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Articles tagged “getyourguide”

Business Travel

Tour Guides and Attractions Operators Shift to Testing Experiences — Online

Operators of tours, activities, and attractions are taking a crash course in online classes, virtual tours, and digital souvenir sales. We doubt these efforts can fully replace the revenue of in-person experiences. Yet there are needs to fill. Many housebound people and remote teams could use the human connection, while many hosts are eager for income.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Tour Guides and Attractions Operators Shift to Testing Experiences — Online

Online Travel

GetYourGuide, Omio, Other Travel Tech Startups Hunker Down

GetYourGuide top boss Johannes Reck said coronavirus may inflict a "nuclear winter" on the travel industry this year but that it has the resources to withstand the blow. Omio, Flixbus, and other European travel startups also are hoping for the best.

Douglas Busvine, Reuters | 4 years ago

GetYourGuide, Omio, Other Travel Tech Startups Hunker Down

Online Travel

Tripadvisor to Lay Off 200 Workers With Experiences Business in Line of Fire

Along with its dining reservations business, Tripadvisor's tours and activities unit had been a bright spot. But well-funded competitors such as GetYourGuide and Klook have tightened the race, and Tripadvisor is feeling it.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Tripadvisor to Lay Off 200 Workers With Experiences Business in Line of Fire

Online Travel

Online Travel Agency Giants Are on the Backfoot in Tours and Experiences

Expedia, Booking.com, and Ctrip are boosting the supply of sightseeing and experiences options that can be booked in merely a few clicks. But several factors are complicating any plans they may have to dominate bookings in this sector the way they have in flights and hotels.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Online Travel Agency Giants Are on the Backfoot in Tours and Experiences

Online Travel

What 5 Years of Klook Says About the Strength of Its Asia Playbook

Since Klook's launch five years ago, big changes have occurred in the sector. TripAdvisor bought Viator, TUI-Musement, and Booking-FareHarbor, and most recently, Airbnb invested in Atlas Obscura. All this, plus competition from online travel agencies, will test Klook's playbook, even though its strategies seem sound for now.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

What 5 Years of Klook Says About the Strength of Its Asia Playbook

Ground Transport

TripAdvisor Exec Accuses GetYourGuide of Fear-Mongering

TripAdvisor and Booking Holdings are seemingly playing nice and fair with the tours and activities companies for now, but what happens five years from now when competition gets more intense and extracting profits is more of a mandate? Will push come to shove?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

TripAdvisor Exec Accuses GetYourGuide of Fear-Mongering

Business Travel

Expedia CEO Admits Tours Business Is Underfunded

Expedia and Ctrip are the two large online travel companies that have so far not acquired a technology partner to foster the growth of their tours and activities' businesses. GetYourGuide argues that these tech/connectivity companies should remain independent, but how long will it be before some of these smaller companies get scooped up?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Expedia CEO Admits Tours Business Is Underfunded

Online Travel

GetYourGuide’s New $484 Million Infusion May Force Consolidation in Travel Experiences

SoftBank has upended the sales of tours and attractions by investing record-breaking sums in GetYourGuide and Klook. That's boosted valuations to such lofty levels that it may leave only a few options: Merge or go public.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

GetYourGuide’s New $484 Million Infusion May Force Consolidation in Travel Experiences

Online Travel

GetYourGuide Defies Conventional Wisdom on Tour Booking So Far

GetYourGuide may close an approximately $300 million funding round this year with possible participation by new investors like SoftBank and Temasek. If true, investors would be betting that the attractions booking agency can continue to defy several assumptions about young travel companies.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

GetYourGuide Defies Conventional Wisdom on Tour Booking So Far

Online Travel

Video: GetYourGuide Is Playing the Long Game With Activity Booking

The vast majority of tours and activities are still being booked offline the old-fashioned way, so theoretically, the digital players can each have their piece of the pie.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift | 6 years ago

Video: GetYourGuide Is Playing the Long Game With Activity Booking