Thursday, March 28, 2024

Eucharistic congress in Cebu goes digital with mobile guide app

Delegates attending the International Eucharistic Congress in 2016 (IEC2616) will have a handy guide to the international event in Cebu: a mobile phone app available for free download.

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The mobile app was developed as part of the nationwide ?Digital Tourism? program of Smart Communications and Cebu-based new media startup InnoPub Media.

The IEC2016 Guide app is a comprehensive resource about the event that is available for free download to phones and tablets.

The app contains information about the IEC, its history and the full schedule of events. It will also contain messages from Church officials as well as other conference-related resources and documents.

The IEC 2016 official app was introduced in a press conference at the Archbishop?s Residence in Cebu City.

Apart from information about the event, the IEC2016 Guide also contains a comprehensive guide to Cebu to help delegates make the most of their stay in the province. The guide contains information on what to do, where to go and where to stay in Cebu. It also contains tips on where tourists can eat and the delicacies they should try.

The app?s listing of places to go contains ?check location? link which uses global positioning system or GPS to show tourists where a tourism spot, historical structure, hospital or hotel is and suggest a route to get there.

The app also contains information on heritage churches in Cebu that the IEC delegates can visit. This section of the app will serve as tech support for the Visita Iglesia component of the congress.

IEC2016 Guide also contains a portable directory of companies and services providers accredited by the Department of Tourism including tour guides, tour operators, and transport services. It also contains a listing of important phone numbers to hospitals, police stations and other emergency units as well as to consulates and consular offices.

During the IEC, the app will contain daily updates about the congress.

The app is available for free download from the Google Play Store for Android devices. It will soon be made available for download from the Apple AppStore for iPhones and iPads and the Windows Phone Store for Windows Phone devices.

The app is made available for early download to help the delegates plan their visit to Cebu and to solicit suggestions from them on how to improve the app in time for the congress.

Apart from the app, Smart and InnoPub will also be putting up interactive tourism markers in heritage churches that form part of the IEC?s Visita Iglesia route. When scanned or tapped with a compatible Internet-connected phone or tablet, the markers trigger the download of information about the church or shrine.

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