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If you know me, you also know that I enjoy only one thing more than my job:

music.

So, after three years without taking a vacation, I decided it was time to take a week off and go for a "music mission" to the UK, during which I've paid homage to my all-time favorite band: Joy Division. After watching the mighty Peter Hook playing the whole JD's discography in London (what a night!), I've visited all the most iconic locations of the band's (short) life. If you're into Joy Division/New Order, drop me a message, and I'll gladly share a video of my experience with you!

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That being said, here are a few updates on what happened since the last time you received my newsletter.

  1. RAI (Italy's national public broadcasting company) is working on a television report about the #HNmetameetup event. I gave an interview about it last week, and it's now in post-production. I will let you know as soon as it airs;
  2. RADIO24, the national all-news radio station owned by one of the Italian most iconic newspapers (Il Sole 24 Ore), interviewed me (together with citizenM's CEO, Robin Chadha) about the metaverse applications in travel (if you know a little Italian, you can listen to the full interview here; my bit starts at 8:20);
  3. I was invited to speak at two of the major Italian hospitality events about my personal experience in the metaverse: BTO (Florence) and BITESP (Venice). More news to come!
  4. I am teaching a new MBA course about the metaverse in a few universities here in Italy; if you want a copy of the slides, just PM;
  5. I gave three webinars (in Italian) about the #HNmetameetup event: here, here, and here below:

6. I gave an interview (in English) for Metro World News, the world's largest international free daily newspaper, that will be published before the end of the month (link coming soon), and another one (in Italian) for Societing 4.0 (here).

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So, what next?

Can't say much, but I am working to create a whole metaverse series, and of course, you'll be the first to know. Stay tuned, and go listen to Joy Division... NOW! (and, if you haven't yet, check out Anton Corbijn's movie, Control, about the life of Ian Curtis).

Ciao ciao,

S.

Simone Puorto
Founder at Travelsingularity
Travel Singularity

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