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This post from Arival partner PicThrive shows why – and how – operators can grow ancillary review and guest engagement through delivering digital memories
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Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 8 July 2022
With record inflation, operators and attractions report rising costs across their businesses. Price increases are following, but probably not fast enough
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The lack of women at the top of travel and technology is well known. So we want to highlight these C-level women in tours and activities tech and distribution
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Emaar Entertainment is less reliant on online travel agencies than before the pandemic with travelers preferring to book their experiences as a package
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Creating a new department to effect change across an operation may help businesses become more sustainable, retain staff, provide a better experience — and increase profits
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Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 20 June 2022
There seems to be no end to the discussion, debate — and confusion — about the market share and role of online travel agencies in tours, activities and attractions. So we thought we’d clear things up
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Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 13 June 2022
We’ve been doing a lot of work to compile a directory of U.S. operators of one of tours’ fastest growing segments. Here’s what we’ve found, and 7 things we’ve learned
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Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 13 June 2022
The talking points at Arival Activate in Berlin and IPW in Orlando were all in sync: travel is back and travelers are returning to tours and attractions in droves, but deeper discussions revealed a rebound that’s anything but even and an outlook with an undercurrent of concern
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While many operators who survived the pandemic are doing brilliantly, there are many that are not. At the same time, technological progress and customer behavior has changed significantly — “It is being rewritten right now”
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As the industry emerges from a rollercoaster of emotions, two guests joining us at Arival | Activate for the first time were Bee and Catherine from soon-to-launch U.K. attraction ticketing platform daysout.com
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Driven by domestic bookings, with international catching up, tours and activities sales through GetYourGuide are “double to triple” 2019 levels, Johannes Reck said
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Both Toristy and InDest are focused on selling experiences to travelers while they are on holiday. They have formed a partnership to share technology
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To Italy will expand tours and technology across the country, and will acquire small operators — particularly in the south
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Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 1 June 2022
Impact on other operators working with TUI Musement is unclear
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U.S. traveler behavior changed less than Europeans through the pandemic. While cancellation rates are still volatile, they are almost back to normal
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Beyonk claims the BookingHound deal will create the largest experiences booking platform in the U.K.
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For our first European conference since before the pandemic, Arival | Activate is designed to help you have the conversations you need to have
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Leading U.A.E. travel group Dnata has partnered with Visit Dubai to create Priohub, a distribution platform for all experiences in the country. We spoke to the head of Priohub at ATM
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Bike tourism is a massive market that is only growing post-pandemic. Consumers want travel that matches their values, and e-bikes have made even the toughest climb possible for those that would struggle
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