©DRFor the millions who flock to the UK’s leading tourist attractions, towns and cities each year, assistance is on hand and on the street in the shape of iPlus and iTravel interactive information terminals, which now feature local maps provided by ViaMichelin.
Free-to-acess tourist information and real-time journey planning are accessible through an extensive network of state-of-the-art on-street terminals across the UK aimed at helping visitors feel welcome, find their bearings and get more from their stay.
Designed and developed by Cityspace, a leading provider of urban digital networks, there are over 500 interactive terminals under the iPlus and iTravel brands in town and city hubs around the country, plus a number transport-dedicated terminals used by Transport for London and British Airport Authority at Stansted airport.
©DRMap-based or text-based searches can use multiple criteria, such as the ability to select detailed information on up to 30 of the closest tourist attractions. All map enquiry services are fully localised down to the postcode or GPS coordinate of each individual terminal, ensuring searches are relevant geographically. In addition, each iPlus and iTravel terminal is equipped with a printer, allowing the user to take away information, maps, timetables and journey planner details for later reference.
With digital information and transactional networks designed and managed in urban hubs across over 50 cities in Europe, Cityspace is now piloting its latest ‘iVisit’ service to offer a reliable, easy-to-use, 24x7 dedicated visitor information and smart card ticketing system specifically for the tourism market.
The interactive terminals, which also offer email, weather and BBC News, are ideally located at key hubs around city centres, at transport interchanges, conference and exhibition centres, tourist offices or near main attractions.
