The Smart Tourism programme is a 3 year programme delivered
through the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance
(SICSA)* and supported by the Scottish Funding Council, Scottish
tourism organisations and industry.  The aim of the programme is
to provide innovative approaches and technology to enhance the
Scottish tourism sector's technology base, helping local SMEs
and corporates operating at the technology-tourism interface,
leading to increased employment and sustainable economic growth.
* SICSA is a research pool collaboration of Scottish
Universities whose goal is to develop and extend Scotland's
position as a world leader in Informatics and Computer Science
research. We aim to achieve this by working cooperatively rather
than competitively, by providing mutual support and sharing
facilities, by working closely with industry and government and
by appointing and retaining world-class staff and research
students in Scottish Universities. We believe that research
excellence is critical in a modern