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Articles tagged “attractions”

Online Travel

Tours Land Grab Under Way as FareHarbor Gives Temporary Lifeline to Zerve

It is a war zone in tours and activities this week as all of the platform players are scrambling to pick up the pieces of Zerve.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Tours Land Grab Under Way as FareHarbor Gives Temporary Lifeline to Zerve

Tourism

Skift Podcast: Why New York’s High Line Became the Attraction Smart Cities Want

We’re talking about the creation of the High Line, its legacy and the quest to create the next big thing in parks.

Hannah Sampson, Skift | 8 years ago

Skift Podcast: Why New York’s High Line Became the Attraction Smart Cities Want

Online Travel

The Future of Travel Is About Connecting the Digital With the Physical

The digital should enable people to more fully embrace the physical rather than serve as a shallow replacement.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 9 years ago

The Future of Travel Is About Connecting the Digital With the Physical

Tourism

The 9/11 Memorial and Museum Has a Few Lessons About the Future of Tourism

Content plays a major role in the museum's rapid visitor growth, but its use of technology to engage and educate people before and during their visits will set new precedents for attractions to come.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

The 9/11 Memorial and Museum Has a Few Lessons About the Future of Tourism

Online Travel

Theme Park Visitors Want a Lot More Mobile Integration

Theme parks, with gargantuan layout and wait times as their key "feature," could benefit a lot from mobile integration. It doesn't have to be more complicated than a well-functioning mobile app, at least as a start.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Theme Park Visitors Want a Lot More Mobile Integration

Tourism

Visitors to New York’s Best Museum Can Still Pay What They Wish

The price for visiting the museum may be high, but lawsuits like this are ridiculous.

Bernard Vaughan, Skift | 11 years ago

Visitors to New York’s Best Museum Can Still Pay What They Wish

Tourism

Barbie, still controversial, appears anew as tourist attraction on global stage

Barbie is a doll, and she can't help it if she is the epitome of beauty, at least in some people's eyes. Whether she is a doll role model, or the prototype of sexism gone wild, she will attract tourists by the stroller-full.

Ina Paiva Cordle, Miami Herald | 11 years ago

Barbie, still controversial, appears anew as tourist attraction on global stage

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The giant New York Wheel has giant sponsorship ideas, including Google Glass

Any new high profile attraction built these days has to take digital media very seriously, including social, and New York Wheel needs all the help it can trying to attract tourists to its out-of-the-way location.

Jeanine Poggi, AdAge | 11 years ago

The giant New York Wheel has giant sponsorship ideas, including Google Glass

Tourism

Music festivals drive U.S. tourism in warm weather months

Airlines and hotels have come to expect a hike in searches and bookings when music festivals are announced, and the economic boost brought by festivals benefits local and chain brands alike for days before, during, and after the event.

Karen Schwartz, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Music festivals drive U.S. tourism in warm weather months

Tourism

San Francisco’s new museum celebrates the city’s reputation for innovation

San Francisco is known worldwide as a tech hub so attractions that can tap into that will see branding benefits and an outpouring of local support.

Skift | 11 years ago