Articles tagged “tours and activities”

Experiences

Viator Reveals Most Popular Travel Experiences

Travelers are flocking to activities that make them learn, interact with locals, or preferably both. It's as if people are treating vacations like a semester abroad, minus the college credits.

Sean O'Neill | 2 weeks ago

Viator Reveals Most Popular Travel Experiences

Experiences

5 Key Trends in Travel Experiences

Spending on tours and activities may hit $300 billion by 2025. Expect to see more consolidation pressures, growth in demographic targeting, adoption of AI, and attempts to react to climate change.

Jesse Chase-Lubitz | 2 weeks ago

5 Key Trends in Travel Experiences

Experiences

Airbnb-Backed Tiqets Talks AI, Profits, and Scaling Travel Experiences

Tiqets CEO Laurens Leurink says sales of travel experiences are booming. Gen Z and Millennials want cultural engagement, not checklist sightseeing. So with some help from AI, Tiqets has recently quadrupled its sales without adding staff.

Jesse Chase-Lubitz | 1 month ago

Airbnb-Backed Tiqets Talks AI, Profits, and Scaling Travel Experiences

Startups

Bilt Rewards Raises $150 Million to Turn Rent Payments Into Travel: Startup Funding Roundup

Bilt lets users earn points for rent payments and exchange them for travel, and it's growing fast.

Justin Dawes | 2 months ago

Bilt Rewards Raises $150 Million to Turn Rent Payments Into Travel: Startup Funding Roundup

Experiences

ToursByLocals CEO on Brand Transformation and Rising Demand for Authentic Experiences

Following pandemic setbacks, ToursByLocals has completed a long-awaited rebrand meant to signal growth.

Jesse Chase-Lubitz | 2 months ago

ToursByLocals CEO on Brand Transformation and Rising Demand for Authentic Experiences

Experiences

Experiences vs. Things: Where the Money’s Going

Travel executives see activities and experiences as increasingly lucrative, and here's what the numbers say about how travelers are spending on them.

Robin Gilbert-Jones, Skift | 2 months ago

Experiences vs. Things: Where the Money’s Going

Experiences

Singapore Airlines’ Travel Experiences Arm Tackles Payments With New Partnership

By 2024, Asia’s travel and tourism revenue is projected to hit a whopping $326 billion. To cash in on this boom, travel providers need to tackle Asia’s patchwork of payment options.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 months ago

Singapore Airlines’ Travel Experiences Arm Tackles Payments With New Partnership

Experiences

Trip.com Boosts Travel Experiences with Prioticket Deal

Trip.com recently expanded attractions as a bookable category for travelers worldwide. Its partnership with Prioticket highlights the increasing trend of B2B partnerships in the experiences category.

Jesse Chase-Lubitz | 3 months ago

Trip.com Boosts Travel Experiences with Prioticket Deal

Experiences

‘Alexa, Book My Tour’: Viator and Amazon Give Hotels Voice Search for Travel Experiences

This isn't the first time Amazon has tried to bring voice-activated bookings to hotels. But in a collaboration with Viator, guests will be able to book over 300,000 travel experiences directly from their rooms.

Jesse Chase-Lubitz | 3 months ago

‘Alexa, Book My Tour’: Viator and Amazon Give Hotels Voice Search for Travel Experiences

Startups

Travel Venture Capital Hit a Decade Low in 2023: Where the Growth Is Now – Skift Research

Travel venture capital hit a decade low of $2.9 billion in 2023, but early 2024 signals a rebound with increased investments from Asia and the Middle East and a focus on experiences and AI.

Pranavi Agarwal | 3 months ago

Travel Venture Capital Hit a Decade Low in 2023: Where the Growth Is Now – Skift Research