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Thomas Cook collapses after investors pull the plug on survival package

By Kevin May | September 22, 2019

Plenty of factors have led to the tour operating giant's demise, including its failure, at crucial times, to grasp the complexities of IT and the wider digital world. Read More

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TUI eyes tours and activities opportunities, makes progress on digital platforms

By Linda Fox | August 16, 2019

TUI is not ruling out further acquisitions in the tours and activities space as it looks to grow its holiday experiences division further. Read More

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Two-decade-old hotel website LateRooms faces financial collapse

By Linda Fox | August 2, 2019

The LateRooms brand, which is part of the Malvern Group and is currently facing financial difficulties, has somewhat of a checkered back story. Read More

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Getting out of the way of "innovation" in travel

By Linda Fox | June 26, 2019

Amazon Web Services believes the travel industry is stuck in silos and an “old way of thinking about IT”, with disparate systems that don’t talk to each other. Read More

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VIDEO: A maturing market for tours and activities

By Kevin May | June 26, 2019

Booking.com's entry into the tours and activities sector and TripAdvisor's likewise move to add a software company into its mix certainly caused a stir in 2018. Read More

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VIDEO: TUI on thinking about experiences as part of the overall trip

By Kevin May | 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. Read More

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TUI adds a touch of (augmented) reality to tours and activities

By Linda Fox | 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. Read More

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VIDEO: Musement on being bought and being part of something bigger

By Kevin May | 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. Read More

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TUI buys Musement to bolster destination experiences

By Martin Cowen | 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 Read More

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TUI Group acquires tours and activities online agency Musement

By Kevin May | September 14, 2018

Musement, one of Europe's modestly funded online travel agencies for tours and activities, is now part of the TUI Group. Read More

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Thomas Cook talks up Expedia deal, TUI talks up its app

By Rob Gill | 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 Read More

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Taboola CEO shares the secrets of smart content

By Marisa Garcia | 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 Read More

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Hotelbeds offloads destinations services to TUI for €110M

By Kevin May | 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. Read More

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TUI buys back Destination Management unit from Hotelbeds Group

By Martin Cowen | 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 Read More

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GoEuro boosts engineering, Bailey back at Travelport, and more...

By PhocusWire | 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 Read More

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