Articles tagged “Travel Experiences”

Tour Operators

TUI Eyes Luxury Hospitality Growth With New and Relaunched Hotel Brands

TUI's ability to move beyond its safe middle-market playground through an expanded luxury offering came under the spotlight at the Skift Future of Lodging Forum. Ultimately, a brand's market share is way more than customer segments — it's really rooted in experience and value.

Selene Brophy | 23 hours ago

TUI Eyes Luxury Hospitality Growth With New and Relaunched Hotel Brands

Tour Operators

Southeast Asia’s Fragmented Tours Sector Gets Long-Awaited Tech Upgrade

Southeast Asia, known for its tech-savvy, mobile first consumers, has as an experiences sector that is 80 percent offline, presenting widespread opportunities for the region's tours and activities landscape to become digitized. Stat.

Selene Brophy | 1 day ago

Southeast Asia’s Fragmented Tours Sector Gets Long-Awaited Tech Upgrade

Tour Operators

Safari Experiences See Opportunity With More LGBTQ+ Families

The wants and needs of the LGBTQ+ community are maturing. For one, many now have families with children. It requires tour operators to recognize the need for a nuanced approach that goes beyond stereotyping this travel segment.

Selene Brophy | 6 days ago

Safari Experiences See Opportunity With More LGBTQ+ Families

Tour Operators

Intrepid Travel Narrows Losses With Record-Breaking Bookings

Intrepid Travel has hinged its return to profitability on continuous investment into product innovation and its people. Now, a record-breaking start to 2023 sees it turn the dial from revival to thrive mode.

Selene Brophy | 1 week ago

Intrepid Travel Narrows Losses With Record-Breaking Bookings

Tour Operators

This ‘Airbnb of Boats’ Shows the Upside of a Growing Water Tours Sector

Competition remains fierce as boat owners, captains, and tour operators look to meet the demand of travelers craving unique and memorable experiences.

Selene Brophy | 1 week ago

This ‘Airbnb of Boats’ Shows the Upside of a Growing Water Tours Sector

Tour Operators

Viator Outperforms Tripadvisor Experiences in Bookings Growth

Viator is the star performer in the Tripadvisor portfolio, and after trying for a time to focus on the Tripadvisor experiences brand instead, it might be time that CEO Matt Goldberg went all in on the brand bringing in the money.

Selene Brophy | 3 weeks ago

Viator Outperforms Tripadvisor Experiences in Bookings Growth
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Travel Technology

Restoring Happiness to the Travel Journey With Ancillary Services

No longer just a “nice to have,” ancillaries have become central to driving revenue for today’s airlines, hotels, cruises, and rail lines. But instead of adding more fees that travelers see as punitive — such as charging extra for carry-on bags — travel companies should focus on creating incredible add-on experiences that travelers are happy to pay for.

Plusgrade + Skift | 1 month ago

Restoring Happiness to the Travel Journey With Ancillary Services

News Blog

Richard Branson’s Virgin to Launch New Experiences Offering in U.S.

Richard Branson's Virgin Experience Days is betting on a thriving experiences economy, and Americans wanting to spend more time doing meaningful things together, by expanding its U.K. brand across the pond. Carrie Keplinger, the company's new chief commercial officer announced on LinkedIn that she would be working with its UK based management team, as part of Equistone…

Selene Brophy | 2 months ago

Luxury

Multi-Day Luxury Tours Bubble Set for China Boost

China's moneyed travelers are becoming a sought-after segment, especially as group travel is approved again, but there will be no tailoring of products according to their needs simply because luxury travel isn't specific to its source markets.

Selene Brophy | 2 months ago

Multi-Day Luxury Tours Bubble Set for China Boost

Online Travel

Travel Companies Rebuked for Exploiting Wildlife for Entertainment

A new report shows that as responsible travel becomes the preferred default, tour operators must carefully consider the power they wield in the experiences economy. After all, travelers are becoming much more discerning about the companies they book with.

Selene Brophy | 2 months ago

Travel Companies Rebuked for Exploiting Wildlife for Entertainment