A hypermedia platform combining an organisational framework and a methodology for the exploitation and promotion of tourism in Europe of 2000

Informazioni relative al progetto

HYPERTOUR

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 20799

Progetto chiuso

Data di avvio 1 Novembre 1995

Data di completamento 31 Ottobre 1997

Finanziato da

• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of information technologies, 1994-1998

Costo totale € 5 000 000,00

Contributo UE € 2 500 000,00

Coordinato da

Egnatia Epirus Foundation
Greece

Exploitable results

An organizational framework and methodology for the exploitation and promotion of tourism

The HYPERTOUR project addresses the need to organize the planning, creation, distribution and exploitation of tourism-related multimedia applications, covering the entire life-cycle of development, in a business-centred manner. Six multimedia pilot sites in five European Union (EU) countries deal with the associated business and technological aspects. They form a European Economic Interest Grouping entitled ODYSSIA owning the exclusive exploitation rights of the HYPERTOUR product. For this purpose, a generic organization/business framework (named Teiresias) has been formulated, and a number of tools (named Ulysses) have been developed, comprising an Asset Handling Facility (AHF) for the management of multimedia assets, and a Template Library (TL) for the rapid and cost-effective creation of tourism-related multimedia applications. ODYSSIA targets the increasing demand for multimedia applications in the European tourism market.