The consortium comprises 10 partners from 5 EU member states (Spain, Italy, Greece, Lithuania, and UK). The driving forces behind the project are the SME-AGs. The SME-AGs provide direct access to SMEs active in tourism and retail sector in their respective countries. They will gain this access through direct links to individual SMEs as well as through the SME advisory board. There are 4 SME AGs in the consortium each representing a different country spread across Europe, with varying types of members. The SME-AGs have grouped together to form the consortium due to the need of their SME members. Through this project, these SME-AGs will be at the forefront of the new media applications.

In addition there are strong participants from research organisations (VELTI, IHG, NIO, and BU). There is a strong commitment within the consortium to the building of a durable project and management structure that will be sustainable beyond the duration of the project thus to facilitate the subsequent exploitation, dissemination on the road to the marketplace.

DIG Consortium is built according to the, so called, ‘best-of-breed’ partnering approach in which companies and academia are partnering and each participating company takes its position in the business based on its core competency. In that respect, the project brings together private sector partners, with genuine commercial interest in mobile solutions for SMEs, prestigious academic organisations with proven expertise in e-tourism and a group of pilot users in 4 European countries that wish to test and adopt an integrated a new mobile media  platform. This promotes interconnection of entities , and, hence, ensuring the sustainability of the service after the EC funding has finished.

The partners represent a good mixture of countries, having major differences on issues such as ICT maturity, m-business development etc. Pilots and market validation in different countries will assess peculiarities and differences in order to assist on its EU-wide perspective. This diverse sample of countries represented in the Consortium will be a valuable asset for useful lessons and practices, at least for the final deployment plan.

 

BARCELONA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

http://www.cambrabcn.org/   

Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona, also known as the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce is a public corporation founded in 1886 with headquarters in Barcelona, and regulated by the law 3 / 93 and Act 14/2002 of Catalonia whose primary function is to defend the interests of businesses and provide the necessary actions for the promotion of trade and industry – essentially all Barcelona companies are required by law to be part of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona is one of the most representative institutions of Barcelona and a first order’s point of reference for the country's socio-economic arena.
   
Spain

  
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF NAPLES

http://www.na.camcom.it

   
: It is an active member of EuroChambres and cooperates with other European Chambers and institutions through its Office in Brussels. The Chamber supports businesses in the Province of Naples in all their activities of internationalization and promotion, including territorial marketing and exporting. The Naples Chamber is active in EU cooperation activities. It was lead partner of Euro-China Food 2004, and partner in TRIPAK and Vietnam Food Network, all financed by the EU Asia Invest Programme. The Chamber is partner in Bridg€conomies - Business Relays for Innovation and Development of Growing Economies - Enterprise Europe Network. It was Lead Partner of the INTERREG IIIB ARCHIMED project ARCHI-ISLE. The Chamber is currently Lead partner of the TN MED project SHIFT - Sustainable Tourism In Fragile Territories – and partner in TN MED project REINPO RETAIL - Regional Innovative Policies to reinforce the retail sector.
  
Italy

Lithuanian Association of Hotels and Restaurants

http://www.lvra.lt/

Lithuanian Hotel and Restaurant Association is the only and largest public organization, uniting and representing hospitality business in Lithuania with more than 330 members. Accommodation and catering enterprises of the association create 10751 working places, which makes up to 30 percent of the working places created by the whole sector in Lithuania.  The association is full member of HOTREC (trade association of hotels, restaurants and cafes in the European Union, bringing together 40 national hospitality associations in 24 countries across Europe)
  
Lithuania

   
Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce

http://www.businessinbrighton.org.uk/

The Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce is a not-for-profit organization, run by the members for the members. The Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce represents the local business community.. It represents the local business community as a whole, rather than focusing on specific segments, sectors or special-interest groups. Chamber events enjoy a high reputation in the City for quality networking and provide an excellent way to keep in touch with the local business community
   
United Kingdom


VELTI S.A

www.velti.com

VELTI was founded in 2000, and is a leading platforms and services provider enabling mobile marketing, advertising and value-added services for advertising agencies, media groups, mobile operators, banks, government organizations and large enterprises. VELTI’s solutions cover the following key business activities: Mobile Marketing & Advertising, Mobile Internet, Mobile Value Added Services, Business Process Management, Document Management, Customer Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Portals, Media Content Delivery, Identity Management, Business. VELTI is an active participant in a plethora of Greek and EU research projects. In order to improve existing services and create new State-of-the-art services, the company is part of national and international consortia of research projects
   
Greece
   

Information Highway Group

http://www.ihg.net

An SME focused on research-intensive technology services. IHG, who has gathered a lot of experience in this mobile platforms in the context of sensor networks as the integrator partner of the GROCER project, a FET project pioneer in the development of context-aware platforms for the retail sector in the context of the Internet of Things. IHG has focused its activities on Internet of Things projects, including:1)Technological foundations such as: WSN (Wireless Sensor Networks), RFID (Radiofrequency Identification), RTLS (Real Time Location Services), SoA (Service Oriented Architectures), B2B portals, logistic information system services

2) pioneer virtual systems for education, investment and banking, commerce, retail, manufacturing, food traceability, etc. Some of its projects have Since the early 90s, IHG has participated in over 5 EC funded projects.

Spain

 
University of Bournemouth

http://home.bournemouth.ac.uk/

The International Centre for Tourism & Hospitality Research (ICTHR) of Bournemouth University was set up in 1996. ICTHR has placed BU firmly on the international tourism education map by gaining recognition as one of the World Tourism organisation's 15 Centre's of Tourism Education Excellence. The centre is home to international journals that are represented in the top quartile of refereed papers and to several books that are considered to be leading texts in the international world of tourism education.
   
United Kingdom


NIOBIUM labs

http://niobiumlabs.com/

Niobium Labs sees itself as a high-tech company, which aims to help brands better engage their audiences through the use of smart phone applications and online communications programs.

The continuous on-going advancements in materials science, location technology, power storage / delivery as well as, processing speeds and algorithms, is enabling mobiles to establish itself across a broad spectrum of different markets. As a result, Niobium Labs provides custom made solutions with emphasis in the field of: 1) Augmented reality 2) QR code campaigns 3) Location Technology Applications 4) Mobile Games and 5) Social Game Dynamics.

Greece

   
Metis S.A

www.metis.gr

Metis SA is a change and innovation management consultancy specialized in the coordination of national and transnational R&D projects. Metis has long expertise in project management and software development of Joint Research Initiatives in the area of Information Communication Technologies application and services.

Greece


SACSAC S.L

www.urbaks.com

Urbaks is an integrated manufacturer and seller of handbags and other complements. The company headquarters are based in Barcelona. It now has retail stores throughout Spain and will soon start franchising stores in several countries including possibly Portugal, Belgium and the USA.
   
Spain