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Travel Booking

Travelzoo Looks to Licensing Agreements in Additional Geographies

Travelzoo is looking to maintain fixed costs at a relatively low level as it pursues increasing the brand's presence in regional markets in Asia Pacific and elsewhere through licensing deals.

Andres Buenahora, Skift | 7 months ago

Online Travel

Travelzoo to Launch Its Travel Metaverse Within Weeks

One can make the argument that Travelzoo is embarked on a foolhardy mission to create a metaverse. On the other hand, gamers and Gen Z may have something to the contrary to say about that.

Dennis Schaal | 8 months ago

Travel Technology

Celebrity Cruises Enters the Metaverse With a Virtual Ship Tour

Celebrity Cruises is taking a risk by being the first cruise line to offer a ship tour in the metaverse. It's brave to publicly adopt new technology and adapt based on customer feedback. Being a first mover already makes the company a leader in that category.

Justin Dawes | 12 months ago

News Blog

Travelzoo Moves To Fund Metaverse Experiences

Travelzoo, a hotel and package deal publisher, said in a financial filing on Tuesday that it would ask its stockholders to approve making a metaverse experiences scouting business a wholly owned subsidiary of Travelzoo. The business, Metaverse Travel Experiences (MTE), is currently wholly owned by Azzurro Capital. The proposed consideration for the issuance of Travelzoo…

Sean O'Neill | 12 months ago

Skift Meetings

Meta Struggles to Gain Traction With Its Own Metaverse Meetings

Even Meta is finding it hard to encourage employees to use VR for internal meetings. Still, as the technology improves and users gain familiarity, it may become that standard way people to meet, train, and collaborate online.

1 year ago

Free Read

Travel Technology

How Travel Brands Can Build for the Metaverse Now to Drive Travel Discovery

As the metaverse takes shape, travel brands are exploring how they can unlock the potential of emerging applications for these virtual worlds to create innovative ways for travelers to discover new destinations, experiences, meeting venues, and lodging options.

Meta + Skift | 1 year ago

Online Travel

Travelzoo Aims To Be Travel Metaverse First-Mover With September Launch

Travelzoo could gain a new set of customers if its metaverse project truly takes off. For now, its investment is modest, though.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

News Blog

Microsoft Enters New Phase of Amadeus Collaboration With Cytric Booking Tool Deal

Software giant Microsoft, a close collaborator of technology firm Amadeus, is moving its employees over to its Cytric online booking tool, which they will now use to plan, book and change business trips. This deal follows a similar client win with Accenture, with the consulting giant also a close partner in helping Amadeus integrate deeper…

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Tourism

Meeting the High Expectations of the Gen Z Traveler: New Report

When predicting current and future trends, everyone in the travel industry has their eyes on Gen Z travelers, and, boy, are they demanding.

Mary Ann Ha | 1 year ago

Business Travel

Morningstar Is Balancing Business Trips With Meetings in the Metaverse

All-digital experiences are a pandemic legacy, and the financial services sector is seeing a lot of value in the extra dimension that virtual reality can bring to conferences, training and education. Business meetings aren’t that far away.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

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