tourism researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg and project partners to make landlords' Fit for the Internet "
Long ago, the Internet is more than mere source of information for your trip preparation. In addition to the research, the network is increasingly used for the booking and purchasing of services across all age groups and guests tiers up to the assessment of the services used after the holiday. Of the 30 million Germans who have experience have with planning or booking travel, and last year led 80% their holiday preparations or bookings online. Sales in European online travel market in 2008 was already at 70 billion euros (+28% yoy). (See VIR.de 2009).
The Tourism Research at the FH Salzburg's seen as the lead partner of the 3-year-old "EU project eTourism Fitness" initiative and need the e-tourism push in the Alpine region and bring the necessary know-how together with the partners in the region. The way toward opening the e-tourism for small and medium-sized businesses a great opportunity to electronic solutions more intensively and thus transactions and optimize operational processes to improve the general quality management and cost savings, thereby raising the overall competitiveness.
"The project idea originated in a lecture that I gave in 2006," explains Prof. Dr. Roman Egger of the FH-tourism research. "After the conference" Focus on Tourism "and" e-tourism forum "then we have raised many tourism service providers. Since November 2008, Egger and work on e-tourism project coordinator Mario Jooss Fitness project. "We want to reach everyone, beginners and advanced students. E-tourism pilot regions with the Salzburg Bad Gastein, Lammertal-Dachstein West and Zell am See / Kaprun cooperation is outstanding - many are aware of the need to announce more on e-tourism market to participate, says Jooss. On the Bavarian side take some destinations Garmisch Partenkirchen, Chiemgau, Chiemsee and Tegernsee.
found in the period March to June 2009, the first 21 basic courses (90 courses) held in Bavaria and Salzburg. Over 1,300 participants - two thirds were women - took part in the courses. Jooss, "The demand for the first Internet-based courses of the program is overwhelming."
The free training is only part of the three-year project: In addition to other courses in the fall of 2009 ( http://www.etourism-fitness. com / ) there is a benchmarking analysis for companies in the project region. In addition, the coach training was started. Click to get the destination staff inside the pilot regions, a certified partner "eCoach" education at the FH Salzburg on the topics of information technology and e-marketing in tourism.
image information. Internet-based course in Lammertal with 100 participants;
Long ago, the Internet is more than mere source of information for your trip preparation. In addition to the research, the network is increasingly used for the booking and purchasing of services across all age groups and guests tiers up to the assessment of the services used after the holiday. Of the 30 million Germans who have experience have with planning or booking travel, and last year led 80% their holiday preparations or bookings online. Sales in European online travel market in 2008 was already at 70 billion euros (+28% yoy). (See VIR.de 2009).
The Tourism Research at the FH Salzburg's seen as the lead partner of the 3-year-old "EU project eTourism Fitness" initiative and need the e-tourism push in the Alpine region and bring the necessary know-how together with the partners in the region. The way toward opening the e-tourism for small and medium-sized businesses a great opportunity to electronic solutions more intensively and thus transactions and optimize operational processes to improve the general quality management and cost savings, thereby raising the overall competitiveness.
"The project idea originated in a lecture that I gave in 2006," explains Prof. Dr. Roman Egger of the FH-tourism research. "After the conference" Focus on Tourism "and" e-tourism forum "then we have raised many tourism service providers. Since November 2008, Egger and work on e-tourism project coordinator Mario Jooss Fitness project. "We want to reach everyone, beginners and advanced students. E-tourism pilot regions with the Salzburg Bad Gastein, Lammertal-Dachstein West and Zell am See / Kaprun cooperation is outstanding - many are aware of the need to announce more on e-tourism market to participate, says Jooss. On the Bavarian side take some destinations Garmisch Partenkirchen, Chiemgau, Chiemsee and Tegernsee.
found in the period March to June 2009, the first 21 basic courses (90 courses) held in Bavaria and Salzburg. Over 1,300 participants - two thirds were women - took part in the courses. Jooss, "The demand for the first Internet-based courses of the program is overwhelming."
The free training is only part of the three-year project: In addition to other courses in the fall of 2009 ( http://www.etourism-fitness. com / ) there is a benchmarking analysis for companies in the project region. In addition, the coach training was started. Click to get the destination staff inside the pilot regions, a certified partner "eCoach" education at the FH Salzburg on the topics of information technology and e-marketing in tourism.
image information. Internet-based course in Lammertal with 100 participants;
