Author: Douglas Quinby

Online distribution for the Best Part of Travel remains well behind the rest of travel. Operators need to organize their online house, for the recovery: digital channels will dominate as cash-strapped consumers start booking.

Amid the toughest of times for our industry, there are lots of good things happening. Here are five that caught our eye.

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The current crisis will not spare even the most well funded, high-flying startups from making the same tough decisions facing every tour and activity business.

Google’s quiet announcement to roll Reserve with Google into the travel group may signal the company’s longer-term objectives for tours and attractions.

Tour operators and OTAs are going all-in on virtual experiences during the COVID-19 quarantine. Are they a cure for our current crisis, or merely a way for operators to pass the time?

Arival Online’s research presentation this week painted a bleak picture of tours and activities’ near-term outlook, but also a powerful picture of what makes this industry great, and how we can all pull through.

This much-needed move, we want every other online travel agency and distributor to follow suit.

We are all facing extraordinary uncertainty about our marketplace. How can we plan around it?

Last week we shared Seven Good Things Happening Right Now, and this week we are bringing you more awesome ideas.