2nd EUREKATourism Brokerage Event

The 2nd EUREKATourism Brokerage Event will be held on October 19th and 20th in Madrid, Spain and aims at promoting innovative R&D projects applied to the Tourist Sector.
This Working Conference has been designed especially for the most innovative technological and tourism companies from Europe. The main objective of this seminar consists in sharing ideas and setting up new projects aimed at innovation and technological development applied to the tourism sector.


Objectives
This European Working Conference is designed for representatives from European public and private companies and organizations requesting innovative solutions, looking for a future collaboration or wishing to establish a new project. Representatives will dynamically meet people interested in creating international collaborative R&D projects applied to the tourism sector.

Benefits for the participants
As a participant, you will have the opportunity to actively take part in workshops and in bilateral meetings in order to make new contacts with other companies of similar interests to establish a common project; and you will have access to the support of the EUREKATourism programme in terms of funding.

• Participants will establish contacts, present results with industrial relevance and identify new ways for cooperation of mutual interest.
• Participants will be offered the possibility to exchange experiences with others in a European environment.
• Participants will have the opportunity to have a full vision of the European Funding Schemes in 40 countries forming the EUREKA Network.
  

Register here for the 1st Eureka Tourism Brokerage Event... Registration fee €150 only (inc. VAT).

For more information, visit: https://sites.google.com/site/etbrokerageevent/

Direct access to the Registration Form, click here.

1st Call for Proposals for Joint R&D Projects between Poland and Israel

Israel and Poland are pleased to invite you to participate to the first call for proposals for joint R&D projects between partners from both countries focusing on developing innovative products and applications in all technological and application areas.

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6 billion euro to be invested in research and development

The EU Commissioner for research and innovation Ms. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, announced this week a future investment of the EU of €6.4 billion for research and development, which is the biggest investment ever in this area coming from the EU and confirms innovation as a priority for the current European Commission and Belgian Presidency of the European Council.

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ContexTour: New Project looking for Partners

The goal of the ContexTour proposal is the development of a user-centric platform which provides touristic services, products and information adapted to the user’s context and preferences. Through a mobile application, the platform aims for providing the tourist proactively and in real-time with touristic products and services such as activities, events, concerts, offers etc. Furthermore, the application shall guide the foreign tourist through the city, proposing him city routes with sights to visit and the means of transportation to take using interactive maps and augmented reality. The application will be largely context-aware, taking into account a whole series of variables such as e.g. geo positioning, time and date, weather conditions, user’s preferences, social contacts in the destination. A tight integration with social networks and web 2.0 platforms such as Twitter (information), Spotify (music), Flicker (photos), YouTube (video), etc. is therefore crucial to be able to automatically analyze the interests of the visitor and his social network to propose him customized services and products to the user.

Desired project partners
Technological companies with a strong profile in:
- Semantic representation model
- Core Engine Development:
> Recommendation systems or recommendation engines
> Algorithms engines
> Destination Management Organisations or other Touristic content providers such as city councils, municipalities, tourism associations, etc.

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New EUREKATourism Project Endorsed: BPM E! 5376

Business Performance Management For The Tourism Sector
Israel & Spain

Internet Based Software Application And Video Conference Consulting Platform That Will Enable Smes To Plan, Manage And Measure Kpis (Key Performance Indicators) And Will Support Companies In The Tourism Sector To Plan And To Execute Their Strategic Objectives And Goals.

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New EUREKATourism Project Endorsed: AL4Tour E!5836

Active Listening For Tourism
Spain & Germany

Two Case Studies On Tourism Sector Based On Web 2.0 User Opinions About The Products And Services They Consume. The First Case Study Focuses On Dmo (Destination Management Organisations) And The Second Focuses On The Hotel Sector.

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EUREKATourism Projects

E! 5836 AL4Tour (Endorsed 25 June 2010)
Active Listening for Tourism

E! 5376 BPM (Endorsed 25 June 2010)
Business Performance Management for the Tourism Sector

E! 4942 21st CENTURY HOTEL (Endorsed June 2009)
The 21st Century Hotel: The 6SHotel.

E! 5019 QUESTIA (Endorsed June 2009)
Scalable Answering Of Questions Expressed In Natural Language.

E! 4469 BEAUTY (Endorsed October 2008)
Revenue Management based on Business Intelligence for the Tourism Sector.

E! 4219 ITINERE (Endorsed 5 June 2008)
Mobility-Based Tourism Services for Tourists at final destination.

E! 4108 CICO (Endorsed 25 October 2007)
Check In Check Out Express.

E! 4094 TOPSHOP (Endorsed 13 June 2007)
Tourism Offer Packager shop for the sale of Holidays through Digital Television interactive (DTVi).

E! 3981 INTEROPERABILITY B2B (Endorsed 19 April 2007)
Development of a technological Services Platform (B2B) for the exchange of business documents between travel companies, including a security layer for reliable international exchanges.