EUREKA TOURISM is a European strategic initiative launched within the EUREKA programme and led by Spain, oriented to the sustainable improvement of tourism, leisure and cultural sectors. The objective is the definition of the main lines of technological development and the generation of R&D projects that as a result would set up products, processes or innovative services with technological basis and a commercial interest.

Oriented to public and private entities, EUREKA TOURISM is a real European network for technological innovations in the tourist sector.

2009-03-25

About us

To improve competitiveness of the European industry through technology
This is our objective within the EUREKA programme, to be the ideal framework for the R&D developments in the tourism sector. For this, the umbrella promotes co-operative execution of projects with a clear application to the market, and where at least two companies or research institutes from different countries - members would collaborate.

Only European collaborating projects...
Thus, it deals with a collaboration project between participants that would be able to foresee an open technology interchange and an adequate technical, organisational and financial qualification.

Flexibility
Participants determine their objectives, participation type, goals and budget in a flexible way and according to each entity’s needs and features (bottom-up philosophy).

If you are a Public or Private company, from the Tourism, Technology, Innovation Sectors, SME, Large, University, Research Centre... this project can be of your interest.

Unique international action for R&D in Tourism
The Eureka Tourism Umbrella represents the unique international action that gives a concrete and global response to the need, supporting new technologies in the sector of one of the most economic impacts at the world level. This initiative pretends to generate a modern and dynamic format of joint work between the tourist, culture and leisure companies and technology enterprises through the European co-operation.

Our Main Goal
The target of Eureka Tourism is to become a meeting point for companies operating in the tourism sector (hotel chains, travel agencies, leisure enterprises, etc.) and for companies developing technology programmes to be applied in the tourist services.
What is a Eureka Tourism Proyect
Essential ingredients for a project within the Eureka Tourism framework
  • Being a Cooperation project
  • Being trans-national, (i.e. 2 companies from 2 different member countries should be involved)
  • Market-oriented
  • Highly technological and innovative, applied to the Tourism Sector

What's the point in setting up a project within the Eureka Tourism criteria?

  • European technological label of quality of the project
  • European technologically innovative image of the company
  • Much easier access to national funding system
  • And much more...
Why joining us?

Improvement and sustainability of the tourism, leisure and cultural industry

The objective of this strategic project is the application of new technologies for the improvement and sustainability of the tourism, leisure and cultural industry as well as increasing the European citizen’s standard of life. The main objective of Eureka Tourism is to become a framework in which enterprises, business associations, research institutions and public administrations (at local, regional, national, EUROPEAN UNION and EUREKA levels) can work jointly and set up projects.

Eureka Tourism helps you...
  • Setting up a project: assessment from the beginning until the end of the project, on a development point of view as well as administrative labour
  • Establish international contacts and in your partner search throughout Europe and all the 37 countries forming the EUREKA Network
  • Project promotion & diffusion
  • Gives you access to a European technological label of quality
  • European technologically innovative image of the company
  • Much easier access to national funding system
  • And much more...

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