Title :
Advanced telecommunications services for multimedia tourism applications
Author :
Mitropoulos, S. ; Samouilidis, J.-E. ; Psarras, J. ; Vrouchos, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Abstract :
Integrated broadband communications (IBC) and multimedia technology can provide a tourism information infrastructure enabling direct marketing links between tourism providers and point of sales. This paper presents a methodology for IBC service definition based on specifications developed by RACE I European project. The IBC systems are derived from a design process which begins with an analysis of the user needs. The methodology was applied, as a case study, in the tourism field for marketing service creation and delivery. The functional, architectural and consolidation issues are also discussed
Keywords :
broadband networks; information networks; information services; marketing; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; research initiatives; reservation computer systems; telecommunication services; travel industry; IBC service definition; IBC systems; RACE I European project; computer reservation systems; integrated broadband communications; marketing service creation; marketing service delivery; multimedia databases; multimedia tourism applications; network architecture; point of sales; specifications; telecommunications services; tourism information infrastructure; tourism providers; Application software; Communication channels; Costs; Databases; Hardware; Humans; Multimedia systems; Performance analysis; Telecommunication services; Usability;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 7th Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Antalya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1772-6
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.1994.381159
