Espereal Technologies

Innovation in Tourism

Approccio innovativo

We work on projects focused on slow and discovery tourism, territory re-generation
and place making, providing
interoperable solutions based on shared business models within an open digital data space

Contenuti nativi

We develop solutions based on generative AI technologies to create knowledge from data and to enhance engagement, retention, and the potential for direct connections between tourists and local attractions

Technologies

Our approach is based on participatory development and the reuse of software components to drastically reduce the release and promotion costs of local Platforms and Apps, offering ready-to-run functionality and quality

We provide tools to intercept flows and measure their impact on the area, thanks to natively anonymous data obtained through a combination of physical and virtual sensors.

TELLINGSTONES

Tellingstones is a digital solution designed to support tourism development in cities and inland areas. It provides tailored tools to enhance communication and direct interaction between tourists, local attractions, and community stakeholders, while also offering features to monitor and analyze visitor flows at tourism destinations.

Tellingstones hosts projects created by independent creators (destination operators and residents, visitors, bloggers, and selected storytellers) who use the technological platform to manage their own page.

Here, the creators can publish various types of content, such as stories and suggestions, similar to how a social network operates.

Tellingstones redefines the paradigm by moving away from creating “follower” circles to focusing on place-based interactions. It establishes physical proximity among individuals who may not know each other but are brought together and aggregated by the system through automated mechanisms.

STORIES

With Tellingstones, the spirit of a place is revealed through stories, narratives about real people, historical or fictional events, tied to the location and universally recognized.

The stories that Tellingstones highlights when we are nearby share intriguing details, sometimes uncovering the poignant beauty of hidden places close to us in that moment, places we would have otherwise overlooked.

Corners we might ignore or find striking yet incomprehensible can become memorable through the magic of storytelling.

With Tellingstones, every operator or content creator can open multiple themed channels, publishing stories that can be enhanced with multimedia and Augmented Reality content.

The app user chooses which creators to follow and can unfollow them at any time.

With Tellingstones, communication shifts from the ephemeral nature of social media to the creation of a welcoming digital context, thanks to an intangible infrastructure that grows over time, adding value to the territory.

INTERACTING WITH TOURISTS

✓ With “Morning Newsletters,” automatically generated in multiple languages and printed each morning—just in time for breakfast.

Thanks to integration with HOPi, every breakfast table becomes a point of tourist information.razione con HOPi, ogni tavolo della colazione diventa un punto di informazione turistica.

✓ On the Move, through notifications that can be automatic and proximity-based or push notifications, as well as by navigating digital maps.

Content is automatically translated into 32 different languages.

Content can link to pages that allow for in-depth information and interaction aimed at bookings and purchases, either on the go or via terminals at points of sale, with payment options via Cards or Vouchers.

DEVELOPMENT MODEL

Local Apps are an effective tool for digitally welcoming tourists and visitors.

However, a common issue with local Apps is their uncontrolled proliferation, which makes the likelihood of them being downloaded inversely proportional to the duration of stays.

With just a few steps, a native App dedicated to a Destination can be created, downloadable from Google Play and Apple Store, including all the functionalities already developed and field-tested by a broad user community. It can be customized with the name and graphic elements of the destination.

Advantages: access to state-of-the-art enabling technologies, virtually immediate release times, zero risk and a drastic reduction in development, maintenance, and promotion costs.

Key factors include both the reuse of software components already developed and validated in other contexts, and the availability of third-party technological and service components, already developed and made available on the AWS Cloud.