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2023 rhymes with a takeoff in sales for Vialala. The platform, which relies on travel planners to run its business, has experienced, like many other tourism professionals, a very good start to the year. We caught up with its co-founder Xavier Oury, who shared his deployment projects in the MICE segment.

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If the sale of travel packages struggles to rebound, Vialala has continuously improved its technological features during the pandemic. From a tool for creating quotes, the platform has managed to offer, within 4 years, a solution for customized travel, from sourcing to customer support. In parallel, its founder Xavier Oury, continues to offer his services to travel planners, whether they operate as consultants or producers…
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The operator relies on a network of independent workers. Their mission: to organize your stay in a country they know by heart.

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Vialala is a collaborative travel agency that connects individuals. Travelers and Travel Planners (travel advisors) together create customized trips, at the right price and with complete safety thanks to the guarantees of a French travel operator.
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Created 10 years ago by our colleague l'Echo Touristique, the Innovation Trophies reward each year the brands, startups, and projects in the tourism sector for their ability to innovate.
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As demand for travel begins to stir, Vialala reveals the latest technical improvements made to its platform. A grant from the Île-de-France region allowed its founder, Xavier Oury, to expand the team of developers. The site's design has also been revised, and Vialala now has an English version, aimed at boosting the travel offerings in France.
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How to build a career when you are an expat's spouse? To answer this question, Mondassur met with Xavier Oury, a former expatriate in Taiwan and founder of the online travel agency Vialala which allows all expatriates to work freely from their homes wherever they are. Discover his project!
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Some African countries are already turning tourism into an asset. This sector, globally booming, is developing in Morocco, Tunisia, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, and finally, Egypt is making a comeback. To meet these new needs, Internet players are now innovating by offering maximum customization of travel services.

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Unictour was founded in 2015 as a portal for guided tours and activities offered by freelancers. Two years later, the young company positioned itself as a travel agency and obtained its registration with Atout France. Since October 2019, Vialala – its new name – has been developing a platform that aggregates vacations, transportation services, accommodations, activities, and allows online customization of trips.

One of its differentiating strategies? The use of "travel planners".
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Vialala continues to slowly make progress in the custom travel sector. The Covid-19 pandemic did not prevent its founders from increasing the capital by €270,000. Now, they are making the final adjustments to the new version of the platform, in order to offer both travelers and trip planners improved tools and more power. Here's the update with Xavier Oury, co-founder of Vialala.
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It's new! Vialala is a collaborative travel agency that connects individuals. Travelers and Travel Planners create customized trips together, at the right price and in total safety thanks to the guarantees of a French travel operator. Transformation of the travel industry: customization becomes the norm.

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Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the eco-friendly globetrotter, hopes that the epidemic will help us mourn the world as it was before and encourage us to travel with respect for the planet. Here is his interview with Xavier Oury, founder of Vialala.com, the custom travel platform.

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A year and a half after its launch, Vialala (formerly UnicTour) is finally seeing its sales take off. It must be said that the platform, which connects clients with travel planners, is constantly adjusting its model and technological tools. After a fundraising round in July and increased media presence, the results are beginning to be felt.
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Covid-19, which has affected all players in the tourism industry, has favored a formula at the antipodes of the "all-inclusive" packages of mass tourism. A column by Xavier Oury, founder of the "Vialala" group which offers customized trips!
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As international tourism is almost at a standstill, does the French state really have an interest in rescuing companies that were already in structural crisis before the pandemic?, Xavier Oury wonders. In this op-ed, the co-founder of the Vialala platform distinguishes between the large networks of traditional travel agencies and the new platforms that use independents to promote less packaged tourism. A vision that will not be unanimous in the profession, but which opens the debate...
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Launched just under a year ago, the online community travel agency UnicTour has been refining its business model. In early April, it was renamed Vialala. It also simplified its interface to make it more accessible to its partners, travel organizers. A discussion with Xavier Oury, founder of Vialala.
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