Articles tagged “virtual tours”

The idea of virtual travel has had some growing pains, but it's likely here to stay as technologies like virtual reality become more advanced.

A consumer platform for virtual travel was probably doomed no matter what. But its founder tried, grieved the loss, and is now moving on with a pocketful of lessons and his head held high.

Amazon divested from its virtual experiences venture, but that doesn't necessarily mean the small players should do the same.

A theory made the rounds several years ago that Tripadvisor would be the next Booking.com. OK, that didn't happen, but dealt a bad hand by Google, Tripadvisor has been busy remaking itself. It's been a very long and uneven slog.

Amazon is dipping into virtual tours. Competitors should fear that Amazon is primed for disruption, virtual or otherwise.

Business travel is often dreaded by perpetual road warriors, but that’s not true for Valentina Frassi. Except when there's a pandemic, Frassi travels the world recording iconic scenes of major landmarks that most people can only dream of seeing.

Wuhan may be a household name now — but not for the greatest of reasons. With its "Spotlight Series" of online tours, tour company Walks wants to try and change that.

Will stay-home travelers be enticed to open up their wallets when physical travel isn’t possible?