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Tourism
Visitors to Paris will need to have deeper pockets as the city readies to host the Olympic Games next year.
Reuters | 4 months ago
Startups
Fairlyne wants to help travelers resell their unwanted airline tickets, and Boddy wants to help people access gyms while they're traveling.
Justin Dawes | 9 months ago
The startups featured want to sell eco-friendly trips to Africa, e-bike rides in London, and train ticket upgrades throughout the UK.
Justin Dawes | 11 months ago
Online Travel
Eventually, Google's new Tickets feature may turn out to be one of the most important developments in a long time for the tours and activities sector. Google will certainly move to monetize the feature with paid ads, and it will ultimately expand to tours, and other products, too.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago
Airlines
Many travelers no longer want to take some trips this year for various reasons, even if their flights haven't been canceled. A new automated solution will speed up the pace at which airlines can rebook passengers by overriding the restrictions on tickets bought before the crisis.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago
Meetings
Eventbrite closed 2019 stronger than expected, but the company's stock still stumbled after last week's earnings call. The events industry is clearly at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
Lauren Ward, Skift | 4 years ago
Instagram already offers ticketing services in its app, and it seems like Snapchat is well on its way. Beyond selling tickets, though, both platforms are also jockeying to become the premier platform for augmented reality technology and content as the sector develops.
Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago
Like or dislike his ideas, and there are plenty of people in each camp, Jim Davidson stirs things up with his advocacy, and the travel industry is a much better enterprise for his presence. Disruption is never neat, and it comes in all shapes, sizes and bobbleheads.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago