TechRepublic Resources
- Images: Eyephone explains where you are
- The eyePhone is a device for tourists which uses satellite navigation and advanced object recognition to identify a location from a picture. by Andy Smith
- Tags: satellite, camera, mobile phone, recognition, tourism
- Image galleries 2008-04-14
- Vermont tourism Website Builds Business With Location Solution
- Vermont's Department of Tourism and Marketing is responsible for promoting statewide businesses by providing useful tools and information to visitors. Tourism is one of Vermont's key industries. Restrictions on billboards and roadside signs were not helping statewide businesses, many of which are rural and hard to find, link up with...
- Tags: Vermont, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Tourism, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Productivity, Internet
- Case studies
- World Travel 4 Screensaver (zip)
- World Travel 4 screensaver contains hi resolution, crystal clear photos of places from around our globe. Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes or the provision of services to support this leisure travel. World Travel 4 Screensaver was designed to be a wallpaper screensaver with super high resolution,...
- Tags: Screensaver, Photograph, Tourism
- Software downloads 2007-11-29
- Bloody Brits have no sense of humor
- Bloody Brits have no sense of humorOr maybe it's spelled "humuor" with a bloody 'u'. Or is it humour? Ah bloody hell, just read the article:http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2006-03-16-bloody-ban_x.htm?csp=34[b]Australia has last laugh in advertising campaign row in Britain[/b]LONDON (AP) — The nation that created Monty Python and Mr. Bean apparently has no sense...
- Tags: advertisement, australia, British Advertising Clearance Center, brits, humor, Minister Fran Bailey, M_a_r_k, off-topic, tourism, Tourism Minister Fran Bailey
- Discussion threads 2006-03-16
- Nepal: On top of the world
- Where exactly are Mike and Dave headed? Here's a great overview of Nepal, information about traveling around the country, and several helpful links to Web sites about Nepal.The Roof of the World is how some people have described the tiny nation of Nepal and its northern neighbor Tibet (now part...
- Tags: Government, Strategy, Kevin Rayburn, Tourism, Nepal
- Technical articles 2000-04-10
Additional Resources
- GIS for a Policy Decision Support in National tourism Portal
- So many tourist information systems serve information for tourists. However, policy decision systems in the tourism field are a few. Therefore, Korean Ministry of culture and tourism established the national tourism information strategy plan for building GIS based national tourism portal. The system includes four major databases such as tourism...
- Tags: Decision Support, GIS, Portals, Software, Internet
- White papers 2004-09-09
- tourism New Zealand Leverages Akamai to Deliver a New Era in Travel Planning
- Several factors contributed to a dramatic rise in international visitors to New Zealand's tourism Web site, operated by the country's tourism agency, Tourism New Zealand. In particular, the growing popularity of the PureNZ.com Web site placed major stress on the current fixed infrastructure, resulting in slow page downloads for end-users....
- Tags: Akamai Technologies Inc., Web Site Development, Performance Management, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing
- Case studies
- NetSuite Case Study: Cayman Islands Department of tourism
- For Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, not everything is a vacation. In fact, the organization's accounting department had a bad case of island fever. The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism needed to clean up its patchwork accounting systems. Nearly a dozen offerings were evaluated before the promise of NetSuite was...
- Tags: Accounting, NetSuite Inc., Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
- Case studies
- The California Travel and tourism Commission Leverages Akamai to Deliver a New Era in Travel Planning
- The California Travel and Tourism Commission (CTTC) is responsible for marketing and promoting travel and tourism in the state of California. Since 1996, K2 streaming and approached the company to learn more. Working closely with Akamai representatives, K2 then presented the Akamai solution to CTTC.
- Tags: Commission, Akamai Technologies Inc., Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing
- Case studies
- Association Uses CRM Solution to Prepare for 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
- Tourism Whistler is the official marketing body for Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, representing more than 7,000 members who own, manage, and operate properties or businesses on resort lands. An old contact management system made it difficult for Tourism Whistler to track its key marketing and property contacts efficiently. The problem...
- Tags: Game, CRM Solution, Contact Management, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Tourism Whistler, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Case studies
- Chinese tourism Newspaper Cuts Story Production Time From Four Days to One
- China Tourism News, the leading provider of China tourism information, set up its business network on Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 in 1997. As the publication added production systems, it found it hard to integrate those systems with its business network, which hindered workflow and information sharing. In addition,...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows NT, Servers, Firewalls, Network Security, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Hardware, Networking
- Case studies 2005-10-01
- Indian Railway Catering and tourism Corporation Ltd. Deploys Oracle E-Business Suite to Cater to 13 Million Passengers Every Day
- The Ministry of Railways had set up Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) in 1999 with the objective of transferring all tourism and catering related activities. The company wanted efficient business management of units spread across the whole county and effective management of Human Resources. The company also wanted...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle E-Business Suite, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Finance, Software
- Case studies
- Portal and CRM Solution Reaches Tourists Directly, Responds to Fast-Changing Trends
- The Portuguese government launched a tourism portal to help support its tourism-promotion strategy and improve the brand vitality of Portugal as a tourist destination. Developed in partnership with Accenture and CapGemini, and standardized on Microsoft Windows Server System, the portal provides customized and dynamic tourist information and services directly to...
- Tags: CRM Solution, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Portugal, Portals, Web Technology, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Branding, Enterprise Software, Internet, Software, Marketing
- Case studies 2005-07-01
- tourism Vancouver Enhances Employee Communication and Productivity
- Tourism Vancouver needs to prepare for the upcoming 2010 Olympic Winter Games, and having the right IT infrastructure in place is a crucial element of the groundwork. To meet these needs, the organization decided to upgrade from the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating system and Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5...
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware
- Case studies
- Central Environment and Web Portals Improve Service Delivery to Tourists and Citizens
- Managed by Globalgarve, a public-private regional economic development agency, the Algarve Digital project was launched to provide online tourism and public administration services in the Algarve. A central technology environment based on Microsoft Windows Server System integrated server software supports regional portals for tourism and e-government services as well as...
- Tags: Environment, Municipality, Microsoft Corp., Web Portal, Algarve Digital, E-government, Portals, Web Technology, Servers, Government, Internet, Hardware
- Case studies 2006-01-01
- Promoting Western Australia to the World With Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
- Tourism WA is the organization charged with promoting Western Australia to the world. Vital to its success is the ability of its staff to find relevant information quickly - to support internal processes or to pass information to travelers, tourism companies, other businesses and governments. Tourism WA wanted to consolidate...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Intranet, Tourism WA, Government, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Case studies
- Nortel Networks Case Study: Swissotel the Bosphorus - Istanbul
- Swissotel The Bosphorus is located in Istanbul, one of the major trade and tourism cities of the world and the majority of its customers are business travellers and corporate accounts. Swissotel The Bosphorus needed to increase market share in the lucrative but ruthlessly competitive holiday tourism marketplace. A Nortel Networks...
- Tags: Istanbul, Nortel Networks Corp., Telephony, Telecommunications, VOIP, Network Technology, Networking
- Case studies
- Microsoft .NET Delivers CRM to Process 500,000 Requests Per Year
- Tourism Ireland was established under the framework of the Belfast Agreement of Good Friday 1998 to promote increased number of tourists to the island of Ireland. A company limited by guarantee, Tourism Ireland is jointly funded by the two governments on a 2:1 ratio South/North. The company required a multi-channel...
- Tags: Customer Service, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Product Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Case studies
- Austrian Tourist Office Makes 50 Per Cent Efficiency Gains With Portal Solution
- The Austrian National Tourist Office (ANTO) wanted to standardise the delivery of destination information to prospective visitors who contact its 30 offices worldwide. Austria, which ranks seventh on the World Tourism Organisation list of destinations, was visited by more than 29 million people in 2005 alone. However, many independently operating...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Portals, Web Technology, Internet
- Case studies
- Project Automates Services in 14 Municipalities, Boosts Regional Knowledge Economy
- The Association of Municipalities of the District of Evora (AMDE), in partnership with the Regional Development Agency of Alentejo, University of Evora, and Evora City Council, is leading the Evora Digital District Project to help the growth of the regional knowledge economy and to bring its 14 associate municipalities and...
- Tags: Knowledge, Municipality, Microsoft Corp., Portals, Web Technology, Strategy, Internet, Management
- Case studies 2006-01-01
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
