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Articles tagged “getyourguide”

Tour Operators

Day Tours Operator Context Adds Pre-Trip Virtual Learning

Post-pandemic trends are shifting the customer experience in educational tours to include pre-trip immersion through virtual tours. Their value cannot be underestimated.

Selene Brophy, Skift | 1 year ago

Day Tours Operator Context Adds Pre-Trip Virtual Learning

Online Travel

Despegar More Upbeat on Latin America Economic Climate Than in U.S. and Europe

Latin American economies frequently seem to be in shambles, but there are positive developments on the inflation front as far as Despegar is concerned.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Despegar More Upbeat on Latin America Economic Climate Than in U.S. and Europe

Airlines

What Skift Aviation Forum Revealed About Airlines

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at takeaways from Skift Aviation Forum, GetYourGuide's shift, and how law firms save on business travel.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

What Skift Aviation Forum Revealed About Airlines

Online Travel

Why GetYourGuide Is Giving Its ‘Originals’ Tours Offering a Pause

The power of performance data to improve the customer experience remains a driving force for GetYourGuide. In a case of iron sharpening iron, the pioneering insights from its Originals brand will level the playing field across its entire marketplace as the private label format is put on hold.

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

Why GetYourGuide Is Giving Its ‘Originals’ Tours Offering a Pause

News Blog

Tours and Activities Companies Launch Standards Association

Nearly three dozen tours and activities operators, reservation systems, and distributors debuted a non-profit association geared to formulate connectivity standards. Source: Reuters The 501c3 association, Open Connectivity for Tours, Activities & Attractions intends to promote an open source specification "to enable reservation and ticketing system providers and tour, activity and attraction ticket sellers to connect…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Tour Operators

TUI Musement’s New CEO Tries to Use the Operator Legacy to Advantage in Tours and Activities

TUI Musement is an up-an-comer in the tours and activities space because of the parent company's huge base, and it knows how to run a tour. Now it has to execute on the digital challenge.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

TUI Musement’s New CEO Tries to Use the Operator Legacy to Advantage in Tours and Activities

Travel Technology

Travel’s Pandemic Digital Push Was Just the Start

The digital ease of booking travel is growing post-pandemic and it's only the beginning.

Lebawit Lily Girma | 2 years ago

Travel’s Pandemic Digital Push Was Just the Start

Tourism

Russia Travel: Who’s In, Who’s Out

The global travel industry is split over doing business in Russia, although the vast majority of companies are abiding by the relevant economic sanctions. Moral outrage, self-interest, and disparate views over harming ordinary Russians are clashing big time.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Russia Travel: Who’s In, Who’s Out

Online Travel

Expedia Ceases Sales to and From Russia

Expedia Group stepped out of the pack and ceased offering travel to and from Russia because of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The company doesn't have a ton of Russia-related business, so even if the move is more symbolic than anything else, it is an important statement.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Expedia Ceases Sales to and From Russia

Online Travel

The Tripadvisor Earnings Call That Became a Sales Pitch for Viator

Whether it is hotel-like commission levels on the online travel agencies, new product features, or market share gains, Tripadvisor was unabashedly selling the virtues of a Viator IPO — or deal. It's not a winner-take-all market, but rivals have narrowed any competitive gap.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

The Tripadvisor Earnings Call That Became a Sales Pitch for Viator