SkiData

Innovation rewarded

A technological pioneer for many years, SkiData continued to stand out by its ability to innovate. After the Salzburg Innovation prize awarded to SkiData in 2007 for the Freemotion access system, the company received the 2008 Intertraffic Innovation Prize for its new automated payment and vending machine Power.Cash.

This product sets a new benchmark in the parking industry. Based on an intuitive interface and integrating the various offers of service providers, the solution allows consumers to pay not only parking time, but also to access services related to local activities, such as tickets for public transport, shows or local leisure centers. This product demonstrates SkiData's commitment to offer new high value-added business models benefiting both consumers and operators.

Parking as part of the mobility chain

Traffic and parking are two sectors that are converging giving rise to new needs and new expectations on the part of operators. Anticipating this demand, SkiData introduced a range of products in the parking domain aimed at integrating parking as part of the overall mobility chain.

Interfacing with systems from other vendors and based on interconnected software communication platforms, SkiData's open architecture solutions allow access to different services in one single transaction using a single data carrier (card or ticket) on a payment terminal or through the Internet. As an example, this "total mobility" concept will be implemented in Belgium by the SNCB (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer belges), the national railways.

Data storage functions, centralized management and remote systems monitoring can be integrated into SkiData solutions, allowing operators to control their facilities more efficiently.

Technologies of the future: toward greater freedom

With the evolution of the parking sector, new technologies such as Near-Field Communication (NFC) i.e. short distance reading of data contained on a mobile phone chip, provide new levels of comfort for the user. With this technology, mobile phones serve as electronic tickets to access car parks and pay parking time. Other applications can be added such as locating one's car in the car park.

Destination management - a major new development

The idea behind Destination Management is simple yet effective: it is all about bringing together a region's wide range of touristic services on a central sales portal so that guests can purchase them in a quick and easy "one-stop shopping" transaction (e.g. a web shop, hotel reception, sports shop, ski rental, travel agency, etc.). Every guest can pick and choose from available services to select, book and purchase the holiday package of their choice. The authorizations for these services are all contained on the same contactless data carrier that guests can use to access the desired activities.

In early 2009, a first implementation was made in the Austrian resort of Brandnertal. This project is presented on the following page.

In 2008, the cooperation agreement between SkiData and the American company RTP (Resort Technology Partners) allowed SkiData to reinforce its activities in the field of Destination Management, particularly in the mountain sector in North America.

Web Solutions

SkiData has developed a range of technological web-based solutions. They are designed to provide operators with new ways of marketing their products and make them more attractive. Integrating traditional management systems and Internet technology, they meet the needs of both operators and consumers making an ever greater use of the web as a tool to search for, compare and book holidays.

Direct-to-Access (DTA)

A solution allowing lift and car park operators and other service providers to implement new value-generating business models such as pre-booking via mobile phone (SMS) or cash card, Internet sales, decentralized sales terminals and many other services. The DTA solution has been on the market and in use for over three years and an increasing number of resorts have adopted it, both in Europe and in Asia. The latest version of this solution also supports SkiData's parking management application.

Web shop

An "all-in-one" solution for the sale o f ski passes (one-day to thirty-day passes, season passes), pay-per-use as well as integrated on-line hotel and parking reservations.

The integrated resort management solution developed in cooperation with SkiData's US-based strategic partner RTP will enable a whole range of new services such as pay-per-use already implemented at the Brandnertal resort and additional guest services.