Macau-based gaming equipment supplier Asia Pioneer Entertainment Holdings Limited has launched its first NFT project, Asia Tigers Club, as part of its efforts to enter the metaverse.
According to details released overnight, Asia Tigers Club is an NFT project consisting of 8,800 “uniquely created and fashioned tigers Picture for Profile (PFPs)”, based on the Ethereum block chain.
The artwork of Asia Tigers Club was developed by established Portuguese artist Pedro Lourenco, by using traditional Chinese ink drawings coupled with modern generative art techniques. The Tiger theme is not only representative of Asia, the company explained, but the character “embodies the spirit, strength, adaptability and determination to bring back Asian travel to resort destinations throughout the region.”
The launch of APE’s NFT project follows its previous announcement that it would “engage and participate in the development of the metaverse” with a specific focus on providing a “platform of engagement for the travel and hospitality sectors.”
The company said this week that holders of Asia Tigers Club NFTs will have priority access to metaverse offerings in Mini Macau on Sandbox, to be launched around June, as well as the Group’s future Resortverse metaverse. Collectors of Asia Tigers NFT will receive Resortverse Tokens which will be redeemable into real-life resort travel, hospitality, entertainment and dining experiences in Macau and across Asia.
“We are really proud to be one of Macau’s first major NFT projects that is building a community of digital art collectors and links them back to travel and leisure in Macau,” said APE Holdings CFO and Executive Director, Tony Chan.
“After many months of travel restrictions, we hope Macau will be the first holiday destination on travelers’ minds. Asia Tigers Club will allow collectors to first experience a digital Macau via our metaverse offerings and when the travel restrictions are relaxing, be the first to come to Macau and gain real-life benefits via our Travel Token marketplace.
“As the worldwide environment has changed and stopped many travelers from coming to Asia, our vision is to build Asian travel destinations on the Metaverse, so our first foray is to build Mini Macau in the Sandbox Game Maker as a prototype for our upcoming Resortverse project.”
APE said the project’s pre-launch will get underway by the end of May with the full NFT series to be sold via the official website at www.asiatigersclub.com.
