platform.

You’ll notice refreshed editing experiences for Routes, POIs, and Destinations, along with several smaller usability improvements that help you get things done with fewer clicks.\
\
Please check the GUIBO Blog for a quick intro:

<p align="center"><a href="https://www.guibo.travel/news" class="button primary">GUIBO Blog</a></p>

## New Guidebook Management Interface. Now with B2B Comments.

<mark style="color:orange;">January 5, 2026</mark>

Today, we’re rolling out a redesigned Guidebook Management Interface that makes working with guidebooks faster, clearer, and more collaborative than ever. Please check the GUIBO Blog for more information:

<p align="center"><a href="https://www.guibo.travel/news" class="button primary">GUIBO Blog</a></p>

## Itinerary builder update: text page drag & drop + direct PDF visibility settings

<mark style="color:orange;">October 9, 2025</mark>

Today we’re rolling out a new update for our itinerary builder. We’ve also improved the GUIBO user management. Please check our new GUIBO Blog for more information:

<p align="center"><a href="https://www.guibo.travel/news" class="button primary">GUIBO Blog</a></p>

## New itinerary builder & new guidebook B2B sharing

<mark style="color:orange;">September 28, 2025</mark>

Today we’re releasing our new itinerary builder as well as new B2B sharing features. Please check our new GUIBO Blog for more information:

<p align="center"><a href="https://www.guibo.travel/news" class="button primary">GUIBO Blog</a></p>

## :map: Map Engine Update - Trail Networks & Performance

<mark style="color:orange;">August 20, 2025</mark>

Major improvements to our mapping infrastructure rolling out across all products. Now available for all library maps.

### What's New

* **Waymarked trails** for hiking and cycling available as map overlays
* **Numbered-node cycle networks** ("Knotenpunkte") now supported
* **Faster download times** for guidebook app downlaods
* **Improved map detail** at different zoom levels
* **Modern look & feel** with updated map styling
* **Better text readability** for map labels and annotations

These improvements are already available in libraries and will be deployed to the guidebook editor, tour guide app, and roadbook generation over the coming months.

## 🚀 GUIBO TourMaps for your webshop – now live! 🚀

<mark style="color:orange;">July 28, 2025</mark>

Designed for mulit-day bike, hike & boat tours 🚴‍♂️🥾⛴️&#x20;

{% embed url="<https://youtu.be/PCcGIKJ3B6A>" %}

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗠𝗔𝗣𝗦 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀

❌ Outdated look & clunky on mobile\
❌ Manual updates & re-brandings season-by-season\
❌ No way to personalize static maps

𝗚𝗨𝗜𝗕𝗢 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗠𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 – 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄:

✨ 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 → Intuitive, interactive, mobile-ready\
🔄 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼-𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗰 → Always up-to-date with your product data\
🎨 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼-𝗿𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 → Share with resellers, fully branded\
🌐 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 → Easy to embed in any webshop<br>

👉 Feel free to try them out – updates will follow to give your webshop visitors more context and boost your conversion rate.

## Advanced release filtering combined with batch push notifications

<mark style="color:orange;">June 11, 2025</mark>

**Send targeted messages to the right travelers instantly!** Our Push Notifications feature now includes powerful filtering to reach specific groups with precision.

### What's New?

**Advanced Targeting Filters** let you message exactly the right audience:

* **Multiple releases** - Batch messaging with smart filters
* **Active travelers only** - Target people currently on trips
* **Specific guidebooks** - Send destination-specific updates
* **Custom download codes** - Reach particular tour groups

<figure><img src="https://4249329-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FE2a888ltdx6dUekSgs4U%2Fuploads%2F7Ku9hlf9Z80L1q3Dt6FW%2FCleanShot%202025-06-11%20at%2011.22.28.gif?alt=media&#x26;token=3930d1bd-1789-4495-8c79-c44efd8c0bee" alt=""><figcaption><p>Send targeted messages to filtered groups of releases</p></figcaption></figure>

Perfect for traveler updates at scale without the need for direct contact data (e.g. seller/agency travelers). Learn more in our [Push Notifications guide](https://docs.guibo.travel/publishing/tour-guide-app/push-notifications).

## B2B Network: Important update for seller download codes

<mark style="color:orange;">May 19, 2025</mark>

**Starting May 22nd, we're improving how download codes work for shared releases.** A "shared release" is when another account (self-managed partner account or "real" account) is set as a seller for one specific release.

#### What's changing?

Previously, when sharing a release with an agency/reseller, the operator's download code was used for both accounts. This occasionally caused conflicts when the same code was already used in the agency/reseller's account.

**Now, shared releases will have two distinct download codes:**

* **Tour Operator Download Code**: No change here - continues to work as before, set by the operator (typically the operator booking reference)
* **Seller Download Code**: Automatically generated by GUIBO or explicitly defined by the operator either when creating the release or by modifying it later in the Release Dashboard

#### Key benefits

* **Eliminates conflicts** between operator and agency/reseller accounts
* **Maintains unique identifiers** in both systems
* **Enables customization** to match your agency/reseller partners' booking references

#### What you need to know

* **No action required** if you use release links (recommended approach) - they always contain the correct codes
* **If you manually provide download codes** to travelers, always use the Seller ID and Seller Download Code (same as presented on the release page).

#### Customizing Seller Download Codes

You can set your own seller download codes:

1. **When creating via API**: Include the seller download code in your API call
2. **After creation**: Modify the seller download code in the Release Dashboard

For complete details on how operator and seller download codes are handled, [click here](https://docs.guibo.travel/publishing/b2b-network#id-2.5-heres-how-tour-operator-and-seller-download-codes-are-managed).

## New photo competition feature launches! 📸

<mark style="color:orange;">May 16, 2025</mark>

We're excited to announce our new **Photo Competition** feature, designed to engage travelers and help you build an authentic visual library of your travel products!

### What's New?

The Photo Competition feature creates an engaging way for travelers to share their experiences while building your marketing asset library:

* **Simple in-app participation** allows travelers to easily submit photos directly from the Tour Guide App
* **Fully customizable messaging** for contest instructions, terms, and prize information
* **Account-wide toggle** to enable/disable across all releases
* **Per-release control** for flexible implementation

<figure><img src="https://4249329-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FE2a888ltdx6dUekSgs4U%2Fuploads%2F5CeBSIvxVYH2ytIOk2Zo%2FIMG_4424.PNG?alt=media&#x26;token=9a342297-898c-4ef5-8d1d-72e97145a964" alt="" width="375"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

As AI-driven marketing tools become increasingly important, having a large collection of authentic traveler photos gives you a competitive advantage when creating promotional materials.

Learn how to set up and manage your photo competitions in our [detailed documentation](https://docs.guibo.travel/publishing/tour-guide-app/photo-competition).

## We tuned our Webshop Maps 🚀

<mark style="color:orange;">May 8, 2025</mark>

Great news for your webshop experience! We've significantly improved the loading performance for our interactive maps, making your customers' browsing experience smoother and more engaging than ever.

### What's New?

Our engineering team has optimized the data loading process, resulting in:

* **50% faster loading times** for all interactive maps
* **Extremely high availability** for your webshops

Available right now! All existing webshops have been automatically upgraded to the new performance standard - no action required on your part!

<figure><img src="https://4249329-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FE2a888ltdx6dUekSgs4U%2Fuploads%2FEUg2XjT8zvLWs6WuBtDP%2FCleanShot%202025-05-08%20at%2017.53.10.gif?alt=media&#x26;token=eeff0d83-561d-41eb-8049-6a4843b497b5" alt=""><figcaption><p>Webshop Maps Loading Demo</p></figcaption></figure>

### GUIBO Webshop Maps: Did you know?

* **Interactive & Branded:** Embed customizable maps in your webshop that reflect your brand identity
* **Self-updating:** Maps update automatically with the latest information - no more manual map maintenance!
* **Seamless Sharing:** Operators and agencies can share webshop maps with partners via the GUIBO Network, complete with rebranding!
* **Unified Experience Coming Soon even for non-GUIBO partners:** For your partners outside the GUIBO network, we're developing a solution to ensure all your maps have a consistent look and feel

## Partner Management: Moved to Guibo Network

<mark style="color:orange;">April 22, 2025</mark>

* All your partners are now listed within the **Guibo Network → My network**
* Partners with the![](https://4249329-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FE2a888ltdx6dUekSgs4U%2Fuploads%2FmnYUn2sHZ3JiGLGxlndg%2FCleanShot%202025-04-23%20at%2017.19.45.png?alt=media\&token=e49f51f7-e755-4e2e-b1e1-d3e97b4fa8f5)are **verified Guibo accounts**
* **Self-managed partners** are not verified
* Click on the orange plus button (see below) to **invite partners** or to **create self-managed partner accounts**

<figure><img src="https://4249329-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FE2a888ltdx6dUekSgs4U%2Fuploads%2F56EFemj8QR6ooLykGgy8%2FCleanShot%202025-04-23%20at%2017.13.51.gif?alt=media&#x26;token=384bacd1-bf1a-40b3-93f1-0cfa2857e925" alt=""><figcaption><p>Inviting Partners Demo</p></figcaption></figure>

## New support service: Add destinations and arrival categories at scale

<mark style="color:orange;">February 19, 2025</mark>

This week, we're launching a support service to create destination POIs and arrival categories for your guidebooks at scale. This will reduce your manual workload in order to benefit from our new personalized accommodation feature with automated day/stage category matching.

### How to add arrival categories for multiple guidebooks

1. **Submit your request**\
   Open a support ticket with a request to add arrival day/stage categories.
2. **Specify guidebooks**\
   In your ticket provide the name of your destination library and provide either:
   * A list of specific guidebook internal IDs that need arrival categories, or
   * Simply write "all" to apply this to every guidebook in your account.
3. **What GUIBO will do**
   1. Create a new arrival day/stage category as the first category.
   2. Add a destination POI at the start of the first route in the second category.
   3. In case such a destination POI already exists nearby anywhere in the guidebook, GUIBO will move it to the current category instead of creating a new one.

### How to add destinations for multiple guidebooks

1. **Submit your request**\
   Open a support ticket with a request to add destinations.
2. **Specify guidebooks**

   In your ticket provide the name of your destination library and provide either:

   * A list of specific guidebook internal IDs that need destinations, or
   * Simply write "all" to apply this to every guidebook in your account.
3. **What GUIBO will do**
   1. For all categories without any destination POI, GUIBO will try to add a destination based on a complex algorithm analyzing the routes within the guidebook.
   2. In case such a destination POI already exists nearby anywhere in the guidebook, GUIBO will move it to the current category instead of creating a new one.
   3. GUIBO will provide you a list with all categories where it is not possible to create destinations algorithmically (e.g. missing transfer route within category).

## Personalized Accommodation for Season 2025

<mark style="color:orange;">January 17, 2025  (updated February 13, 2025)</mark>

We're excited to announce new personalization features coming to the GUIBO Tour Guide App, along with integration details to help you prepare your booking system for the 2025 season.

Travelers want to know exactly what to expect from their accommodation, both before and during their trip. That's why we've enhanced the GUIBO Tour Guide App to provide more detailed information about accommodation and trip dates.

### What exactly is personalized accommodation?

When creating a release in GUIBO, you can add booking related information to accommodation POIs:

* **arrival date:** The arrival date for this accommodation
* **departure date:** The departure date for this accommodation
* **comment:** Any booking specific comments (e.g. breakfast included, 3 adults)

### What does this look like in the app?

There will be an updated app interface in the coming weeks:

1. New prominent button "accommodation" at the top of the home screen with an overview list for all accommodations including arrival and departure dates
2. Optional: start & end accommodation POI as part of each day/stage category

### Automated day/stage category mapping

In case you want your hotels to be placed as start & end accommodation within the day/stage categories, you must ensure:

1. Each day/stage category has a destination POI\
   (Add POI → Display → Icon → destination)
2. There is a day/stage category for the arrival day with a destination

This is required to minimize data integration costs and to allow for automated release generation, even for hotel variations and non-standard bookings (e.g. additional nights). Based on the distance to the destination POIs (< 5km), GUIBO assigns all start & end accommodation POIs to the right day/stage category.

### Update API-Integration

#### 1. Release arrival and departure dates

Update your API integration to include booking dates for the overall trip when creating releases:

```json
...
"arrivaldate":"2025-01-22",
"departuredate": "2025-01-25"
...
```

#### 2. Accommodation details

Provide the arrival date, departure date as well as any comment or description along with the accommodation POI as follows.

```json
...
"additionalAssets": [
   {
       ...
       "arrivalDate":"2025-09-05",
       "departureDate":"2025-09-06",
       "comment":"A generous breakfast buffet is included"
   }
```

Click here for an end-to-end example:[#b-create-download-permission-with-customization](https://docs.guibo.travel/developers/releases-api/release-or-create-guidebook-release#b-create-download-permission-with-customization "mention")

## 🚀 Modernized GUIBO Web Portal & launch of GUIBO Network 🚀

<mark style="color:orange;">December 8, 2024</mark>

Two major updates, one goal: simplicity and efficiency.

We’ve revamped the **GUIBO web portal** with modernized UI technologies, making the interface more intuitive. This upgrade also allows us to implement future innovations faster and more flexibly.

In addition, we’re excited to announce the **GUIBO Network** (Beta) – a powerful new feature that enables tour operators and agencies at GUIBO for seamless reselling.

### 1. New web portal navigation

Click the buttons for a quick walkthrough of the new release dashboard. Make sure your sound is turned on!

{% @arcade/embed flowId="n6GB2MB68vcQssHm96vp" url="<https://app.arcade.software/share/n6GB2MB68vcQssHm96vp>" %}

### 2. New release dashboard

Click the buttons for a quick walkthrough of the new release dashboard. Please note: no audio is included!

{% @arcade/embed flowId="f6a0O5NZpsSJJ5bpLzf2" url="<https://app.arcade.software/share/f6a0O5NZpsSJJ5bpLzf2>" %}

### 3. Launch of the GUIBO Network!

And finally, check out the first version of the GUIBO Network. Share demo releases to showcase your products and connect with tour operators and agencies to automate re-branded sharing of booking-specific releases.

{% @arcade/embed flowId="ep5brsWmGUfaiWymCyjt" url="<https://app.arcade.software/share/ep5brsWmGUfaiWymCyjt>" %}

## 🚀 GUIBO AI is Here! 🚀

<mark style="color:orange;">September 25, 2024</mark>

We’re thrilled to introduce 𝗣𝗢𝗜 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 - our first AI service:

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼? It simplifies your workflow by extracting Points of Interest (POIs) from any unstructured text:

𝟭. 🗺 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗽 → Paste into POI Extractor → Import. \
𝟮. 📒 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 → Paste into POI Extractor → Import. \
𝟯. 🏨 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗲.𝗴. 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 → Paste into POI Extractor → Import.

{% embed url="<https://youtu.be/C8lAP7OxhTE>" %}
GUIBO AI POI Ectractor Demo Video
{% endembed %}

## Reseller download permissions via Webportal

<mark style="color:orange;">April 15, 2024</mark>

We are happy to announce, that you can now add resellers to specific bookings via our webportal. Until now, this was only possible via API.

With GUIBO's reselling capabilities, you can connect with other GUBO accounts and simply add them as a reseller for specific bookings. This will

1. **rebrand the travel docs** (Weblink, App, Booklet) to the reseller's look and feel on the fly, and&#x20;
2. **make this release visible in your reseller's account** - always in the latest version for the specific booking

If you want to learn more, [click here](https://docs.guibo.travel/publishing/b2b-network).

<figure><img src="https://4249329-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FE2a888ltdx6dUekSgs4U%2Fuploads%2FUAi1XP0GlnSxtFWHlPNr%2FCleanShot%202024-04-15%20at%2018.03.35.png?alt=media&#x26;token=69aa931c-7118-4659-9fc3-a978f0d2f003" alt=""><figcaption><p>Select a reseller for specific download permissions</p></figcaption></figure>

## App updates for season 2024 - March 27, 2023

<mark style="color:orange;">March 27, 2024</mark>

For the upcoming season, we have implemented numerous updates in our travel guide app for your travelers. In addition to many minor changes and bug fixes, we have simplified the user experience for all target groups in particular. And because pictures say more than words, take a look here:

<div align="left"><figure><img src="https://4249329-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FE2a888ltdx6dUekSgs4U%2Fuploads%2FCdJ4gZyzyYniSyKyNz35%2FNav_Start_Fokus_Button.PNG?alt=media&#x26;token=8f0adc79-b77b-4b42-b8b5-a6dd0256a089" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>More intuitive navigation</p></figcaption></figure></div>

Dedicated navigation buttons for more a more intuitive traveler experience for navigation.

* **Intuitive "Start" & "Stop" button** for route navigation (when available for the route)
* **"Center" Button** to always center the map at your location

<div align="left"><figure><img src="https://4249329-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FE2a888ltdx6dUekSgs4U%2Fuploads%2FrptO9ndczrtW6nv6A0KF%2FRoute_Data.PNG?alt=media&#x26;token=883d33bf-9c88-4988-b31e-95cfacdffa26" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>Simpler route progress for distance &#x26; elevation</p></figcaption></figure></div>

More intuitive presentation the traveler's route progress.

* **Route progress for distance and elevation** immediately at a glance
* Updated look & feel for the "Data" view for routes
* Real-time updates

<div align="left"><figure><img src="https://4249329-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FE2a888ltdx6dUekSgs4U%2Fuploads%2FLLcWUazwGOxbZURFLOfh%2FNoteForBiking.png?alt=media&#x26;token=19ec77ba-1662-43f8-9e0b-a5a5af60d690" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>Note for cyclists</p></figcaption></figure></div>

Based on the feedback from our customers, we have recognized that some travelers expect to navigate using only sounds with a smartphone in their pocket. This cannot work well, for example, because the ambient noises are often too loud.

* **Added note for cyclists** with the recommendation to use a smartphone holder

<div align="left"><figure><img src="https://4249329-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FE2a888ltdx6dUekSgs4U%2Fuploads%2F8kSpn4A9u58CkOgntbtq%2FTechHelpDiagnoseDetails.PNG?alt=media&#x26;token=9e62d7b1-4da8-4224-9b29-376430f4fff4" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>More intuitive technical advice</p></figcaption></figure></div>

Incorrect smartphone settings are very often the cause of misbehavior. We have added a new page to make it easy to check the technical settings.

* New "**check technical settings**" page helpful in case of misbehavior
* Accessible via the "Technical help" menu
* With our new check, the most important settings can be reviewed
  * Access to location services
  * Access to notification services
  * Correct volume, mute and notification settings

<div align="left"><figure><img src="https://4249329-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FE2a888ltdx6dUekSgs4U%2Fuploads%2FrvQpScadw1HRu3WKfdIX%2FNotifications.PNG?alt=media&#x26;token=d545e30e-39ec-48c9-9194-cdaa16946a05" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>Updated notifications</p></figcaption></figure></div>

We have **updated our notification implementation** to better recognize when to switch on the screen.

* Notifications for all turn-by-turn directions (\~25 meters for hiking, \~75 meter for cycling)
* Notification when route left (\~100 meters away from route)