Information Systems Laboratory (ISL)

HYPERTOUR - a Hypermedia Platform Combining an Organisational Framework and a Methodology for the Exploitation and Promotion of Tourism in Europe of 2000

The HYPERTOUR project aimed at developing a comprehensive business procedure for the planning, production, distribution and exploitation of multimedia applications in the field of tourist information. The project addressed a wide spectrum of needs for tourism-related multimedia applications in a business-centered manner (or approach) covering the entire life-cycle of development. Its objectives were -(1) the establishment (set-up) of six multimedia pilots in five Eu countries (which form the Hypertour Users Association (HUA), covering both the business and the technical processes, -(2) the formulation of a generic organisation and business framework for such applications, -(3) the development of a technical platform, in order to reduce the cost and increase the quality and revenue of multimedia products in the field, and -(4) the development of authoring guidelines and template libraries in commercial authoring systems and of asset databases and applications in each pilot. ICS-FORTH worked on the development of a resource database for commercial authoring of tourist-related publications.

Contact Person: Martin Doerr
E Mail: martinATics.forth.gr
Duration: 01/11/1995 - 31/10/1997 (24 months)
Funding: EU - DGIII, Information Technologies Programme
Prime Contractor: Egnatia Epirus foundation (GR)
Project Leader: Dimitrios Fotiadis
Participants: 

1. HYPERTOUR USERS ASSOCIATION (HUA)
2. ICS-FORTH (GR)
3. ARCHIMEDES Ltd.(GR)
4. ALBANET Ltd. (UK)
5. HORWATH CONSULTING HELLAS Ltd. (GR)
6. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (ESP)
7. ATM Group Europe(SWE)
8. EURITIS S.A.(FRA)
9. Gessellschaft fuer Wittschaftsforschung und Informationsmanagement mbH (GER)
10. D.&G. Kalofolias S.A.(GR)
11. Epsilon Software S.A.(GR)
12. SELISA S.A.(FRA)
13. R&S Informatica SRL (IT)
14. Sistemas Multiposto e Distribuidos (POR)