Applying  new technology in the tourism industry means implementing new solutions for retraining in the hospitality sector, in two essential phases for tourism offers.

• Booking, buying and the use of services by tourists.
• Direct assistance and information for tourists.

With the ‘e-voucher’ (an electronic  voucher) the network of tourist offers is able to:

• Substitute the traditional and complicated  ‘card voucher’ with a more technological system that is quick and easy to use;
• Enhance tourist packages with services that are normally excluded because of the limited amount of traditional ‘card vouchers’ ( restaurants, beach resort services, nightclubs, pubs, theme parks, etc);
• Give potential tourists the possibility to take advantage of package holidays ‘A la carte’;
• Allow key players in tourism public relations (shows, conventions, theme parks etc) to offer holidays and breaks based on the actual needs of the individual client.
• Give the opportunity to tourist systems to advertise themselves as one big ‘ virtual tourist village’.
• With the ‘e-voucher’, a particular tourism area with many small and medium enterprises can easily organize themselves on-line and therefore be able to compete with ‘major’ tourism companies, with the support of the main international tour operators.

 The advantages of the introduction of this system are for both the tourism market and the tourist. In particular, those in particular who benefit from the ‘e-voucher’ system are;

Tourists

• D.I.Y Tourists
• Fixed prices, before the departure for the holiday.
• Less possibility to have differences between quoted costs and actual end costs.
• More security  against losing money or being robbed.
• The opportunity to take advantage of added services, promotions and prizes.

• ‘Organized’ tourists
• More full and flexible services compared to the more traditional ‘card voucher’ system

Tourism companies  (hotels, restaurants, theme parks, nightclubs pubs, etc.)

• Unorganized holidays ( D.I.Y)
• Guaranteed booking
• Secure payment
• No cash-in-hand payments

• Tourism packages
• Less paper work compared to the ‘card voucher’ system
• Opportunity to enrich tourism packages with new services that were not available with the old system.
• Event Organizers (shows, congressional centers, festivals, etc.)
• Enrich their offers with personalized tourism packages.
• ‘e-vouchers’ resolve the problem of ‘commissions’, unwanted charges for other service providers.

• Private Companies

The ‘e-voucher’ allows for companies who for work reasons have to organize ‘field missions’ for their representatives and/or experts to:

• Predetermine and guarantee all costs that  normally  incur during business trips ( travel costs, hotels, restaurants etc.)
• Saving money on costs relating to extra services, promotions and prizes offered by the ‘e-voucher’,
• Simplify accounting

• Tour Operators
• The ‘e-voucher’ gives tour operators the opportunity to enrich their tourist packages with new services that were not included in the old ‘card voucher’, especially relating to individual tourist packages.
• Less paper work and admin fees  compared to the  ‘card voucher’ system.

For more information, practical examples or to buy the product itself, please contact  one of the following:

 TARGET EURO Snc
Dipartimento Tecnologie e Applicazioni
Via delle Medaglie d’oro, 60
Tel. +39 0984 417570
Fax. +39 0984 419078
e-mail: info@targeteuro.euName

Contact name: Sergio Stumpo