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Mobile & travel
• Travel means
to be mobile
• Each modern
traveler is
equipped with
photo camera
and mobile
phone
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Tourists get social and mobile
• Social media and mobile technology will
dramatically change the face of the
tourism industry in future. Holiday tips from
friends worldwide, interactive bookings
and mobile travel guides at the
destination will become the norm in years
to come…
– ITB World Travel Trends Report 2010/2011
• http://www1.messe-berlin.de/vip8_1/website/Internet/Internet/www.itb-
berlin/pdf/Publikationen/worldttr_2010_2011.pdf
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Europe – Mobile travel applications
• Following the success of the iPhone,
smartphones are revolutionising the travel
industry thanks to geo-localisation
services based on GPS technology
• Smartphone penetration is expected to
reach 92% in Europe by 2014 (…)
– WTM Global Trends Report 2010
• http://www.wtmlondon.com/files/wtm2010_global_trends_report.pdf
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Smartphone platforms
Platform WW Russia
• Platform share varies share share
by country Symbian 37.6 34.0
• Worldwide share in
Android 22.7 5.6
2010 is shown on the
right iOS 15.7 10.4
• 72% YoY growth
Research In Motion 16.0 0.1
– http://www.gartner.com/it/page
.jsp?id=1543014
– Smartmarketing* (RU) – Microsoft Windows 4.2 50.0
expert data Mobile
Other OS 3.8 0.5
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Nokia
• 175 million Nokia Symbian devices
• 45 million active Nokia touch screen
smartphone users
• Java apps for approximately 500 million
devices
• http://www.forum.nokia.com/Distribute/Ovi_Store_statistics.xhtml
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Mobile internet usage
• Mobile Internet user count grew up to 500M in 2010
• This count will reach 1B in 2011
– Approx 400M of them will be concentrated in Asia, 200M in North
America and 200M in Europe.
• Traffic 3 times increased during 2010
• In Russia only, user count will reach 26M
• Share of regular mobile internet users by country (of country
population) :
– Sweden – 28%
– UK – 24%
– USA – 20%
– China – 13%
– Russia – 9%
– Average World – 16%
– According to research of Ericsson and J’son & Partners, 2011
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Mobile networks in Russia
• Major players:
– Beeline, MegaFon, Mobile Telesystems
(MTS), TELE2 Russsia
• 140% penetration rate, 190% in Moscow
• Roaming rates extremely high even within
country
• GPRS rates are relatively low
– 7 Rub/Meg ~0.18 Eurocent
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Mobile internet consumption in Russia
• 22 Million Russians (i.e. 18% of the total
population) go to Internet from a mobile
device (at least 1 time per month)
• Reasons to use Internet:
– 45% quick information search
– 36% social networks
– 29% music download/listening
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Mobile issues when travel abroad
yes Do you use virtual
Is there roaming
no number?
in your tariff?
no yes no
To change tariff? To use native SIM?
yes
yes
no Purchase travel SIM?
no
Purchase local SIM? High
Universal cost of data
yes
number
Low cost
Operator? of data
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Comfort travelling
• Do not depend on other people
• Do not worry about situations
• To be guided/secured if necessary
• To get notifications, alarms depending on
schedule or wish
• To have the option getting all the
necessary info in the current environment
• All information in native language
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What is Toozla
• To help independent travelers Worldwide
we started the development of a global
system in 2008
• It is actually ecosystem with many various
players involved
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Toozla revolutionises the travel paradigm
• Toozla links highly-relevant information to specific sights
– More in-depth than an ordinary paper guide
• Toozla opens up a new infosphere to mobile phone
users
• Travellers feel like locals as they explore unfamiliar cities
• Users can share their opinion of a location right then and
there
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Market
• Users: independent travellers
• Segment is growing, especially given the current
economic situation
• Independent travellers worldwide: 277 million
• The idea was obvious, so the process of acceptance of
the tool should be a very natural one
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The Toozla ecosystem
Content owner Destination
• Ready-for-use technology gives
content owners access to • No need for special
mobile users equipment, offices or booths
• Control of usage • Allows analysis of tourist
behavior and preferences
• Users receive a sense of the
destination’s hospitality
Traveller
• Highly-relevant content where
and when it is needed Local business
• More convenient than a book or • Access to client when he or she
mp3 is just a few steps away
• Complete freedom of travel • Targeting by age, sex, location,
• Local, up-to-the-minute time, language
information • Payment per contact
• Social networking Mobile operator
• Increased Internet traffic
• Loyalty
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Smartphone platforms
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Basic functions of an applet
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Streams available
• Global streams: • Local streams:
• Wikistream • Austria. Salzburg; Austria. Vienna
Barceloneta
• Weather forecast Belgium. Antwerpen; Belgium. Bruges
Belgium. Ghent; Cambridge
• Global chat Copenhagen. Denmark. Harbour
Danmark. Copenhagen. Along the Metro
Fremantle Explorer; Fremantle Tours
GPS Citygames Ciutat Vella
• Coming soon: Imagineear audio guides
• Shopping InterContinental; Italy. Firenze
Italy. Napoli; Italy. Pisa; Italy. Rome
• News Italy. Siena; Italy. Torino; Italy. Venice
Moscow. Kremlin; London
• Drivers help Netherlands. Amsterdam
Norway. Oslo. Karl Johans Gate
• Blind help Oslo. Norway; Spain. Menorka
Moscow. Tsaritsyno
• Disaster channel USA. Boston Downtown
• Wikimapia USA.Chicago; USA. LA
Moscow. Бульварное Кольцо
• … Вокруг Кремля с Вокруг Света
Прага; Санкт-Петербург; Храмы
Петербурга
Центр Санкт-Петербурга
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my.toozla.com
• What did you
say?
• Listen/ Change
your words.
• What’s your
subscription?
• Change profile.
• Where you’ve
been?
• Share with
friends via
Facebook and
Twitter
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PartnerTool.toozla.com
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ad.toozla.com
• Portal for advertisers
• Very local access – when your customer is
on the same street
• Easy create and schedule
– Web access
– Mobile access
– SMS access
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Contacts
• www.toozla.com
• info@toozla.com
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