Call for proposals: innovative digitalisation projects proposed by tourism SMEs in the EU

[Ana Isabel]

"This Call for proposal aims to select innovative digitalisation projects proposed by tourism SMEs and provide them with direct financial support in the framework of the Tourbit Digital Acceleration Programme. 

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Qualify as a Small or Medium Enterprise (SME), meaning having less than 250 staff and no more than 50 m in turnover or 43 m balance sheets total.

2. Belong to one of these categories of the tourism industry:

• Hotels and similar accommodation (NACE I5510);

• Holiday and other short-stay accommodation (NACE I5520);

• Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks (NACE I5530);

• Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities (NACE N79).

3. Be registered as company in one of the territories of the Tourbit partnership:

• Belgium,

• Finland (Lapland) 

• France,

• Iceland,

• Portugal,

• Slovenia,

• Spain (Catalonia).

4. Your project needs to relate to one or several of these subjects:

a) Digitalisation, automatisation or improvement of internal processes;

b) Digitalisation, automatisation or improvement of client relations and online presence;

c) Improvement of products or services using digital technologies.

If selected, you will receive a grant of EUR 8,000-9,000 to implement your digitalisation project in your company. The grant must be used to fund the support of service providers, such as mentors, consultants, and/or technology/ innovation providers.

Participation in the programme is completely free.

All applicants are required to read the Guidelines for Applicants and submit their project proposal through the online application system using the official application form template before the deadline.

The call for proposals will be open until 5 April 2023 at 17:00 CET (Brussels time).

For more information please visit 

https://tourbit.eu/call-for-smes/

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