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OnceThere is trying to develop a robust private label business for tours and activities but in so doing it faces the challenge of having to split the revenue with partners in a sometimes-low margin business that's largely failed to live up to expectations.
OnceThere, an Austin, Texas-based startup with deep investor, management, and distribution ties to HomeAway, wants to cut into the distribution side of the tours and activities market with the hope of providing a private-label solution to vacation rental, hotel, and destination marketing organization sites.
The company officially launched this week and among its investors are HomeAway co-founder Carl Shepherd (who's no longer with the company), and former HomeAway chief product officer Tom Hale.
OnceThere's co-founder and CEO John Weimer was HomeAway's vice president of corporate development and lat
