The central pillar of TouristHub is a ‘one-stop’ online platform, which will deliver a comprehensive suite of tourist services addressed to tourist destination visitors; ‘stakeholders’ in the tourism value chain, including tourist/ travel agencies and tourist businesses (food/ entertainment and retail businesses among others); and decision makers in the tourism sector. The main services of TouristHub are the following:
Planning of integrated, personalized vacation packages including recommendation (with booking/ purchase option) for accommodation, transportation, food, activities, sightseeing, etc.
Enabling local tourist businesses to push notifications to tourists with suitable profile when in proximity to their premises.
Allowing travel agencies to reuse the platform’s functionality on their websites through their participation in affiliate programs.
Data analytics tools which support decision making by policy makers in the tourist industry.
