Voyage TV Offers Travel You Can View, Then Buy
Like travel shows on television? Then you'll love Voyage.tv a new luxury travel site that offers original lifestyle programming that is available both online at www.voyage.tv and in 20 million homes via Video-On-Demand, The beautiful high-definition footage includes culinary tours, visits to spas and health resorts and shopping experiences. Right now Voyage.tv is showcasing the Caribbean with programming on 11 islands with future spotlights to include New York, Mexico, Hawaii, Tuscany, Bali and Marrakech.
Voyage also includes personal insights from local Resident Editors with dining and nightlife recommendations as well as articles from leading travel publications and video profiles of leading hotels and resorts. And if your viewing inspires you to action, Voyage has partnered with a third-party company (Trisept Solutions) to provide vacation packages. John Pasmore, the president of Voyages North America told the NY Times that he expects the revenue of the site to be equally divided between advertising and bookings. Advertisers appear in display ads but also in spots at the beginning of videos.
One intriguing feature is that Voyage.tv allows public access to its digital mash-up library of full motion video encompassing over 20,000 HD clips, as well as a library of stock images and, in the future, music tracks. Members are encouraged to combine this footage with their own travel video and photography and even produce their own 'feature' videos for the Voyage.tv site.
Voyage also includes personal insights from local Resident Editors with dining and nightlife recommendations as well as articles from leading travel publications and video profiles of leading hotels and resorts. And if your viewing inspires you to action, Voyage has partnered with a third-party company (Trisept Solutions) to provide vacation packages. John Pasmore, the president of Voyages North America told the NY Times that he expects the revenue of the site to be equally divided between advertising and bookings. Advertisers appear in display ads but also in spots at the beginning of videos.
One intriguing feature is that Voyage.tv allows public access to its digital mash-up library of full motion video encompassing over 20,000 HD clips, as well as a library of stock images and, in the future, music tracks. Members are encouraged to combine this footage with their own travel video and photography and even produce their own 'feature' videos for the Voyage.tv site.
