BCDEN EBR Tourism Pilot Presentation to EBR Tourism Partnership Radisson SAS Park Inn Hotel, Dundalk

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BCDEN EBR Tourism Pilot Presentation to EBR
Tourism PartnershipRadisson SAS Park Inn Hotel,
Dundalk07 February 2006
Caitriona Strain BCDEN Project Leader
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BASIC DATA
Budget
Partners
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1.75
Type of Project Crossborder Programme
INTERREG IIIA Measure 1.2 Knowledge Economy
1. 5
North West Region Cross Border Group
1.3
1.25
Irish Central Border Area Network
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East Border Region
0.75
0.5
0.25
Duration
Million
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
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Aim Objectives

• Aim
• Improve the capacity of the Border Corridor
  to adapt to, innovate and compete within, the
  Information Society through shared learning,
  analysis and services development

• Objectives
• Improve ICT skills development, awareness and
  accessibility
• Increase the usage of ICT services by public
  service users, tourists and shoppers
• Foster the development of know-how links with
  other regions in Europe

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Project Strands Working Groups

• PROJECT STRANDS
• Project Management
• Consultation in NWCBR, ICBAN EBR
• Implementation in NWCBR, ICBAN EBR

• WORKING GROUPS
• Tourism
• Retail
• Public Services
• Community Learning

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EBR Pilots - Overview
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Tourism pilot in summary

• A tool to lift basic accommodation listings from
  the EBR site and generate a smart site of
  contextualising and support information, rather
  like the type of information a qualified tourist
  information officer would give.
• Method currently used in www.londontown.com

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What it could include?

• Picture and description of the accommodation
• List of amenities
• Listing of key resources in the area
• What's on guide
• An EBR map reference.
• Link to email, as user sometimes wants to make
  generalised enquires before making a firm
  booking.
• Link to Skype (IP based free telephony) Real time
  messaging service
• Tracking the specific accommodation link within
  Gulliver or Tidynet to facilitate payment.

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Where would the Information comes from

• EBR databases
• Official Tourist sites
• Accommodation provider
• If this component is missing, it will not detract
  from the system

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Benefits

• Adds to the quality of support information for
  the user and accommodation provider.
• Supports the work of the tourist information
  officers.
• Is complimentary to the EBR site.
• Uses databases and content already on the site's
  databases to gather its information.
• Not competitive with official sites and their
  payment methods.
• Will not cause extra workloads or resource
  requirements for the East Border Regions.

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• Group Discussion / Next Steps

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Contact Information

• Caitriona Strain
• ERNACT
• Letterkenny Public Services Centre
• Neil T. Blaney Road
• Letterkenny
• Co. Donegal
• T 00 353 (0)74 91 94230
• E caitriona.strain_at_ernact.net
• W www.ernact.net