---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001133311-23-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TZOO"
cik: "0001133311"
company_name: "TRAVELZOO"
filed_at: "2023-07-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T13:06:42.081062+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Travelzoo dismisses RSM, cites material weakness; appoints KPMG as new auditor

## Summary
- Dismissed RSM US LLP as independent auditor effective June 27, 2023, on Audit Committee recommendation.
- Engaged KPMG LLP as new auditor for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
- RSM's reports for FY2021 and FY2022 were unqualified; no disagreements with RSM occurred.
- Material weakness in internal controls over non-routine, complex transactions; remediation ongoing.
- RSM provided a letter agreeing with the company's disclosures, filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001133311-23-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TZOO
- cik: 0001133311
- company_name: TRAVELZOO
- filed_at: 2023-07-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133311/000113331123000024/0001133311-23-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133311/000113331123000024/tzoo-20230627.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001133311-23-000024
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001133311-23-000024.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001133311-23-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  TRAVELZOO dismissed RSM US LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: RSM US LLP
  source text: On June 27, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Travelzoo, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board, dismissed RSM US LLP (“RSM”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133311/000113331123000024/0001133311-23-000024-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  TRAVELZOO engaged KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: KPMG LLP
  source text: On June 27, 2023, the Board, upon the recommendation of its Audit Committee, approved the appointment of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133311/000113331123000024/0001133311-23-000024-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.