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Articles tagged “tours”

Media and PR

Entrepreneurial candy shop owner introduces Breaking Bad limo tours to Albuquerque

Film and TV tourism can be used to fuel not just a small-town business, but an entire country’s tourism marketing strategy.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

Entrepreneurial candy shop owner introduces Breaking Bad limo tours to Albuquerque

Tourism

Travel group TUI jumps on the stock market following talks to merge country brands

A potential merger would help the two brands consolidate and cut costs in their growing competition with new online travel tools.

Julie Cruz, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Travel group TUI jumps on the stock market following talks to merge country brands

Media and PR

New York’s new TV bus tour follows HBO’s Girls through Brooklyn

The tour won’t just attract out-of-towners looking for a piece of the city they feel attached to, but also New Yorkers wondering where those warehouse parties really take place.

Julia Raeside, The Guardian | 11 years ago

New York’s new TV bus tour follows HBO’s Girls through Brooklyn

Cruises

River cruise company introduces excursion to Highclere Castle, the real Downton Abbey

Film tourism doesn’t just have to benefit the location where travelers flock to see the set. Viking River Cruises has tapped into that success by offering a visit to the castle as part of its usual offerings.

Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times | 11 years ago

River cruise company introduces excursion to Highclere Castle, the real Downton Abbey

Online Travel

Tour booking site GetYourGuide raises $14 million

Oh my! Will online tour booking become the next big thing, or will it boom and bust like social travel?

Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Man faces 31 years in prison for fabricating tour operator and scamming elderly tourists

This is a tourist’s worse nightmare, and likely happens more often than people realize. The problem is amplified abroad where language barriers and foreign laws make it more difficult to take action.

Ellen Creager, Detroit Free Press | 11 years ago

Hotels

French crack down on British ski operators, seeking an edge on the slopes

This conflict between French authorities and British ski tour operators is about money and not about ski safety.

Harriet Alexander, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

French crack down on British ski operators, seeking an edge on the slopes

Hotels

Will Airbnb soon offer local tours?

Rather than prevailing on time-constrained hosts to double as local tour guides, Airbnb could find plenty of partners in the hood.

Skift | 11 years ago

Will Airbnb soon offer local tours?

Airlines

Who’s hopping on the Gangnam Style bandwagon to boost tourism? Not just South Korea

The K-Pop video unintentionally set off an incredible case study in which soft power boosts tourism for a region, but we've quickly seen that you don't have to be in South Korea to use it to market your travel product.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Who’s hopping on the Gangnam Style bandwagon to boost tourism? Not just South Korea

Tourism

Chinese travel agencies ban young tourists for not shopping enough

Banning tourists under 28 because they don't shop enough exposes a deceitful business model by travel agencies who earn their commission from -- and show the most loyalty to -- shopkeepers who pay their commissions.

Skift | 11 years ago

Chinese travel agencies ban young tourists for not shopping enough