The real Mayor on Foursquare
With news of the Mayor of Tampa Bay using Foursquare to show people around his city, it got me thinking about what the collision of technology and travel is doing to tour guide business models and the future of destination marketing in general.
You could argue that being a ‘tour guide’, your locality is your niche. Knowing a bit about an area is a good start, but in todays travel industry is it enough?
For a background on new approaches for tourguides Tour Guide Marketplaces - is auseful guide from Tnooz
Designing the location based experience
A video that takes a peak at the intersection of storytelling and peoples experience of a destination. It talks of augmented reality but also, importantly about user experience design, albeit in a real 3D world not just on your website.
Mediating Mediums – The Digital 3d [Short Version] from Greg Tran on Vimeo.
