The Esitur projector takes as a starting point the SHOWCAE Digital Posterial solution with which it is possible to control the contents that appear on the informative advertising screens.

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The Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) He has revealed the scope of the research work they are carrying out on the occasion of the Esitur project, in collaboration with the Carlos III University of Madrid and the company Movilok. This started in 2016 and it is planned that it ends in December 2018.

This is an interactive showcase project applied to tourism that takes as a starting point the SHOWCASS Digital Posterial solution with which it is possible to control the contents that appear on informative advertising screens.

Its main objective is to redefine the use of digital signage by converting conventional tourist showcases into interactive informative points, accessible from any mobile phone and enriched with content automatically extracted through the analysis and interpretation of public photos hanging on social networks by other tourists who have visited those same regions.

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This project, Framed in the State R&D program oriented to the challenges of the company funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, It raises several lines of research focused on the tourism sector and, specifically, In the hotel business.

The first line is to analyze and develop functions that an interactive exhibitor can perform in a hotel establishment, even becoming installed in the hotel rooms to be used by customers.

This activity has obtained the first results and Movilok has evolved Showcases, Your interactive showcase based on access from mobile, incorporating five new functionalities into their solution that convert the customer experience in much more complete.

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These are the connection with the service reservation systems offered by a hotel (spa, hair salon, restaurant, massages, etc.), Connection with the Wi -Fi service of the establishment by reading QR code, Connection with video call service to communicate with reception, Downloadable coupons platform with service offers of the hotel or associated establishments and connection with the room service for orders.

All these new services are exposed on the TV screen of each host of the hotel as a visualization point and are accessible by the user from their mobile phone, that acts as an interaction and operation point.

Movilok offers these services autonomously or can also be integrated into the hotel management systems themselves.

Relevant and updated information

The other Esitur project research line refers to how to automatically provide a tourist showcase. Try to respond to the need that a hotel or tourist information office can have to provide relevant and updated information, trying to minimize the cost of maintaining that information, especially of the images.

To do this, Techniques based on Big Data and image processing are considered to automatically provide exhibitors (installed as information kiosks in tourism offices, Hotels and other establishments) relevant and quality tourist contents adapted to the context and profile of travelers.


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By • 7 Nov, 2017
• Section: Control, Digital signage, Display