Category Archives: Tourism

Will Telecommuting Become Part of Your New Normal?

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

Living in a country like New Zealand, you have to appreciate that there is more to life than sitting in traffic going into a city every day. The number of people that have told me over the years, that they … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland, Buses, Buying a House, commuting, congestion, Coronavirus, COVID19, driving, Family, Futurist, Gig Economy, health, house hunting, Lifestyle, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Services, Location Based Shorts, New Zealand, Pandemic, People, Public Transport, Telecommuting, Tourism, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic jam, trains, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Grocery Panic Buying and the Coronavirus

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

The grocery industry is going to be sorely tested over the coming weeks and months as people have begun panic buying of groceries, in response to the first person in New Zealand to get Coronavirus or Corvid 19. Our local … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland, BAU, Buses, Business, Collaboration, commuting, Coronavirus, Corporate Travel, Corvid-19, Food, grocery, health, Pandemic, Public Transport, real time traffic, Restaurant, Retail, retail survival, retail systems, Telecommuting, Tourism, Work | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Jump the Queue With the New Giapo Loyalty App

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

Giapo, known around the world as one of the most innovative gelato stores in the world, headquartered in Gore Street in Auckland, has just launched a new loyalty app for smartphones, both iOS (Apple) and Google (Android). You should download … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland, Food, Hospitality, Loyalty, Tourism, Tourism apps | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

There’s a Facebook Stalker Waiting to Burgle Your Home

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

I recently wrote an article on LinkedIn about how there are criminals who prey on people who put out ‘public’ posts about cool big boys toys or other items that they own. Things like shots of the boat on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Practice GPS, burglary, Buying a House, car insurance, Checkins, Cool Tech, Crime, Crime Prevention, cybercrime, Facebook, First Home Buyer, Foresight, Gadgets, GPS, GPS features, GPS Maps, GPS Problems, GPS Track People, Hackers, home, insurance, insurance risk, location based apps, Location Based Services, Mobile Apps, mobile holiday apps, mobile travel apps, neighborhood crime, Neighbourhood Crime, News, people tracking, Personal security, Personal tracker, photo apps, Privacy, risk, Skiing, SmartPhone, Social Media, Social Media Insight, stolen, Stolen cars, Stolen truck, Stories, theft, Tourism, Tourism apps, tourism tech, track crime, Track phone, Tracking a cellphone, Tracking criminals, tracking data, Tracking stolen property, Travel, Travel Apps, Vacation | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Avoid the Traffic on Waitangi Weekend

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

The NZTA have a couple of fantastic services for long weekends and public holidays called Holiday Hotspots. I use it every long weekend when I go away and barring people having accidents, I enjoy near normal driving speeds and even … Continue reading →

Posted in car accidents, car crash, congestion, Crash, drivers, driving, driving app, Good travel apps, holiday traffic, Intelligent Transport Systems, ITS, location based apps, long weekend, mobile holiday apps, Mobile Maps, Motoring, real time traffic, Route Optimisation, RTTI, safer driving, safer journeys, Tourism, Tourism apps, tourism tech, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Control, traffic demand, Traffic jam, Traffic Management, Traffic Optimization, Travel, Travel Apps, Travel Information, Vacation | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Google maps aims to let you walk the North Downs – without leaving your sofa

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

Some of the most beautiful walks in England and Wales will be appearing on Google Street View from 17 March Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.theguardian.com Imagine where new technology could take this. For example, imagine being in a gym on … Continue reading →

Posted in AR, AR Glasses, Augmented Reality, Good travel apps, Google, Google maps, Tourism, Tourism apps, tourism tech, Travel Apps, Virtual Reality, VR | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fort Smith Tourism App Ready To Download – Times Record

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Luigi Cappel

Times Record Fort Smith Tourism App Ready To Download Times Record Image Courtesy Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau A mobile app for both iPhones and Android smartphones and tablets is now available from the Fort Smith Convention & Visitors… … Continue reading →

Posted in location based marketing, Location Based Servces, Tourism, Tourism apps | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mobile travel and millennials: Are hack events the key to a thriving tourism industry?

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Luigi Cappel

The WTM Africa discussion around millennials and mobile has rehashed a few useful insights into what travellers expect when it comes to travel information in the palm of their hands. Source: traveller24.news24.com It seems that things have moved on quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Customer Research, Google, Hacks, Millenials, Mobile Apps, Tourism, Tourism apps, Travel, Travel Apps, Travel Information | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Augmented-reality game Ingress arrives on Android Wear watches – CNET

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Luigi Cappel

Why are sometimes the easiest and obvious things so hard to get over the line? Continue reading →

Posted in Augmented Reality, Best GPS, Business, cars, lbs, Tourism | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

15 Travel Apps To Log Your Globe-Trotting Trips

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Luigi Cappel

Don’t be one of those people who spend so much time taking photos and keeping notes that you have to go home to find out where you have been. Continue reading →

Posted in Maps, nav apps, photo apps, Tourism, Travel | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments