Browsing Archive: October, 2011
Posted by AudioConexus on Monday, October 31, 2011,
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You've seen them in London, New York, and Paris. Now those red double decker tour buses are taking Hawaii by storm. Since the launch of this new service, Polynesian Adventure Tours /Gray Line Hawaii has been delivering exceptional passenger experiences in English, Japanese, Korean Chinese and Spanish.
View this great video of a live interview by "Shotgun Tom" Kelly with Lee Collins, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Polynesian Adventure Tours and the Aloha Bus, on beautiful Waikiki Beach... Continue reading ...
International visitor arrivals to the United States are expected to grow by 5 to 6 percent annually during the next five years. The U.S. Department of Commerce today released its fall travel and tourism forecast and projects a record 64 million international travelers to spend $152 billion during their stays in 2011, an increase of 13 percent from 2010.
“Travel and tourism is the leading export service industry,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez. ... Continue reading ...
“Route Builder” is our intuitive software program that interfaces with our TriggerPOINT and Multilingual Audio Commentary Systems.
A tremendous amount of thought went into the development of Route Builder to ensure it would be very easy for your Operations and/or technical staff to work with. Route Builder is included with both our hardwired and wireless GPS tour systems.
Making The Connection
The Route Builder software loads onto your company’s laptop computer and empowers you to create, ... Continue reading ...
This week we’re providing an overview of the public GPS system, and how we use it for triggering commentary.
Defining the public GPS System
I’d like to start off by defining what I mean by the public GPS System. Often when the term GPS System is mentioned; people think of an automotive GPS navigation system, or handheld GPS device. Although these devices use GPS coordinates to display maps, or stream music into vehicles, they are only the final devices in a much larger system.
Parts of the G... Continue reading ...
The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced that 6.6 million international visitors traveled to the United States in July 2011, a six percent increase over July 2010. For the first seven months of 2011, visitation (35.2 million) was up five percent compared to the same period in 2010.
Highlights
Overseas Resident Visitation - In July 2011, overseas resident visitation (3.0 million) was up five percent over July 2010.
- July YTD 2011, overseas resident visits (15.5 million) were up six percent com...
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This week we’re answering a frequently asked question: “What is an Audio Tour?”
Often we’re asked: “What does your company do?” Our common response is: “We provide multilingual audio tours for sightseeing companies, attractions, historic sites and museums.” Usually the next question is: “What is an Audio Tour?”
What is an multilingual GPS Audio Tour?
Guided tours have been traditionally delivered by a tour guide who accompanies a group of people on a walking tour of a museu... Continue reading ...
There are several reasons why sightseeing companies invest in GPS guided audio tours but today we’ll talk about the top five reasons.
The top five reasons why sightseeing companies buy are:
Language barriers, product consistency, bums in seats, high cost of labour, and product differentiation. That’s quite a mouthful so we’ll focus on each one – one point at a time so you'll have a much better understanding of what’s possible. Continue reading ...
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