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Articles tagged “tours and activities”

Online Travel

Google Is Phasing Out Its Buzzy Touring Bird Tours and Activities Search Feature

Touring Bird gained no traction in the real world outside Area 120, and for all the inroads metasearch has made in hotels, flights, and cars, it has really struggled in emerging categories where the products aren't cookie-cutter such as in vacation rentals, and tours and activities. After all, when experiences are unique or varied, comparing them is hard.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Google Is Phasing Out Its Buzzy Touring Bird Tours and Activities Search Feature

Business Travel

Airbnb to Shuffle the Leadership of Experiences Business at Critical Juncture

Is everything on target in the evolution of Airbnb's Experiences business? It's clearly not profitable yet after three years, and the leadership change at the top signals problems. That doesn't mean it's fatally flawed although this isn't precisely the portrait you want to paint on the cusp of Airbnb going public next year.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Airbnb to Shuffle the Leadership of Experiences Business at Critical Juncture

Online Travel

What 5 Years of Klook Says About the Strength of Its Asia Playbook

Since Klook's launch five years ago, big changes have occurred in the sector. TripAdvisor bought Viator, TUI-Musement, and Booking-FareHarbor, and most recently, Airbnb invested in Atlas Obscura. All this, plus competition from online travel agencies, will test Klook's playbook, even though its strategies seem sound for now.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

What 5 Years of Klook Says About the Strength of Its Asia Playbook

Mergers and Acquisitions

Expedia Group’s Conundrum: Acquisitions or Share Repurchases?

Expedia Group doesn't intend to hoard piles of cash for a rainy day. The company purports to favor share repurchases over acquisitions, all things being equal, but if a rainmaker of a deal comes along, then Expedia may pounce.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Expedia Group’s Conundrum: Acquisitions or Share Repurchases?

Online Travel

TripAdvisor Drops Outmoded Little Wiser Owl Character From Ads

TripAdvisor's new ad campaign is more hip than its usual fare. It also shows where its business is heading with hotel booking eventually having to share the limelight with tours and dining.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

TripAdvisor Drops Outmoded Little Wiser Owl Character From Ads

Ground Transport

TripAdvisor Exec Accuses GetYourGuide of Fear-Mongering

TripAdvisor and Booking Holdings are seemingly playing nice and fair with the tours and activities companies for now, but what happens five years from now when competition gets more intense and extracting profits is more of a mandate? Will push come to shove?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

TripAdvisor Exec Accuses GetYourGuide of Fear-Mongering

Business Travel

Expedia CEO Admits Tours Business Is Underfunded

Expedia and Ctrip are the two large online travel companies that have so far not acquired a technology partner to foster the growth of their tours and activities' businesses. GetYourGuide argues that these tech/connectivity companies should remain independent, but how long will it be before some of these smaller companies get scooped up?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Expedia CEO Admits Tours Business Is Underfunded

Business Travel

Airbnb’s Around-the-World Trip Promotion Gets Off to a Rocky Start

This promotional tour from Airbnb to tout Airbnb Adventures clearly backfired because of traveler outrage and difficulties in booking and paying for the one-time trip. It's not an opportune start for Airbnb's tour initiative, which may be a tad more complex than Airbnb anticipates.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Tourism

Asian Tours Aggregator BeMyGuest Gets Funding Shot in Arm

A leaner and freshly funded BeMyGuest is in a stronger position to harness the growth of Asia’s tours and activities sector. But competition is also mightier.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Asian Tours Aggregator BeMyGuest Gets Funding Shot in Arm

Online Travel

Airbnb Expands Experiences Into Multiday Adventures

Give Airbnb credit for sticking to its blueprint by offering Airbnb Adventures in its own image, avoiding typical mainstream expeditions. Whether this will develop into a reliable service and big business for the homesharing company will be proven on Colorado cliffs and at Galapagos coffee farms.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Airbnb Expands Experiences Into Multiday Adventures