What tour companies have riding on the new Pope
Skift Take
The Vatican tours are among the most popular worldwide. A Latin pope has been chosen and expect the number of South American tourists to go up manifold.
[Update: Let the Vatican tours resume: the Cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, as Pope.]
GetYourGuide CEO Johannes Reck doesn't have a vote, but he's throwing his support behind Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet of La Motte, Quebec, for Pope.
Meanwhile, Barrie Seidenberg, the CEO of Viator, seems to be leaning toward Cardinal Odilo Scherer, the archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in a push for a Pope from the developing world.
Reck, who lives in Berlin, where the tours and activities startup is based, has complex reasons for his endorsement, but underlying them are self-interest.
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