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Articles tagged “tours and activities”

Online Travel

GetYourGuide’s New $484 Million Infusion May Force Consolidation in Travel Experiences

SoftBank has upended the sales of tours and attractions by investing record-breaking sums in GetYourGuide and Klook. That's boosted valuations to such lofty levels that it may leave only a few options: Merge or go public.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

GetYourGuide’s New $484 Million Infusion May Force Consolidation in Travel Experiences

Business Travel

Booking Drops Hotel Requirement to Book Tours and Activities

Booking.com's hotel focus has given way to a strategy to serve travelers at every portion of the trip. TripAdvisor already does it, Expedia too. Airbnb is on that full-service road. So Booking.com will have plenty of company.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Booking Drops Hotel Requirement to Book Tours and Activities

Online Travel

TripAdvisor Reveals Some of Its Tactics in Growing Experiences

TripAdvisor's key tactics to grow its tours and activities business include the discounting of some products for consumers, practically giving away a reservation system to operators, and rolling out a brand marketing campaign this year. The company talks like it's in it to win it.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

TripAdvisor Reveals Some of Its Tactics in Growing Experiences

Online Travel

TripAdvisor Reveals Details on Experiences and Restaurants Growth

TripAdvisor's greater transparency in its financial reporting is to be applauded, showing its investment in growing units. But the stuttering of its legacy businesses is notable, too.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

TripAdvisor Reveals Details on Experiences and Restaurants Growth

Business Travel

Booking’s FareHarbor Kept the Bootstrapping Myth Going While Discreetly Raising Outside Money

Honesty is the best policy. Even if it clashes with a nice FareHarbor bootstrapping story that seemed too good to be true.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Booking’s FareHarbor Kept the Bootstrapping Myth Going While Discreetly Raising Outside Money

Online Travel

Southeast Asia’s Online Travel Agency Traveloka Moves Into Food and Wellness Choices

Here's a riddle: If Traveloka sells lifestyle services and AirAsia is not just an airline, what is an online travel agency? The industry will have to coin a new term since everyone is starting to sell more than just flights and hotels. Any suggestions?

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Southeast Asia’s Online Travel Agency Traveloka Moves Into Food and Wellness Choices

Online Travel

Klook Receives $225 Million SoftBank Investment in Nod to Tours and Activities

For the first time, an Asian startup, Klook, is attracting the highest funding ever in tours and activities. For the last time, can skeptics of this travel sector please bow out?

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Klook Receives $225 Million SoftBank Investment in Nod to Tours and Activities

Online Travel

GetYourGuide Defies Conventional Wisdom on Tour Booking So Far

GetYourGuide may close an approximately $300 million funding round this year with possible participation by new investors like SoftBank and Temasek. If true, investors would be betting that the attractions booking agency can continue to defy several assumptions about young travel companies.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

GetYourGuide Defies Conventional Wisdom on Tour Booking So Far

Tour Operators

Key Benchmarks for Marketing Operations in Tours and Activities: New Skift Research

As travel CMOs and their teams take on more responsibilities, a well-designed and articulated operations plan is crucial for delivering marketing success. Use this series of Skift Research reports to see how you stack up against other companies in your sector in key operational areas and set up strategies to optimize.

Haixia Wang, Skift Research | 5 years ago

Key Benchmarks for Marketing Operations in Tours and Activities: New Skift Research

Online Travel

How TUI and Rezdy Fit Into Ctrip’s Growth Strategy Outside China

China slowdown? Meituan rivalry? Naaah, Ctrip had a fab 2018. Domestic travel remains strong, but it is international travel growth that’s exciting. Now we know what drives its latest partnerships with TUI’s Musement and Rezdy.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

How TUI and Rezdy Fit Into Ctrip’s Growth Strategy Outside China