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The potential of connectivity standards for experiences
By Stephen Joyce - Holibob
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September 26, 2022
A new non-profit association, OCTO, wants to enable reservation and ticketing system providers and tour, activity and attraction ticket resellers to connect their systems for more efficient...
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Booking.com cuts workforce by a quarter as pandemic bites
By Kevin May
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August 4, 2020
Almost 4,500 employees working for Booking.com are being laid off. Details about who and where will be figured out in the coming weeks.
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As travel giants circle, understanding the economics in tours and activities is vital
By Olan O'Sullivan - TrekkSoft
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March 3, 2020
In the past 24 months, the tours and activities sector has moved from, to borrow a Cinderella analogy, the cinders to the palace, where its untapped potential has moved into the sights of major travel...
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FareHarbor responds to criticism from tours and activities reservation system CEOs
By Mitra Sorrells
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November 4, 2019
Following a panel discussion at the Arival conference that put the focus largely on FareHarbor's practices now that it's part of Booking Holdings, CEO Max Valverde talked to PhocusWire about tensions in...
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Suppliers, beware: A threat lurks in tours and activities distribution
By Tao Tao - GetYourGuide
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August 1, 2019
There is a growing threat to the future of tours and activities: the loss of independence in reservation systems, thanks to acquisitions by TripAdvisor and Booking Holdings. At GetYourGuide, we don’t...
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VIDEO: Booking.com on its buy or partner strategy for experiences
By Kevin May
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June 10, 2019
Booking.com's semi-official entry into the tours and activities sector was notable for many things - not least why did it take so long.
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Online marketplaces gaining momentum in tours booking race
By Linda Fox
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January 4, 2019
Tour and activity bookings through online marketplaces increased in 2018 compared to 2017.
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Shaken, not stirred, by a travel sector now following a familiar pattern
By Stephen Joyce - Rezgo
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October 9, 2018
The path that I was dutifully walking ended up not being the path that the rest of the industry was taking.
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Booking.com expands Experiences service, now in 60 cities worldwide
By Kevin May
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September 10, 2018
Booking.com's effort to muscle in on tours and activities has taken another sizeable step with the launch of Booking Experiences in the U.S..
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Surveying the travel startup landscape, part 4: Exit strategy
By Mitra Sorrells
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August 28, 2018
For the final piece in our month-long series on startups, we gathered learnings from three companies that have been purchased in recent years.
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Booking Holdings buys FareHarbor in push for share of tours and activities
By Mitra Sorrells
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April 19, 2018
Booking Holdings has agreed to acquire FareHarbor, a Denver-based software company focused on tours and activities.
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