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Visitor, Arts and Museum Team Leader\u00a0Fiona Kemp and SBRC Cultural Services Coordinator Michael Hunter give the new system a trial run\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 17, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Kingaroy Visitor Information Centre is one of just four across Queensland which are taking part in a special trial of online accommodation booking software.<\/p>\n

The “VIC Connect” project enables visitors to the centre in Haly Street to book accommodation and event tickets from across Queensland – so long as the venue \/ event is registered with the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse<\/a><\/strong> (ATDW).<\/p>\n

It is being organised by Tourism and Events Queensland.<\/p>\n

“Visit Queensland are co-ordinating and running it and making sure we are all trained,” Visitor, Arts and Museum Team Leader Fiona Kemp said.<\/p>\n

The other sites that are testing the system are at Winton, Redcliffe and Mackay.<\/p>\n

The three staff and eight volunteers in Kingaroy began their training in the middle of August and each had to spend at least two days learning the system.<\/p>\n

A workshop will now be held for local tourism businesses from 4:00pm on Wednesday this week.<\/p>\n

It will be led by TEQ Digital Coach Susan Maynard and Project Co-ordinator Mark Greaves.<\/p>\n

The pilot program will ultimately allow visitors (and local residents) to book their accommodation and activities directly at the Visitor Information Centre through the online booking and reservation system.<\/p>\n

While the VIC staff member operates one computer screen, the visitor can follow the process on a second screen at the counter.<\/p>\n

Information and photographs from the tourism operators are displayed. This information is input directly by the tourism businesses into their individual ATDW page. There is also a provision for “special offers”.<\/p>\n

The Visitor Information Centre will take a commission from every sale. Visitors will be able to pay for their accommodation at the time of booking with cash or EFTPOS.<\/p>\n

Operators who already have their own online booking system linked to WOTIF can also be integrated into the VIC system.<\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council’s Coordinator Cultural Services Michael Hunter said the project was a 12-month pilot which would test how it was received by the public and how much it will cost to run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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