Our film tourism plugin is now available as a direct add-on to MovieSite. it allows for MovieMaps with minimal effort, completely under office control.
It also delivers tourism information to third parties and to mobile phones.
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VisitCairngorm has an excellent short piece on the making of ‘Centurian’ in the Cairngorms of Scotland. This is in the region of the Highland Film Commission (our client). The VisitCairngorm site is itself a TouristSite service from OpenBrolly.
This area has capitalised on TV tourism for many years and has now started its promotion just after the release of ‘Centurian’.
MovieSite Director Geoff Wilcock is in Genoa for a three day visit to the Genova- Liguria Film Commission.
The commission is based in a 17th Century palace with great facilities including production facilities, accommodation, offices and meeting rooms. He is meeting the director of the commission, Andrea Rocco and colleagues.
Genova-Liguria Film Commission is a non-profit Film Commission established by the Region Liguria, the City of Genova and other Ligurian cities and Provinces in order to promote Liguria as a destination for movie, Tv , documentaries and commercial productions. More information can be found at: www.genovaliguriafc.it/eng_index.htm.
Tech startup FourSquare has come top of an Entrepreneur Magazine list of “brilliant ideas”. While it’s a little worrying that a social network is the most brilliant entrepreneurial idea on the planet at the moment, it does highlight an opportunity for screen agencies.
FourSquare is an online service, running on mobile phones, that allows users to “check in” when they arrive at a location – a restaurant, a hotel, a visitor attraction, a workplace. In return, their friends can see where they are, user can receive rewards, such as money off, and they collect badges as part of a game.
It’s possible to leave “tips” at locations – suggestions either directly about the location or the neighbourhood. In the past couple of weeks I’ve received a suggestion from a stranger to try the sticky sweet and sour chicken strips at a local restaurant. They were, indeed, wonderful. Meanwhile, in Edinburgh, I checked into Starbucks to receive a suggestion that I try the whisky bar across the road for a real taste of Scotland. It was 10:30am, so I politely declined.
Anyone can add tips to any location, and Bravo TV in the US has been boosting their profile by leaving tips at places near show locations. It seems like it has interesting potential to promote a city’s film heritage in a way which might reach visitors who are otherwise disengaged.
Just an idea. Have a great weekend.
David Sim. david.sim@moviesite.biz