Articles tagged “museums”

Tourism

Paris’ Louvre Entrance Fee Spike Foreshadows Pricey 2024 Olympic Games

Visitors to Paris will need to have deeper pockets as the city readies to host the Olympic Games next year.

Paris’ Louvre Entrance Fee Spike Foreshadows Pricey 2024 Olympic Games

Tour Operators

Tripadvisor’s 2024 Experience of Travel Study: 3 Charts

The latest Tripadvisor survey highlights travel is no longer just about 'been there, done that, got the T-shirt', but understanding the story of the T-shirt itself.

Tripadvisor’s 2024 Experience of Travel Study: 3 Charts

Online Travel

Tripadvisor’s ‘Juicy’ Ad for Viator

Tripadvisor and Viator, or at least the creative department, have a sense of humor — and it is effective.

Tripadvisor’s ‘Juicy’ Ad for Viator

Tour Operators

Travel Experiences in Demand: Survey of 18,000 Travelers Reveals Preferences

A massive survey of 18,000 travelers worldwide suggests that 2024 is shaping up to be a year when tours, activities, and experiences are decisive. Now if only marketers will catch up to reality.

Travel Experiences in Demand: Survey of 18,000 Travelers Reveals Preferences

Tourism

Rome’s Pantheon Now Has a Cover Charge

The Pantheon is worth every cent officials may want to charge. Maybe they could event get some ideas about surge pricing from Uber to better take advantage of the appetite to visit this one-of-a-kind structure.

Rome’s Pantheon Now Has a Cover Charge

Hotels

New York’s Gansevoort Hotel Tries a Reinvention in a Transforming Neighborhood

Manhattan's former meatpacking district is becoming more about fine art and luxury goods than wild nightlife. So the local Gansevoort Hotel is adjusting with a $30 million revamp. Will it work?

New York’s Gansevoort Hotel Tries a Reinvention in a Transforming Neighborhood

News Blog

Tours Software Provider Trekksoft Takes Stake in Berlin Startup Giant Monkey  

TrekkSoft, a Swiss Saas startup for tour and activity providers has added Giant Monkey, a Berlin-based producer of visitor management solutions, to its stable. Giant Monkey's portfolio includes equipping museums with modern payment and omnichannel solutions. The acquired stake lets Trekksoft expand its reach to museums and cultural institutions throughout Europe, beginning with Germany, Austria and Switzerland.…

Airlines

The White House Doesn’t Like Junk Airline and Hotel Fees Either

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at fee fatigue in the White House, Cyprus' post-Russian tourism scene, and a curator with a challenging message in Ohio.

The White House Doesn’t Like Junk Airline and Hotel Fees Either

Tourism

Delivering Uneasy Lessons to Tourists About the Lasting Legacy of Slavery

Unlike many Americans eager to avoid any mentions of slavery, Stephanie Lampkin believes it's critical to address how its legacy is still driving the widespread inequality plaguing the U.S. — a point she strives to make to visitors to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.

Delivering Uneasy Lessons to Tourists About the Lasting Legacy of Slavery

Tourism

Africa Sees Return of Stolen Artifacts as Boost for Diaspora Tourism

Although African officials view the tourism angle as secondary in their quest to retrieve stolen artifacts, they nonetheless see them becoming popular attractions for members of the diaspora increasingly eager to reconnect with the continent.

Africa Sees Return of Stolen Artifacts as Boost for Diaspora Tourism