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.

2010-06-28

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.

Turkey joins EUREKATourism

The EUREKA network officially approved the joining and participation of a new member the Umbrella EUREKATourism. Consequently, Turkey, through the participation of TÜBITAK is a new member of the EUREKATourism Consulting Committee.

Now, the initiative counts on information points and active members in 12 countries: Alentejo Network of Tourism Village and INESC INOV in Portugal, CICtourGUNE, CINNTA (Andalusia Lab), IBIT Foundation, ITH, Tecnotur and SEGITTUR in Spain, Correlation Systems and GeoSim in Israel, DeciZium in Belgium, Dev-Help in France, E&E Travel Providers in Cyprus, EC3 in Austria, Paragon Europe in Malta, TEAM Tourism Consulting in the UK, TourEspace in Switzerland, TRC in Ireland and Tübitak in Turkey.

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2010-06-23

EUREKA Israeli Chairmanship: Promoting a Culture of Innovation

A half-day conference at the European Parliament in Brussels

Tuesday 13 July 2010 - Room ‘Altiero Spinelli’ A5G-3
Registration starts at 08:30 at the entrance of the Spinelli building on Rue Wiertz

The Israeli EUREKA Chairmanship, which begins its 12-month tenure in July, is pleased to announce the conference:
EUREKA ISRAELI CHAIRMANSHIP: PROMOTING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION

The conference is organised in association with European Parliamentarians Silvia-Adriana ŢICĂU (S&D) and Bastiaan BELDER (EFD), the Office of the Chief Scientist at the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour and MATIMOP - the Israeli Industry Centre for R&D.

The conference will comprise two parts, concluding with a Q&A session and a networking lunch. Please find a more detailed programme of the conference below:

08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09.30 Welcome by Luuk Borg, Head of EUREKA Secretariat, His Excellency Ran Curiel, Head of the Israeli Mission to the European Union and Dr Eli Opper, EUREKA Chairman, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour of the State of Israel.
09:30 - 11:00 Session I: The role of EUREKA in the European Research and Innovation Area
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 Session II: The Business of Innovation – The Israeli Experience
13:00 - 14:00 Networking Lunch

This event promises to be a significant one in the Chairmanship calendar and worth marking in your diary.

If you are interested to attend the conference, please download the registration form via the link event program below. To adhere to European Parliamentary security measures, which will ensure a smooth registration process on the day, you will be asked to provide your date of birth, citizenship and city of residence. This information will not be used by us for any other purposes.

We look forward to meeting you at the conference.

The EUREKA Israeli Chairmanship team
Visit the website and register.

2010-06-22

3rd Call for Proposals for Joint R&D Projects between Slovene and Israeli Companies

Within the cooperation agreement existing between Slovenia and Israel in the fields of industrial and technological research and development participants from both countries are invited to submit joint project proposals. The projects will be performed in the framework of the Eureka program, in which both countries are full and active members.

The call welcomes applications in all technological areas.
Deadline for submission: 17 August 2010.

Project Application: Download.
More information: Here.

2010-06-17

Submit your Project Idea

If you have a project idea, please send us an e-mail (in English) to eureka.tourism@gmail.com or fill in the Form.
... and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

2010-06-11

Download our Presentations

Official Presentation of the 2 initiatives EUREKATourism and IBEROEKATurismo.

Download the English Version.
Download the French Version.
Download the Spanish Version.