UN World Tourism Organization Partners With Microsoft for Cloud Computing
March 2, 2012
Tourism used to be a business that relied heavily on advertising and word of mouth. Hearing stories about your friends’ recent trip to Mexico or seeing the beautiful lights of France on the cover of a magazine used to get potential travelers excited about visiting the world’s most luxurious places. However, the world has changed, and traditional methods of promotion are not considered as effective as they once were. How can the world of vacation planning adapt to the changing business landscape? According to Microsoft, the answer may be cloud computing…
WebProNews is reporting that Microsoft recently signed a deal with the UN World Tourism Organization to implement new technology to the vacation-sphere, and hopefully drive economic growth in areas where vacations aren’t as much of a big business as they once were. It may sound like a strange mash-up, but Microsoft’s logic is quite sound, as cloud computing can actually bring a competitive edge to an industry that has been flagging…