Articles tagged “tiqets”

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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

Online Travel

Expedia and Marriott Claim Progress on Proliferation of Rogue Hotel Rates

Rogue wholesale rates on metasearch sites are the gifts that keep on giving — for travelers and the metasearch sites. Expedia and Marriott seem to be making some progress on the issue.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Expedia and Marriott Claim Progress on Proliferation of Rogue Hotel Rates

Business Travel

TUI Musement Emerges as a Tours and Activities Player in Europe in Shadow of GetYourGuide

Will it suffice for TUI Musement to focus on the partnership side of its business, as it does with Booking.com and major cruise lines, or does it need to master the uphill task of becoming a breakout consumer brand beyond TUI's existing customer base? Acquisitions could be part of the mix when the pandemic dust settles.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

TUI Musement Emerges as a Tours and Activities Player in Europe in Shadow of GetYourGuide

Business Travel

Google Quietly Debuts Game-Changing Tours and Activities Advertising Product

While many travel companies are struggling to survive, Google has the resources to keep innovating and rolling out new products despite the travel advertising downturn. As with flights and hotels, Google's new tours and activities advertising business will have a far-reaching impact — unless regulators step in.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Google Quietly Debuts Game-Changing Tours and Activities Advertising Product

Online Travel

Tour Guides and Museums See a Healthy Rebound in Places That Have Eased Restrictions

The recovery for sightseeing, attractions, and experiences is still in early stages in Europe and North America. But it is happening faster than expected in some segments and countries.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Tour Guides and Museums See a Healthy Rebound in Places That Have Eased Restrictions

Business Travel

Airbnb Invests in Tiqets for Experiences That Are Not, Well, Unique

Airbnb may never become a clone of its online travel agency competitors, but it will eventually go more mainstream to attract a wider range of travelers and locals, as the Tiqets investment suggests.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Airbnb Invests in Tiqets for Experiences That Are Not, Well, Unique

Online Travel

Sweet Inn Raises $22 Million for Serviced Vacation Rentals: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Startups like Sweet Inn increasingly blur the lines between the hotel and Airbnb business models by offering hotel-style service in short-term rentals that they own and manage. We predict that it won't be long until a major hotel group tries the same trick.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Sweet Inn Raises $22 Million for Serviced Vacation Rentals: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Online Travel

Tiqets Secures $17 Million in Funding for Tours and Activities Ticketing

This Dutch startup is growing by focusing on the problem of mobile ticketing and solving it with a product that requires almost no technical savvy from museums and other attraction operators. But it may need to be acquired to scale up quickly.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Tiqets Secures $17 Million in Funding for Tours and Activities Ticketing