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Tao Tao
Co-founder & COO GetYourGuide
Tao Tao is an accomplished professional with 18 years of international business development experience in Fintech, Telecom, and Technology industries, having worked in senior roles at global brands like Alipay of Alibaba and Huawei.
Tao is recognized as a strategic commercial leader with a track record of driving explosive growth and innovation. He has successfully led initiatives in areas such as mobile payment, wealth tech, e-wallet solutions, and disruptive business models.
In addition to his corporate achievements, Tao is an active investor with successful exits, a passionate cook, an aspiring gardener, and a skilled public speaker.
His skill set includes specialties in areas like consultative value selling, strategic partnerships building, digital innovation, emerging technologies (Cloud, AI, Blockchain, Security, IoT, Biometrics), and mobile technologies, among others.
Tao's educational background includes studies at reputable institutions such as Harvard Business School, Cambridge Judge Business School, and London Business School, where he obtained a Master's degree.
Throughout his career, Tao has held key roles in various organizations, including being the Global Head of Fintech Innovation & Partnerships at a FTSE150 Asset Manager, Head of UK, Northern & Southern Europe at Ant Group, General Manager at Huawei Technologies, and more.
Highlights
Experiences are the reason we travel. But how do you quickly explain a category that includes walking tours, theme parks, museum tickets and workshops? And how do you do it an engaging, authentic way? 🤔
That’s where #creators come in. I could tell you all about my favorite cooking class, but an authentic and fun short-form video does it much better.
Sharing a recent favorite from Matt James covering a NYC food tour (sound on) and more in the comments below.
And, if you’re interested in joining our team in NY to keep pushing creativity in our industry alongside Madison Pietrowski, Julia (Denhoff) Cohen and Natalie Rose Hilvert, check out the job description in the comments.
#nowhiring #creatorcommunities #USmarketing #GetYourGuide #experienceindustry
Turning lava into lemonade 🌋
Mother nature has a say in the experience industry. Sailing trips don't run when the waters are rough ⛵️🌊 and Nothern Lights tours are no fun if the auroras are covered by clouds 🌌☁️
Our operators in Iceland have to deal with these factors on a daily basis. So when the Litli-Hrútur volcano erupted in July this year, you would expect to add this to the long list of natural disruptions. Instead, our supply team immediately reached out to our Iceland operators with data about 10x higher search demand for volcano tours. Within two days of the eruption, operators like ICELANDIA had volcano tours up and running on GetYourGuide. They became instant bestsellers. Janelle Visser reported on this story 👇 and for me it's a good example of the collaboration we have with our operators to drive growth through data & innovation.
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