Internet applications are increasingly three-dimensional, mobile, and playful. Google Earth and StreetView, mobile guides, interactive maps and 360 ° views are just a few examples. These innovative services are great for marketing and information dissemination on tourism. Tourist operators can give their customers experiences they might otherwise make only spot.
So it is possible to customers, the hotel room in advance as a 360 ° panoramic view of the Internet to gain an impression of interest in 3D or plan with the help of the mobile phone your travel route. The new services can also enrich the holiday experience in the travel destination, as many technology-based games such as geocaching or the mobile Safari show. The 5th Swiss Tourism Forum E shows what new technologies are available and what are the success factor in building and marketing of new services in tourism.
The forum is aimed at managers and employees in the tourism industry who are planning the effective use of new, innovative technologies or already established Applications want to use optimally. The forum is organized by the Chapter IFITT Switzerland in cooperation with the University Wallis, the Lucerne, the Technology Centre for Economics and computer science in Brig Institute of computer science at the University of Bern.
For the first time the Swiss Tourism Forum E is conducted in two languages. Nicolas Nova by LIFT and 12 other speakers will speak in a German and a French track on: 3D, mobile, and playful - New Internet services for tourism on the rise
5th Swiss Tourism Forum E
Wednesday 21 October 2009 13:30 17:00 clock (check in from 13:00 clock)
HES SO Valais, Rte de la Plaine 2, 3960 Siders
Participation fee: CHF 50 (Check to settle in)
information about the speakers, the complete program and registration form are available on
http://www.ifitt.ch