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TUI Musement's latest partnership expansion in the UK points to a shake-up in the business-to-business landscape of the experiences sector.
Selene Brophy | 2 months ago
News Blog
The co-founder of Musement, Claudio Bellinzona, is leaving TUI Musement. He will be taking on an advisory role with the tours and activities arm of Europe's leading tour operator. The company confirmed Bellinzona's exit as chief supply officer and confirmed a new tours and activities commercial team, "focused on strategic business to business partners," to be…
Selene Brophy | 6 months ago
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
Online Travel
Step by step, inch by inch, Google is becoming more central to the tours and activities sector. We've seen this playbook before.
Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago
Booking.com expanded the geographic reach of its tours and activities offerings in Asia by entering a long-term strategic partnership with Klook, Booking.com announced Monday. The set of a Bollywood movie at Madame Tussauds Singapore. Travelers can buy tickets to this attraction and have their reservations instantly confirmed via Klook, an online travel agency that specializes…
Experiences aren't a financial game-changer for most online travel companies, but they are a must-have regardless.
Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago
The so-called travel marketing funnel for Booking Holdings and Expedia has indeed been a sieve. Domestic trips and remote work have propelled accommodations to a higher position in trip plans.
Ted Clements, FareHarbor's acting CEO who served as chief operating officer for the last three years, will step down from these positions in September, Skift has learned. A small group tour of the Vatican. Source: Viator Staff was informed of the move Tuesday, and no replacement has been named. Clements plans to stay in Amsterdam,…
Europe's largest tour operator is hiring for tech jobs at a torrid pace. This vertically integrated company is also spreading its wings horizontally by expanding its business-to-business services, such as airport and cruise transfers.
Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago
As part of its "connected trip" and loyalty strategy, Booking Holdings argued it can convince hotels and other partners to offer up substantial discounts and perks, and this would spur incremental bookings. But do hotels really want to be a cog in building the Booking.com brand?