Corporate Outdooractive News

Real added value for guests: practical winter tools with Outdooractive

In winter, guests are particularly dependent on tour recommendations and tools, because then the selection of suitable tours is usually more difficult than in summer: which cross-country skiing trails are open, where are the most beautiful toboggan tracks and where the deep snow slopes best suited for a ski tour? And once again it becomes clear that current data is the nuts and bolts, especially in winter. Without it, most tools are worthless and even the safety of users is at risk.

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Guests lose confidence in classic forms of advertising

It is becoming increasingly difficult for companies to gain people’s attention and trust with classic advertising techniques, because advertising has lost credibility. Especially in tourism, the changing patterns in media usage as well as strong competitors are increasing pressure on destinations. Classic forms of advertising are no longer sufficient – user-generated content on the other hand is becoming more and more important. For tourism, this development represents a great opportunity, but at the same time an extreme challenge.

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Outdooractive Conference 2019: a fresh breeze and trusted program

Shaping the future of digital tourism – that is the motto of this year’s Outdooractive Conference. From September 24 – 26, participants can look forward to a varied agenda: lectures by international experts, a newly conceived seminar day, a varied outdoor program and much more. In this article you will learn more about this year’s topic focus and new highlights that fit perfectly into our previous format.

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Outdooractive at the ITB Berlin

The world’s leading trade fair for tourism, the ITB in Berlin, will open its doors from March 6 to March 10, 2019. Outdooractive will also be represented this year with a booth and a lecture. All important dates and information can be found in this article.

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Guest article Siegen-Wittgenstein: 4 tips for small and medium-sized DMOs in times of digitization

Siegen-Wittgenstein is a best-practice example of how small and medium-sized DMOs can benefit from digitization – the key to success is leadership, community and the right tools. Siegen-Wittgenstein’s new Destination Website has been online since September. The region was the first partner to choose Outdooractive’s Destination Website. In the following article, Monika Dombrowsky, Managing Director of Siegen-Wittgenstein, together with Julia Hilpisch, responsible for Online Marketing, explains four things that can lead small and medium-sized DMOs to digital success.

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alpenvereinaktiv.com equipped with new app and subscription model

Just in time for the onset of winter in the Alps, the tour portal of the Alpine Clubs is also well equipped. Since December there has been a new, intuitive app and the license model with Free, Pro and Pro+ on alpenvereinaktiv.com. The extension provides mountain sports enthusiasts with numerous new functions as well as a new technical standard. This makes the planning of mountain advantures even easier and more reliable.

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Outdooractive supports the Christmas Trucker campaign

Companies have a social responsibility. At Christmas in particular, there is an increasing need for social commitment and doing good. Every year, the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e. V. encourages a joint relief campaign, in which Outdooractive is again actively involved: the Christmas Truckers.

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Extension of the DMS: more content for more reach

The Outdooractive Destination Management System (DMS) is the key to sustainable data management. DMS users have every reason to rejoice: From now on they can create more content types. The extension is available without additional costs and fully automatically in the DMS. In this article you can find out exactly what is possible in addition and what added value this has for our partners.

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More time for your guests: The SaaS principle at Outdooractive

Outdooractive offers the digital all-round-carefree package for destinations. Our products have long been based on the SaaS model, which is why we are now officially renaming them: the “license” becomes the “Software-as-a-Service-Fee”. In this article you can find what this term exactly means and how it affects you.

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