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Articles tagged “tours and activities”

Online Travel

Booking.com Relaunches a Scaled-Down Attractions Vertical Powered by TUI’s Musement

After missteps in thinking it could grow its own attractions business and catch larger competitors, Booking.com's relaunch is the next stage in its evolution. The tours and activities sector is a lot more competitive now than it was even two years ago when Booking acquired FareHarbor. Hence, the need to reboot.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Booking.com Relaunches a Scaled-Down Attractions Vertical Powered by TUI’s Musement

Hotels

Airbnb Shakes Up Hosting Management While Resuming Plans to Go Public

Tapping one person to head "hosting" for both homes and experiences isn't the most savvy of moves. Airbnb has a ton of work to do to mend relations with alienated home rental hosts. Experience hosting is likewise complex — and a very different animal.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Airbnb Shakes Up Hosting Management While Resuming Plans to Go Public

Tourism

Paris Tourism Shortfall Taps the Brakes on Sightseeing Tours in Cute Vintage Citroens

One sentence about an operator of sightseeing tours says it all: "Another six months of slow business may force him to quit."

Yiming Woo and Richard Lough, Reuters | 4 years ago

Paris Tourism Shortfall Taps the Brakes on Sightseeing Tours in Cute Vintage Citroens

Online Travel

GetYourGuide CEO Highlights Google’s Alleged Failings During the Pandemic

GetYourGuide's Johannes Reck is underplaying the Google threat in tours and activities. Sure, Google has much larger priorities, but how much will it cost to build the GetYourGuide brand with Google controlling the airspace?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

GetYourGuide CEO Highlights Google’s Alleged Failings During the Pandemic

Business Travel

Booking.com Terminates Contracts With Tours and Attractions Operators

TUI/Musement's new strategic partnership with Booking.com has the potential to reshuffle the powers that be in tours and activities, especially in Europe. But TUI doesn't have a stellar track record in online offerings, and much of the promise will depend on its execution.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Booking.com Terminates Contracts With Tours and Attractions Operators

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
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4 Future-Proof Reasons for Travel Companies to Automate Tours and Activities in 2021 and Beyond

Tech innovator and industry leader Livn is doubling down on its API infrastructure to help re-normalize touring and travel activities in the post-pandemic world.

Livn + Skift | 4 years ago

4 Future-Proof Reasons for Travel Companies to Automate Tours and Activities in 2021 and Beyond

Tourism

Vatican Museums Reopen With the Rare Appeal of Limited Crowds

Before the crisis, if you've wanted to see the galleries at the papal palace in Rome without the herds of other visitors, you've had to pay about $350 or more for an after-hours tour. But now all it takes is a standard admission ticket of $19 (€17) for Italian residents.

Philip Pullella, Reuters | 4 years ago

Vatican Museums Reopen With the Rare Appeal of Limited Crowds

Business Travel

Tours and Attractions Pursue New Hygiene Regimes to Coronavirus Recovery

Tourism is now having its OCD moment in the face of the coronavirus. Will new sanitation protocols in the tourism sector buy peace of mind for travelers post-pandemic or usher in a new age of travel anxiety?

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Tours and Attractions Pursue New Hygiene Regimes to Coronavirus Recovery

Business Travel

The Case for Why Airbnb’s Foray Into Experiences Is a Fundamental Mistake

It is highly risky for Airbnb to pivot to compete directly as an online travel agency, and it needs to seriously think about whether its sharing model truly extends to the activity, experience provider because in reality it doesn't.

Carl Shepherd, Skift | 4 years ago

The Case for Why Airbnb’s Foray Into Experiences Is a Fundamental Mistake