ARTN - Tourism Innovations

The Tourism Innovations section is designed to bring you news on the latest products and advances assisting regional tourism. Innovations can be technological, economic, managerial or research-based and can include anything from strategies to web sites, guides, ideas or new processes. Anything that contributes to more productive and growing economies in regional Australia will be considered.

If you have a product or service which you feel could revolutionise regional tourism and should be nominated for Tourism Innovation of the Month send us word at artn@scu.edu.au or contact Amanda Shoebridge at amanda.shoebridge@scu.edu.au or Ph: 02 6620 3785

This month's featured Tourism Innovation is:

Innovation for Sustainable Tourism: International Case Studies

“Innovation is the key to responding to the future challenges that confront all sectors of society and the economy, and especially in tourism.” Jack Carlsen, Janne Liburd, Deborah Edwards and Paddy Forde.

The BEST Education Network in Denmark has recently released an online publication with case studies from Australia and around the world which is free to access online - brief overview

Previous Innovations

Survey Monkey and Mail Chimp - Free tools to trial and so easy, a monkey could use them … As important as comprehensive research data is to our businesses, collecting data is a time consuming task that often falls to the wayside behind other tasks that fill our working days. But here may be a solution. - brief overview.

PleaseTakeMeTo.com - Developed in Australia by Tourism Media, the PleaseTakeMeTo.com web site and its companion web linked DVD-ROM enable domestic and international travelers to research, plan and book an Australian holiday all in the one online place - brief overview.

Bepacked.com - Bepacked is a 100% Australian owned and operated company which has just launched a new online travel service for Australia.