PORTLAND, OR WorldRes.com, an online hotel distribution network for leisure travel, and Utour.com, a B2B visual content provider, have announced a partnership to provide interactive virtual tours for lodging properties throughout the country.
Under the two-year agreement, Utour.com will capture and host the 360-degree, interactive tours exclusively for WorldRes.com member properties on a fee-per-tour basis. The first group of 100 tours will be available for viewing in October on WorldRes.com s consumer websites: PlacesToStay.com and BedandBreakfast.com. Additional tours will be added each month thereafter.
Utour.com will also provide UtourCities, its interactive tours of cities and communities nationwide. The tours will be viewable on sites where WorldRes.com distributes content, including Yahoo, AOL, Frommers, Delta-air.com and Rand McNally, among others. (9/21/00)