Destination Bristol launches first official city iPhone app

11/05/2011

Categories: Official press releases

Both local people and visitors to Bristol will now be able to find all they need to make the most of the city from their iPhone with the launch of the new Bristol official city guide iPhone app by city tourism body, Destination Bristol.

The official iPhone guide has a comprehensive directory of the best sights, attractions, events, accommodation, food, drink and shopping in the city and surrounding area and as well as allowing users to search the directory, it also plots everything straight onto a Google map offering inspiration they explore the city.

Each entry in the iPhone guide also includes directions and a map with GPS integration, so users can easily find their way from A to B or browse places nearby and save favourite items as a personal itinerary and take quick links to websites and email messages.

Destination Bristol’s managing director John Hallett said, “Today’s savvy travellers rely on many different information sources both in planning their visit and making the most of their time in the area.  We are all excited by this latest development allowing us to offer visitor and local information using both the latest technology and, in the most traditional form, the Tourist Information Centre at Harbourside.  Costing just £1.19 from Apple’s App Store, The Bristol Official City Guide app is great value for money as it’s easy on phone data charges with information stored within the app itself. You only need to connect to the internet if you want to use GPS or download photos, making it ideal for visitors from overseas.”

This is the latest collaboration between leading tourism IT developers, NewMind and Destination Bristol.  The new VisitBristol website was launched in late 2010 and a new website for Conference and Business Travel will be available later this summer.  Destination Bristol also hopes to make the Bristol Official City Guide available on other mobile operating systems, such as Android, in the future.

For more information on the new iPhone app, head to http://visitbristol.co.uk/iPhone.

Destination Bristol is also keen to hear from businesses who are not in the current version of the new application who would like to be included in the future. Please contact web@destinationbristol.co.uk for more information.

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