Articles tagged “metaverse”

Travel Technology

Six Flags Adding AI and Metaverse in Partnership With Google

Visitors don't necessarily think of advanced AI and extended reality when they book an amusement park trip, but Six Flags is trying to change that.

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Six Flags Adding AI and Metaverse in Partnership With Google

Travel Technology

Tripadvisor Wants Tourists to Test Drive Reality in the Metaverse

Today's podcast looks at Tripadvisor's metaverse plans, Heathrow's busy runways, and the next White Lotus location.

Rashaad Jorden | 3 months ago

Tripadvisor Wants Tourists to Test Drive Reality in the Metaverse

Travel Technology

Tripadvisor Says It’s Entering the Metaverse: ‘Try Before You Buy’

While some experts have no hope that the metaverse will last, some travel companies still see its potential, even if only as a marketing ploy.

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Tripadvisor Says It’s Entering the Metaverse: ‘Try Before You Buy’

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 | 12 months ago

Travelzoo Looks to Licensing Agreements in Additional Geographies

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 | 1 year ago

Travelzoo to Launch Its Travel Metaverse Within Weeks

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 | 1 year ago

Celebrity Cruises Enters the Metaverse With a Virtual Ship Tour

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 | 1 year 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.

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Meta Struggles to Gain Traction With Its Own Metaverse Meetings
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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 | 2 years ago

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

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 | 2 years ago

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