ip07121401-e-salesperson

Time is a valuable commodity. The rapid pace of life makes it difficult for potential buyers of travel packages to visit travel agents to see what is on offer every time they want to make a journey.

An alternative to this is of course a travel agent's website, but as a tool this is very impersonal. How can a website or internet distribution channel be made more personal? The constant development of technology and computing means that this is now possible. Nearly all computers can handle audio and video, so why not use this technology in the travel industry?

The idea is based on travel agents offering a live conversation (sound and images) with an e-salesperson via their website. Naturally this salesperson would not be available 24 hours a day but only at certain times. People who wish to discuss a specific holiday package or request additional information would simply click to connect with the e-salesperson.

ip07120301_road_accidents

Road Accidents Museum. An association with the Minimundus miniature park in Klagenfurt, which draws visitors into an imaginary world. A museum of real road accidents is a simultaneously shocking and educational attraction.

• shocking because the visitor would be able to see what happens to cars and passengers (dummies) in the case of a road accident
• educational because as well as showing the situation after the accident it would also describe all the circumstances of the accident (alcohol, drugs, speed, fatalities, injuries and survivors, etc.) and the consequences of the accident (changes in the quality of life of the survivors, etc.)

Possibility of link-ups with additional ideas: e.g. a weekly live "crash test" where visitors would be able to see in real time what actually happens when two vehicles collide, etc. (more details in the full document).

It would be appropriate to link the idea to the corresponding bodies at the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of the Interior so as to ensure proper data protection, the obtaining of consent, etc.