Articles tagged “Musement”

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 | 2 months ago

Day Tours Operator Context Adds Pre-Trip Virtual Learning

Online Travel

Google Expands Its Things to Do Feature Deeper Into Maps

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 | 4 months ago

Google Expands Its Things to Do Feature Deeper Into Maps

News Blog

Booking.com Adds Klook To Its Roster of Activities Providers

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…

Dennis Schaal | 4 months ago

Online Travel

Priceline Adds Experiences From TUI Musement

Experiences aren't a financial game-changer for most online travel companies, but they are a must-have regardless.

Dennis Schaal | 4 months ago

Priceline Adds Experiences From TUI Musement

Online Travel

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Says Competitors Have the Travel Marketing Funnel All Wrong

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.

Dennis Schaal | 5 months ago

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Says Competitors Have the Travel Marketing Funnel All Wrong

News Blog

FareHarbor Acting CEO Ted Clements to Step Down

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,…

Dennis Schaal | 5 months ago

Tour Operators

TUI’s Hiring Spree for Tech Talent Aims to Boost Travel Group’s Efficiency

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 | 10 months ago

TUI’s Hiring Spree for Tech Talent Aims to Boost Travel Group’s Efficiency

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Looks to Pull Away from Airbnb on Profit Margins

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?

Dennis Schaal | 12 months ago

Booking Holdings Looks to Pull Away from Airbnb on Profit Margins

Online Travel

TUI Gets More Digital in Aspiring for Reinvention

Travelers in many parts of the world are used to the online booking of build-your-own vacation packages, and others prefer to walk into a travel agency to plan. After many years, TUI is trying to embrace digital trends, and is modestly executing on a plan to get more online.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

TUI Gets More Digital in Aspiring for Reinvention

Business Travel

Booking Adds Tours and Activities From Viator in Their First Partnership

Booking.com, with its vast audience, is becoming a significant player in attractions, tours and activities. However, it will have to share the revenue with its growing roster of distribution partners, which now include Tripadvisor and TUI.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago

Booking Adds Tours and Activities From Viator in Their First Partnership