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VIDEO: TUI on thinking about experiences as part of the overall trip
By Kevin May
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March 26, 2019
With a string of acquisitions under its belt, one of Europe's biggest travel brands in the tours and activities sector has a lot going on.
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TUI adds a touch of (augmented) reality to tours and activities
By Linda Fox
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January 24, 2019
TUI Destination Experiences is experimenting with augmented reality on glasses to enable travelers to get more information on what they are seeing.
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VIDEO: Musement on being bought and being part of something bigger
By Kevin May
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September 25, 2018
The recent deal that saw online travel agency for tours and activities, Musement, head the way of the TUI Group is the latest long line of deals this year.
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TUI buys Musement to bolster destination experiences
By Martin Cowen
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September 17, 2018
European travel giant TUI Group has bought Italian tours and activities tech specialist Musement as it starts to build up its destination experiences business line. The price paid for Musement has
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TUI Group acquires tours and activities online agency Musement
By Kevin May
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September 14, 2018
Musement, one of Europe's modestly funded online travel agencies for tours and activities, is now part of the TUI Group.
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Thomas Cook talks up Expedia deal, TUI talks up its app
By Rob Gill
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August 21, 2018
Thomas Cook is to extend its “white label” online booking partnership with Expedia across European markets over the next few months. The tour operator started selling Expedia’s city break and hotel
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Taboola CEO shares the secrets of smart content
By Marisa Garcia
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April 6, 2018
Adam Singolda, founder and CEO at Taboola is a strong believer in the power of storytelling. The trick is delivering the right story to the right audience in the right platform at the right time. That
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Hotelbeds offloads destinations services to TUI for €110M
By Kevin May
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March 28, 2018
Hotelbeds has ended its interest in providing incoming services to travel agencies by selling its Destination Management division to TUI for €110 million.
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TUI buys back Destination Management unit from Hotelbeds Group
By Martin Cowen
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March 28, 2018
Hotelbeds Group has sold its Destination Management business unit for €110 million, allowing it to concentrate on its core bedbank business. The buyer is TUI Group, which sold Hotelbeds Group just
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GoEuro boosts engineering, Bailey back at Travelport, and more...
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February 28, 2018
This is a roundup of announcements related to people moves and business expansions in travel in February 2018. Wednesday 28 February 2018 GoEuro boosts engineering The company has appointed
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Q&A: Trust, truth and transparency at the heart of TUI Group’s blockchain work
By Mitra Sorrells
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February 21, 2018
TUI Group was one of the first travel brands to make headlines for its adoption of blockchain.
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TUI Group brings tours and activities out of the shadows
By Martin Cowen
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February 13, 2018
TUI Group's ongoing digital transformation has created the infrastructure for "destination services" - as in tours, activities and transfers - to become a designated strategic growth area for the busi
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Decoding blockchain, part 1: Travel ID and security
By Mitra Sorrells
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February 5, 2018
Depending on who you listen to, cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin will either change fundamental aspects of people’s daily lives – financial services, healthcare, retail and, yes,...
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Virtual reality: All hype and no substance?
By Viewpoints
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January 16, 2018
This is a viewpoint from Chris Elson, client development manager at Diverse Interactive. Walking around the halls of World Travel Market London last November, one thing became crystal clear. Print,
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TUI and ebookers make sense of travel inspiration tech
By Marisa Garcia
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December 13, 2017
TUI and ebookers have each found unique ways to use sensory perception and biometric technology to help travelers plan their ideal holidays. Ebookers has unveiled a new online tool called SenseSati
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