 |
||||||||||
 |
||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|||
|
 |
eGuide Press Centre
Many thanks for visiting the eGuide Press Centre. The eGuide Press team are very happy to help in any way we can so if you want a story use the words we have or contact eGuide for a story. eGuide fact sheetCompany: Grand Total = 135 A little about eGuideThe travel research team is led by David Hearle who has flown just under 3 million miles. Ann Williams says our vision at eguide is to be the organisation that best satisfies the needs of travellers seeking high quality, accurate destination information on the internet, and to provide the worlds best digital destination tourist information that is accurate, comprehensive and inclusive. The eguide concept was born out of frustration with existing travel information on the web. Each eGuide contains all the information a visitor would like to find. Using a clean, fast, clutter free design site visitors can find out all they need to know about each destination. One exciting feature is the downloadable free eGuide for many destinations. This replaces the need for travellers to purchase a travel book. And you only need print the information you want, and do not have to pay for reams of pages which you will never read, a choice not available in traditional travel books. Each destination uses the location name followed by "eguide.com". For example Sydneyeguide.com or Veniceeguide.com. Travel forumsEguide operates a number of travel forums and a useful source for stories. World Travel talk ImagesEguide is very happy to supply images and all have free use provided eGuide is acknowledged. View eguide images available for use. Finding your way roundTo gain a feel of what eGuide is doing a starting point is TraveleGuides.com our main portal that has information on every country in the world and links to specific eGuide sites. Corporate information is on eGuide.com.au. To search the network use eguidesearch.com and also the home page of eGuide.com.au.
Press ReleaseEGUIDE AIMS TO REPLACE OUTDATED TRAVEL BOOKS With more than 2 million visitors to eGuide’s International on line tourist information publication it is fast replacing outdated travel books and publications. Founder and Director of eGuide David Hearle said the electronic publication was meeting market demand for up- to- date content rich, travel information and was fast becoming the leading digital site for travellers. “As a constant traveller I found guide books were constantly out-of-date, inaccurate and biased so much so that by following a guide book you could easily miss some of the best things to do and places to visit,” he said. “With a digital guide it can be updated constantly and provide comprehensive information.” And the recent edition of the Australian eGuide will change the way International tourists and Australians themselves travel throughout Australia, according to Mr Hearle. The site www.australiaeguide.com.au has been in operation for the past 12 months but now boasts a comprehensive list of 168 destinations from the popular to the more remote and providing detail on locations, accommodation, tours and places to eat. Accommodation and tours can also be booked through the site and the pages are available in PDF form to print for those who prefer a travel book. Mr Hearle said he aimed to ensure the site was comprehensive, accurate, inclusive and interactive. “Initially we set the site up to act as an ‘authoritative’ reference on a location,” Mr Hearle said. “We wanted to provide the information and let the reader make the decision on where they wanted to go without influencing their decision. “However we are gradually moving more and more towards recommendations on places to visit and eat as that is what our clients are asking of us.” As a worldwide frequent traveller, Mr Hearle is now giving other travellers the benefits of his experiences. His travel exploits cover a list of ticked boxes having survived such adventures as being robbed in Egypt, held up at gunpoint in Pakistan and lost in the Northern Sudan Desert. His travel experience from backpacking to first class luxury makes him a credible authority and he is equally at home travelling pot holed roads in Cambodia to watching the world go by in a rickshaw in Bangladesh. It was the frustrations Mr Hearle experienced trying to find up-to- date and accurate information when he was travelling to various destinations which prompted him to utilize his travel knowledge and develop the eGuide. Mr Hearle said the Australian eGuide was the most popular publication followed by the United States and the United Kingdom. In addition a number of popular Australian destinations are linked to their own eGuide which has substantial information, accommodation and tours. “The Noosa eGuide has been operating for five years and is currently the most popular Australian site with about 900 visitors a day,” Mr Hearle said. Other popular sites include the Gold Coast, Sydney and Hobart. “Our aim is to be the largest worldwide digital publishing provider of up to date high quality information in a market dominated by print travel books,” he said. To visit the eGuide websites go to: www.traveleguides.com and www.australiaeguide.com.au For telephone interview: David Hearle 61 7 438 730204.
MEDIA RELEASE 17 April 2009 EGUIDE PUTS NOOSA ON DIGITAL TRAVEL MAP Noosa resident, Founder and Director of eGuide David Hearle is well and truly putting Noosa on the tourist map ...... well certainly the digital map. Mr Hearle’s electronic travel guide book – www.Noosaeguide.com - has become a major contributor to Noosa’s tourist market having been operating for five years and receiving more than 900 visitors a day. Noosa eGuide is one of 137 International on line tourist information publications which is fast replacing outdated travel books and publications and meeting market demand for up- to- date content rich, travel information. Mr Hearle said the market trend was moving upwards with visitors to the eGuide sites increasing by 39 percent over the past 12 months. “Our aim is to be the largest worldwide digital publishing provider of up- to-date high quality information in a market dominated by print travel books,” he said. “In Australia Noosa is our most popular eGuide site followed by the Gold Coast, Sydney and Hobart.” With more than 2 million visitors to the eGuides in the past 12 months the publications are fast becoming the leading digital site for travellers. As a former UK resident and worldwide frequent traveller Mr Hearle has been residing in Noosa since 2002 and established the eGuides to give other travellers the benefits of his experiences. His travel exploits cover a list of ticked boxes having survived such adventures as being robbed in Egypt, held up at gunpoint in Pakistan and lost in the Northern Sudan Desert. However it was the frustrations Mr Hearle experienced trying to find up-to-date and accurate information when he was travelling to various destinations which prompted him to utilise his travel knowledge and develop the eGuide. “As a constant traveller I found guide books were constantly out-of-date, inaccurate and biased so much so that by following a guide book you could easily miss some of the best things to do and places to visit,” he said. “With a digital guide it can be updated constantly and provide comprehensive information.” Mr Hearle said he aimed to ensure sites were comprehensive, accurate, inclusive and interactive. He said accommodation and tours could also be booked through the site and the whole site was available in PDF form to print for those who preferred a travel book. David Hearle EGuide: 0438 730 204
Noosa eGuide can be found on www.noosaeguide.com
|
|||||||||||
