Voice assistants offer many possibilities, also in tourism
Buying ski tickets, reserving a table in a restaurant or booking a room - all by voice command are solutions that are quite conceivable in the near future.
With the Skill, Schladming-Dachstein wants to test how such an application is received by guests and in which areas it would be worthwhile to invest further effort. In any case, the topic of voice control and generally the digital preparation of information on different channels is becoming increasingly important. As one of the largest year-round destinations in the Alps, Schladming-Dachstein wants to and must be at the forefront here in order to have sustainable success in the highly competitive international tourism markets in the future.
"Alexa, öffne Schladming-Dachstein Insider".
is the voice command to receive many interesting - and sometimes curious - facts and stories on various topics in German from the adventure region. For example, Alexa points out that the Grimming was mistakenly thought to be the highest mountain in Styria for many years - and clarifies the situation: There are actually 42 mountains in the entire province that are higher than the mighty Grimming with its 2351 metres, but it is - after all - considered the highest free-standing mountain in Europe.
This is what Charlie Sheen did in Schladming
US film drama "Heidi" was filmed on the Ursprungalm
And what connection does US actor Charlie Sheen have to Schladming-Dachstein? Alexa also has something to tell us about that: The Ursprungalm, situated at an altitude of 1,610 metres, at the foot of the Steirische Kalkspitze in the Schladminger Tauern, was the location for the Hollywood film "Courage Mountain" in 1990, a film adaptation of the famous novel "Heidi" by Johanna Spyri. The actress Juliette Caton embodied the orphan girl from Frankfurt who spends part of her childhood with her grandfather in the Alps. Her best friend in the mountains is "Ziegenpeter", and he is embodied in the film by - yes, that's right, the then 25-year-old Charlie Sheen.
