Overcoming the Crisis in the Hospitality Industry. The hospitality industry is trying to cope with the crisis by developing and implementing new digital technologies. Hygiene and contact minimization were the two main criteria for attracting customers. Therefore, most developments are carried out in these areas. In order to give travelers an opportunity to compare hotels …
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Internet of Things and Smart Tourism. An interesting article was published by REVFINE https://www.revfine.com/internet-of-things-travel-industry/ It is about the Internet of Things (IoT) and how it can benefit the tourism industry. For our part, we would like to add that the concept of IoT can be attributed not only to things that have a direct Internet …
Hotel Business Startup. Startup Akia is an AI platform that allows hotels to provide their guests with contactless options for registration, inquiries and interaction with hotel staff. https://www.phocuswire.com/akia-funding-contactless-hotel-tech There are already quite a lot of similar solutions, however, this kind of services are still paid, but most likely, online registration systems will become free due …
Robotization in Tourism. A very useful article was published on Skift https://skift.com/2020/06/10/travel-industry-to-switch-on-more-automated-processes-to-cope-with-reduced-staffing Indeed, for innovation do not always benefit and appeal to tourists. Sometimes, especially in tourism, replacing a person with a machine seems completely unacceptable, because tourism is still the art of conveying impressions, including emotions. If we continue the topic of robotization and …
Digitalization in Museums. Digital technologies are multi present in our everyday lives, and have also found their way into museums. Today, almost all museum tasks are accomplished, or accompanied, by digital tools. Whether managing, researching, publishing, exhibiting, communicating or participating, digital tools can significantly support the work of museums and strengthen the public exchange. A …
Report on the recovery of worldwide tourism. UNWTO has released a special report on the recovery of worldwide tourism after the pandemic. https://webunwto.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2020-05/UNWTO-Global-Guidelines-to-Restart-Tourism.pdf The report points out that innovation and technology will take one of the first places in post viral tourism. In our opinion, the reason is that innovative digital technologies, which we call …
Helping the Hotel Sector. Criton.com has published 12 offers of hotel technology providers who are ready to support the hotel sector in this difficult time. There are mainly technological innovative platforms offered at a reduced price, and some are even free. The main goal is to help hotels to overcome the problems caused by the …
An Information Resource on Covid-19. The largest digital companies together with DMOs create an information resource on Covid-19 in order to help smart tourists travel more confidently and comfortably.This is a useful initiative, both for tourism organizations and tourists.It is also an example of the beneficial use of open data technology and the standardization of …
Why Content Should be Unique? Tourism is an area where unique and inspiring content is very important, because tourists do not travel just to move from point to point, but to get a unique experience from the destination. Unfortunately, many travel agencies, including DMOs and museums, often forget about it and do not pay attention …
Interactive Travel Restrictions Map. We welcome the creation of an interactive travel restrictions map, supported by IATA. https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/international-travel-document-news/1580226297.htm As you can see, the map clearly shows the level of restrictions for each country. And this also applies to smart tourism, when a tourist, before a trip or when choosing a destination, has complete information about …
