EUDigiTOUR, the digital transformation project in the tourism sector co-funded by the European Union’s COSME program, recently announced the results of the Hackathons held in Izola (Slovenia), Berlin (Germany), and Verona (Italy) on February and March 2024, respectively. Thirty-one tourism SMEs and other stakeholders attended the events, with tourism SMEs being selected to receive financial support of up to 10,000 euros to implement the innovative solutions hacked so far during the events. They were true “creative marathons” where participants had the opportunity to hack solutions concerning specific challenges related to digital transformation and specifically using the four key enabling technologies the project is focused on: AI, AR/VR, IoT and Big Data.
The events were not just open to the selected tourism SMEs from the project but ultimately to several stakeholders from the local ecosystems. This resulted in synergies and cooperation to hack innovative solutions based on Artificial Intelligence, Augmented/Virtual Reality, Big Data, and IoT. This facilitated the meeting of supply and demand, identifying potential future partnerships and mutually beneficial exchanges.
Each local event ended up with a selection of awarded tourism SMEs: Quiroom Srl, Expirit Srl, Ruralis.com, Molise Wow limited liability cooperative society, Lanai SRL, SLC – VIP HOSPITALITY SERVICES, UNICUS ORNAMENT d.o.o., Ventula Travel DMC, House of Spirits, Hrvatska na čašu d.o.o., MANISTRA J.D.O.O., Croatia Open Land d.o.o, GREETHINGS. d.o.o., Volim Kvart d.o.o., My Cabin UE (haftungsbeschränkt), Dünencamping Amrum GmbH, KOMM MIT gemeinnützige Gesellschaft für internationale Jugend-, Sport und Kulturbegegnungen mbH, Münsterland e.V., Green Tiny Village Carolinensiel GmbH & Co. KG, Tiny Houses Beteiligungs GmbH, Lidija SP , Neuhaus upravljanje d.o.o., VANDER HOTEL d.o.o., BRAVOO d.o.o., CVET GORA d.o.o, GRAD PRESTRANEK, d.d., Amberus d.o.o., Alpinia d.o.o., Bogatin doo, LOJZE ČOP S.P., Po svetu, d.o.o. Along with the financial support, the awarded companies will have the opportunity to speed up their digital transformation through cooperation.
With the Hackathons deployed, the European project is nearing its conclusion. It will celebrate its final event on September 4 with an online meeting. All stakeholders, partners, investors, and anyone interested in tourism are invited to witness the power of connections and teamwork.
Here is the link to register for the event and view the detailed program.
EUDigiTOUR is implemented by a consortium of European partners: X23 Ltd., Tourism Startup Association, ISNART, Algebra LAB, Transformation Lighthouse, ITKAM, AR/VR Tech, CroAI and DunavNET.
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Objavljeni pobednici EUDigiTOUR hakatona
EUDigiTOUR, projekat digitalne transformacije u sektoru turizma koji je kofinansiran od strane programa COSME Evropske unije, nedavno je objavio rezultate hakatona održanih u Izoli (Slovenija), Berlinu (Nemačka) i Veroni (Italija) u februaru i martu 2024. godine. Trideset i jedno turistička preduzeća i drugi zainteresovani prisustvovali su događajima, a turistička mala i srednja preduzeća su odabrana da dobiju finansijsku podršku do 10.000 evra za implementaciju inovativnih rešenja koja su do sada hakovana tokom događaja. Bili su to pravi “kreativni maratoni” gde su učesnici imali priliku da hakuju rešenja u vezi sa specifičnim izazovima vezanim za digitalnu transformaciju, a posebno koristeći četiri ključne tehnologije na koje se projekat fokusira: AI, AR/VR, IoT i Big Data.
Događaji nisu bili otvoreni samo za odabrane turistička mala i srednja preduzeća iz projekta, već i za nekoliko zainteresovanih strana iz lokalnih ekosistema. Ovo je rezultiralo sinergijama i saradnjom u kreiranju inovativnih rešenja zasnovanih na veštačkoj inteligenciji, proširenoj/virtuelnoj stvarnosti, velikim podacima i internetu stvari (IoT). Ovo je olakšalo susret ponude i potražnje, identifikujući potencijalna buduća partnerstva i obostrano korisne razmene.
Svaki lokalni događaj završio se izborom nagrađenih turističkih mala i srednja preduzeća: Quiroom Srl, Expirit Srl, Ruralis.com, Molise Wow limited liability cooperative society, Lanai SRL, SLC – VIP HOSPITALITY SERVICES, UNICUS ORNAMENT d.o.o., Ventula Travel DMC, House of Spirits, Hrvatska na čašu d.o.o., MANISTRA J.D.O.O., Croatia Open Land d.o.o, GREETHINGS. d.o.o., Volim Kvart d.o.o., My Cabin UE (haftungsbeschränkt), Dünencamping Amrum GmbH, KOMM MIT gemeinnützige Gesellschaft für internationale Jugend-, Sport und Kulturbegegnungen mbH, Münsterland e.V., Green Tiny Village Carolinensiel GmbH & Co. KG, Tiny Houses Beteiligungs GmbH, Lidija SP , Neuhaus upravljanje d.o.o., VANDER HOTEL d.o.o., BRAVOO d.o.o., CVET GORA d.o.o, GRAD PRESTRANEK, d.d., Amberus d.o.o., Alpinia d.o.o., Bogatin doo, LOJZE ČOP S.P., Po svetu, d.o.o.
Pored finansijske podrške, nagrađena preduzeća će imati priliku da ubrzaju svoju digitalnu transformaciju kroz saradnju.
Sa održanim hakatonima, projekat se bliži kraju. Svoj završni događaj proslaviće 4. septembra online sastankom. Svi partneri, investitori i svi koji su zainteresovani za turizam su pozvani da prisustvuju.
Link za registraciju za događaj i pregled detaljnog programa.
EUDigiTOUR sprovodi konzorcijum partnera iz cele Evrope: X23 Ltd., Tourism Startup Association, ISNART, Algebra LAB, Transformation Lighthouse, ITKAM, AR/VR Tech, CroAI and DunavNET.
