• New Offering: Ya Vas, the online travel agency of Volaris, one of Mexico’s largest airlines, launches “Activities” for customers
  • Instant Online Booking: Thousands of excursions, activities and attraction tickets in North and Central America now available
  • Comprehensive Solution: TUI providing customised portfolio of experiences via API connection, and customer support services
  • Growth Continues: Partnership continues TUI’s digital distribution expansion and global growth in Tours & Activities

TUI Group, one of the world’s leading tourism businesses, is the new Tours & Activities partner for Ya Vas, the online travel agency of Volaris, one of Mexico’s largest airlines, providing millions of customers with flights to North and Central America. Ya Vas is the latest high-profile travel business to partner with TUI for experiences, continuing the travel group’s digital distribution expansion and global growth in Tours & Activities.

“We know that in-destination experiences are important for our customers and for this reason we are happy to add TUI’s Tours & Activities portfolio, complementing our existing package holiday, hotel and transfer products. Customers can now easily book the best excursions, activities and attraction tickets in amazing destinations.” Said Ana Maria Garcia, Director at Ya Vas. “TUI is providing a comprehensive package; a great selection of experiences, efficient technology integration, and full-service support for our customers.”

Ya Vas is the first business to seamlessly integrate with TUI’s Tours & Activities portfolio through an API connection via Juniper Travel Technology. The partnership with TUI enables Ya Vas customers to instantly access a curated catalogue of thousands of experiences and book excursions, activities and attraction tickets in more than 50 destinations in five countries, including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and the USA. Furthermore, TUI is providing customer support and in-destination services, enabled through the business’ international call centre and local operation teams in the region.

“Ya Vas is a very exciting business, and we are delighted to support them in providing experiences for their customers. Once again, we are demonstrating that TUI is the B2B partner of choice for Tours & Activities.” Said Nishank Gopalkrishnan, Chief Business Officer of TUI Musement, the Tours & Activities division of TUI Group. “This collaboration exemplifies how TUI is evolving; we are a global business, with a diverse range of products and services, and a unique omni-channel distribution proposition only possible through combining advanced digital platforms and superb in-destination teams.”

Ya Vas selected TUI as its Tours & Activities partner due to the quick and seamless API integration of a curated product portfolio via Juniper Travel Technology, a robust Health & Safety setup with a proven track record, and the additional support of call center and in-destination teams. A diverse range of experiences are on offer to Ya Vas customers, from Empire State Building and Las Vegas show tickets to Chichen Itza and El Arco excursions.

To easily find these new Tours & Activities options in the most important destinations in each country, with the best prices and the best travel experience, click here.

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ABOUT TUI MUSEMENT

TUI Musement is a global Tours & Activities business that combines scalable digital platforms with personalised in-destination service by local teams, to deliver products in three main business lines:

*Experiences: Excursions, activities & tickets

*Transfers: Between airports, hotels and ports

*Tours: Multi-day itineraries encompassing flights, hotels, experiences and transfers

Available in all major city and sun & beach destinations, products are developed in-house or sourced from leading travel businesses. They are distributed to customers, including the 20+ million TUI customers, through the TUI websites and apps, in-destination local teams and B2B partners, including some of the world’s leading OTAs, tour operators, airlines, hotels, travel agencies and cruise lines. TUI Musement is one of the major growth areas of the TUI Group.