Objective The objective of VDA is to try out innovative marketplace concepts and technologies for SMEs in the tourism industry. We use the proposers' mediation system concept "Virtual Destination Application" (VDA) , which is a combination of advanced WEB technologies and of a "Virtual Enterprise" (VE) business approach to co-ordinate partners and customers.Our hypothesis is that only the combination of leading technology with VE business concepts will boost the take-up of e-commerce in tourism. While the VE is a tested approach to large chains in tourism, its take-up is lagging for many SMEs. However, especially SMEs need a complementary business-to-business solution to implement the technology and the business model to deliver in the emerging electronic marketplaces.The concept of VDA aims to introduce web-based leading edge technology providing an extensive range of services and a dissemination platform in order to establish a one- stop- shop for the tourist customer. Therefore VDA uses the technology of virtual reality modelling, which is at the moment in an early stage of the lifecycle. A first prototype in Berlin shows the potentials of this technology to be used for multimedia information dissemination, especially for web-presences of whole cities in combination with their enterprises.We bring together leading technology- and method providers for trials of VDA in world-famous destinations, which will deliver best practices for any other European tourist region to develop their own virtual destination. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommercee-commercesocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness modelsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationsvirtual reality Programme(s) FP5-IST - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a "User-friendly information society, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.2.-2.3.2 - New market mediation systems Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme ACM - Preparatory, accompanying and support measures Coordinator CETIM - CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT GMBH EU contribution No data Address WERNER VON HEISENBERG-WEG 39 85577 NEUBIBERG Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AKZENT-HOTEL-SCHRANNE MEINOLD MANFRED Germany EU contribution No data Address SCHRANNENPLATZ 6 91541 ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER See on map Total cost No data ARTEC GESELLSCHAFT FUER COMPUTERUNTERSTUETZTE DARSTELLUNGSTECHNIK MBH Germany EU contribution No data Address GOTTFRIED-VON-CRAMM-WEG 35-37 14193 BERLIN See on map Total cost No data BURGHOTEL, RELAIS DU SILENCE Germany EU contribution No data Address KLOSTERGASSE 1-3 91541 ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER See on map Total cost No data DAVOS TOURISMUS Switzerland EU contribution No data Address PROMENADE 67 7270 DAVOS-PLATZ See on map Total cost No data HOTEL EISENHUT - GEORG PIRNER Germany EU contribution No data Address HERRENGASSE 3-5/7 91541 ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER See on map Total cost No data HOTEL GOLDENER HIRSCH WILHELM SCHUECHNER OHG Germany EU contribution No data Address UNTERE SCHMIEDGASSE 16-25 91541 ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER See on map Total cost No data HOTEL MEISTERTRUNK Germany EU contribution No data Address HERRENGASSE 26 91541 ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER See on map Total cost No data HOTEL ROTER HAHN MARGARETE GALLUS Germany EU contribution No data Address OBERE SCHMIEDGASSE 21 91541 ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT FUER TOURISMUS UND FREIZEIT (INST FOR TOURISM AND LEISURE) Switzerland EU contribution No data Address COMERCIALSTRASSE 24 7000 CHUR See on map Total cost No data MITTERMEIER RESTAURANT UND HOTEL Germany EU contribution No data Address VORM WUERZBURGER TOR 9 91541 ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER See on map Total cost No data ROMANTIK-HOTEL MARKUSTURM Germany EU contribution No data Address ROEDERGASSE 1 91541 ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER See on map Total cost No data ROTHENBURG TOURISMUS SERVICE Germany EU contribution No data Address MARKTPLATZ 1 91541 ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER See on map Total cost No data TOP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL GOLDENESS FASS Germany EU contribution No data Address ANSBACHER STRASSE 39-41 91541 ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER See on map Total cost No data