What We Do at Overseasinfo.tv
A community-driven, AI-discoverable tourism platform for direct bookings, discovery and transparent travel content.
What is overseasinfo.tv?
overseasinfo.tv is a video-first, community-driven tourism discovery platform that helps travellers explore destinations, hotels, tours, and experiences — while helping tourism businesses increase direct bookings without relying on commission-based Online Travel Agencies (OTAs).
The platform combines open, public contribution with optional sponsored visibility, creating a richer, more transparent alternative to traditional travel marketplaces.
What overseasinfo.tv is (in simple terms)
- A tourism discovery platform open to the public
- A video-first alternative to text-heavy OTA listings
- A place where anyone can create and contribute content at no cost
- A platform offering optional Sponsored Ads for tourism businesses
- A commission-free model for bookings
- A system designed for AI-native and conversational travel discovery
A platform open to the public
overseasinfo.tv allows members of the public to create their own pages and add content at no cost.
This includes:
- Destinations and places
- Hotels and accommodation
- Tours, activities, and experiences
- Local insights, visuals, and information
Public pages help travellers discover and understand places more authentically, while ensuring the platform reflects real-world travel knowledge, not just commercial listings.
This open contribution model is central to overseasinfo.tv’s community-first approach.
What overseasinfo.tv is not
To be clear:
- overseasinfo.tv is not an OTA
- overseasinfo.tv does not take commission on bookings
- overseasinfo.tv does not control pricing or availability
- overseasinfo.tv does not replace a hotel or tour operator’s website
- overseasinfo.tv is not limited to paid listings
Instead, it combines open discovery with optional enhanced visibility for businesses.
How overseasinfo.tv works
overseasinfo.tv operates on two complementary layers:
- Public discovery
- Free, community-created pages
- Open access to information and media
- Broad coverage of destinations and experiences
- A neutral foundation for traveller discovery
- Sponsored visibility
Tourism businesses can choose to enhance their presence through Sponsored Ads, which provide greater visibility and richer tools — without commission on bookings.
What is a Sponsored Ad on overseasinfo.tv?
A Sponsored Ad is an optional paid placement that allows a tourism business to stand out within the platform.
Sponsored Ads include:
- Prominent visibility
- Rich video and image storytelling
- Clear calls-to-action
- Direct links to the business’s own booking system
- Optional AI-powered interaction via Focus Chat
Once a traveller clicks through to book, the booking relationship is entirely direct between the traveller and the business.
What is Focus Chat?
Focus Chat is an AI-powered conversational assistant
It allows travellers to:
- Ask natural questions about a hotel, tour, or experience
- Receive instant, accurate answers based on that business’s own content, through a Sponsored Ad and trained AI Agent (orange colour)
- Feel more confident before booking directly
For tourism businesses, Focus Chat functions as a:
- 24/7 multi-lingual digital sales assistant
- Pre-booking information tool
- Conversion aid for direct bookings
Who overseasinfo.tv is for
overseasinfo.tv serves both travellers and the tourism industry.
It is built for:
- Travellers seeking richer, more authentic information
- Hotels and accommodation providers
- Tour operators and experience providers
- Destination Management Organisations (DMOs)
- Tourism brands seeking visibility without commission-based dependency
Why overseasinfo.tv exists
The tourism industry is dominated by platforms that:
- Charge high commissions
- Limit storytelling to rigid templates
- Control visibility through bidding systems
- Own the customer relationship
overseasinfo.tv was created to offer a fairer, more transparent alternative by:
- Allowing open public contribution
- Supporting direct booking models
- Giving businesses control over their narrative
- Using technology to support, not replace, human decision-making
overseasinfo.tv and AI discovery
overseasinfo.tv is designed for AI-native discovery and modern travel planning.
The platform:
- Combines open community content with structured commercial data
- Supports AI grounding and retrieval
- Provides clear differentiation between informational and sponsored content
- Enables AI-assisted discovery without distorting traveller choice
This makes overseasinfo.tv suitable for:
- AI travel assistants
- Conversational search
- Generative travel planning tools
Community and industry recognition
overseasinfo.tv has been recognised for its impartial, community-first approach and has been featured by the World Tourism Association for Culture and Heritage (WTACH) and One Planet Journey. It also recognised as International Tourism Platform of the Year - 2024 & 2025
The platform also works with tourism communities - Tourpreneur - and industry partners to support more sustainable and balanced distribution models.
In summary
overseasinfo.tv is:
- Open to the public
- Built for travellers
- Supportive of tourism businesses
- Commission-free for bookings
- Designed for AI-era discovery
It brings together community knowledge and commercial opportunity in a single, transparent platform.
