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Articles tagged “experiences”

Tourism

China’s Billion-Dollar Dragon Boat Festival Shows Faltered Recovery

China's iconic Dragon Boat Festival has seen year-on-year revenue growth. Still, the overall numbers for the 2023 festival appear to lag when compared to 2019, putting tourism recovery in the spotlight and whether added measures are needed to boost its growth in the world's second-biggest economy.

Reuters | 10 months ago

China’s Billion-Dollar Dragon Boat Festival Shows Faltered Recovery

Tour Operators

Luxury Travel Companies’ Push for Extreme Experiences

Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at extreme luxury adventure trips, hotels' AI labors solution, and Bhutan's push for longer tourist visits.

Rashaad Jorden | 10 months ago

Luxury Travel Companies’ Push for Extreme Experiences

Tour Operators

Luxury Adventure Travel: The Push For Extreme Experiences

Travelers who have it all, seem prepared to risk it all. With one boutique luxury adventure travel company stating they'll push the boundaries to match the expectations of their high-level clients.

Selene Brophy | 10 months ago

Luxury Adventure Travel: The Push For Extreme Experiences

Tour Operators

Klook and Almosafer Partnership Ups Access to Saudi Arabia’s Tours and Activities

The fragmentation of the tours and activities sector is an issue for destinations across the globe. But as Saudi Arabia pushes to reinvent its tourism offering, it sees digital booking and distribution as essential to growing its tourism numbers.

Selene Brophy | 10 months ago

Klook and Almosafer Partnership Ups Access to Saudi Arabia’s Tours and Activities

Online Travel

Google and Tripadvisor Could Be Edging Toward a New Partnership After All These Years

Frenemy relationships have a storied history in the push and pull of the travel industry. Tripadvisor's relationship with Google seems to have improved, and there are probably several areas where they might collaborate further.

Dennis Schaal | 10 months ago

Google and Tripadvisor Could Be Edging Toward a New Partnership After All These Years

Tour Operators

Travel Brands Woo Customers with Bucket List Sports Events

Digital ticketing solutions for tours and attractions are seeing sports events emerge as a winning category for customer engagement as travelers continue to plan around bucket-list events.

Selene Brophy | 10 months ago

Travel Brands Woo Customers with Bucket List Sports Events

Tourism

Middle East Small Businesses Amp up Travel and Entertainment Spending

Mastercard's Travel Industry Trends 2023 report highlights the significance of personalized experiences and flexible payment options in meeting evolving consumer expectations. By prioritizing these factors, travel businesses can cultivate stronger customer relationships, boost loyalty, and thrive in a highly competitive market.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 10 months ago

Middle East Small Businesses Amp up Travel and Entertainment Spending

News Blog

IDEAS: Iglucraft Glamping Pods Seamlessly Blend into Nature

Iglucraft, an Estonia-based company, creates a range of handcrafted timber cabins and saunas that seamlessly blend into their natural surroundings. Credit: Iglucraft The nomadic pods - which are fully customizable and come with a range of amenities - are created using natural materials and feature organic forms, helping users to find 'a more natural way…

Adam Stacey | 10 months ago

Hotels

Luxury Hotel Brand Shangri-La Evokes Eco-Fantasia in New Video

The Shangri-La concept has always had a fantasy streak. But a new marketing video cleverly connects real-world experiences at its luxury hotels with a conjured haven of imaginary delights.

Carley Thornell | 10 months ago

Luxury Hotel Brand Shangri-La Evokes Eco-Fantasia in New Video

Tour Operators

Tackling Tourism’s Living Wage Issue

Tourism has never been a silver bullet for alleviating poverty and it often has adverse consequences. So just how far a push for living wage standards will go remains to be seen.

Selene Brophy | 10 months ago

Tackling Tourism’s Living Wage Issue