#paris TouristinParis - Local Info Touchscreen Bus Stops - super!!

Wild idea - so smart - local 'best' recommendations at bus stops + send to your mobile email.  Too much fun!!

Merci @touristinparis 

Love your app - neat video!!

Full article Touch Screen Bus Stops via Tourist in Paris - in FR

Innovative City to City #startup Exchange London + Paris

Paris & Co , a leading international innovation eco-system, together with the Mayor of London and Mayor of Paris has announced ‘City to City Business Welcome Programme’.

An outstanding collaboration to generate international startup exchanges seeking financing and trade between the 2 capitals:

The agreement will, for the first time, jointly showcase London and Paris to overseas visitors, while a new initiative called the City-to-City Business Welcome Programme will encourage and facilitate the flow of trade and investment between the two cities.

City to City Welcome Programme London + Paris

The City-to-City Business Welcome programme will include

• assistance with company set-up,
• access to co-working space,
• introduction to the local tech ecosystem and networking, and
• discounted accommodation.
• Eurostar will also provide entrepreneurs with preferential rates on their services.

The full presentation PDF is here.

Further, the programme is also designed to jointly promote tourism for both destinations, attracting a greater flow of international visitors.

Bottom line = a co-commitment to grow jobs, economy, innovative new enterprises…and tourism!!

Read the full article from Paris & Co 

#startups #tourism #paris #london

Cross Post in Hospitality-Next.Digital

Hospitality Technology - Augment Human - Replace NO

A shareworthy quote from @lyleworthington speaking at recent Young Hoteliers Summit. As #hotel guests increasing use digital tools of THEIR choice, hospitality pros need to think differently to retain that H2H - human to human contact - that's why we are in this business.

Young Hoteliers Summit is held annually at Ecole Hoteliere in Lausanne Switzerland.  Lyle Worthington is a Metro Techstars mentor, CIO of The Student Hotel  - innovative accommodation, co-working, social space concept.

The Student Hotel Group - Not just for Students

METRO Accelerator‏ @MetroAccel  Mar 14MoreOur mentor @lyleworthington, CIO of @TheStudentHotel & president of @HFTP is the challenge provider of @yhsglobal contest at @EHLnews

les cuistots migrateurs...two birds: you know the rest!

Les Cuistots Migrateurs: Kill two birds with one stone? 
Better still, why not come up with two great ideas in one innovative start-up?

a table avec les cuistots!

·  Industry

o Hospitality, Restauration, Foodtech, Lifestyle.

Benefits of the concept include a different perspective on migrants ; from « international problem » to « cultural culinary exchange » ; providers of French wholesale food industry as well as importers of exotic herbs and spices. The services benefit office-bound Parisians as well as those wanting to have an unusual homecooked meal on the table when their neighborhood provides few innovative choices

o The added feature is humanitarian : providing work for immigrants whose lives have been turned upside down and whose skills have been underutilized. What better way to integrate into a new culture and country than via the hospitality of offering a regional specialty to share at the dinner table ?

o Les Cuistots Migrateurs could be used in hospitality as an alternate choice to the expense of running an in situ restaurant whilst providing hotel guests with a variety of unusual lunch and dinner choices delivered directly to the hotel

·  Innovation Brief 

o Les cuistots migrateurs are certainly a welcome innovation in France today, offering a unique solution to integrating refugees to the French way of life by providing careers. As the New York Times wrote:

 "Les Cuistots Migrateurs is a bold new venture created by two intrepid French entrepreneurs who are trying to change the way Parisians view immigrants by introducing the French to the best of the newcomers’ home cuisines."

• Key points
• New employment provider
• Helping lessen the pain and disorientation of refugees of war and economic hardships
• Provision of a wider choice and delivery method for authentic cuisines little known in France

Read full article about Les Cuistots Migrateurs 

#hotelinnovation, #foodtech#restaurant innovation #startup

Bar #Restaurant Management apps 2017

Bizimply curated a smart list of apps for Bar + Restaurant Management 

Bizimply Bizi Blog

From B2C apps such as NoWait, partnered with Yelp + designed to manage reservations + help diners avoid waiting, to Rockbot - prgram 'right music, at the right time' for restaurants and bars - the Bizimply list is a mini-goldmine for bar + restaurant operators.

• Needless to say, the Bizimply's scheduling and attendance mobile solution is on the list - deservedly so.

See the complete list at BiziBlog by Bizimply.

13 New #startups selected by Welcome City Labs #paris

Welcome City Labs, a premier network of incubators and accelerators dedicated to hospitality and tourism, announced the selection of 13 new #startups for participation.

Using ITB Berlin worldwide tradeshow to present the winners, Welcome City Labs selected from 120 candidates.

Infographic visually expresses the range of candidates submitted:

Welcome City Labs Paris Accelerator 2017 Candidates

Winning startups will gain the support of Welcome City Lab’s ecosystem designed to nurture each concept to a successful business.

List of selected startups – congratulations to all!

Blue Valet, Busjets, ClapnClip, CoChange, Fokusmap, Mon beau terroir, Intripid, Nannybag,       Student Pop, The bar corner, Tictactrip, Tracktl, Visitdata.

Full details (in French) Welcome City Labs Press Release.

Hospitality-Next will publish reviews of these innovative hospitality startups.

Voice Activated Hotel Concierge in Room - test - JW Marriott

JW Marriott Resort,  San Antonio Hill TX is testing voice activated concierge services, with an eye to hotel wide rollout.

Key to voice activated services is Amazon's Alexa.

The Verge, top tech trends + lifestyle media publisher, states that Alexa is becoming a hotel room luxury.

Amazon Alexa - small stylish - voice activated IoT

Quote from the hotel...

Alexa is the on-demand and in-room concierge ready to provide #hotel guests with a heightened experience and more time to enjoy the activities on property.

JW Marriott Resort is not the first to experiment with voice activated guestrooms.  Aloft Hotels, acquired by Marriott in the Starwood acquisition, debuted 'chat with your hotel room' in August 2016.

Full details - On Hotel Management

IAdvize - Innovative Conversational Commerce Platform

iAdvize is the leading real-time customer engagement platform in Europe and is used in 40 different countries. Today, 9 different nationalities work within the team.

#startup review by Sasha Chupick

A conversational commerce platform that creates contact points throughout the website by predicting customer behavior, a chatbot and a possibility to put potential customers in touch with savvy enthusiasts for live chat

Industry: Retail & Hospitality

• Hotels can benefit through tailored, personalized experience for potential guests, through automated and real chat.

« Predict and engage the best contact opportunities with authentic experts 24/7 and convert them into business value. »

Innovation: uses customer browsing behavior to send them useful information and takes advantage of brand ambassadors & influencers expertise to advise guests

• Depending on what the customer clicks or does with their shopping basket, various predefined messages pop up in order to assist them through the process
• A chatbot that responds to predefined questions
• Ibbü: uses brand ambassador’s expertise (with financial compensation) for live chat with customers when they need authentic advice – available 24/7

A view of conversational commerce by iAdvize

Original post on Hospitality-Next.Digital

Les Grappes, la plateforme parfaite pour découvrir de nouveaux vin.

Ce nouveau site permet aux amateurs de vin et vigneron de partager leurs connaissances.

Il permet de découvrir de nouveaux vins, et de partager les différents domaines appartenant a ce site.

 Ce site permet d'acheter votre vin directement auprès du domaine, d'avoir des conseils de professionnels et vous pouvez partager vos avis avec la communauté de "Les Grappes".

Les points positifs sont que la livraison est gratuite a partir de 6 bouteilles, que la livraison se fait en 5 jours, et que le paiement de vos bouteilles est totalement sécurisé sur leur site.

N'hésitez pas a aller sur leur site, ou vous pourrez découvrir tous les domaines présents en France qui vous sont présentés sur Les Grappes.