QR Code Press

QR codes help tourists to learn as they visit Gibraltar

09/19/201209/19/2012 L. Green

St. Michael's Cave now using QR codes to help educate tourists

Links to Wikipedia to help keep visitors informed about what they see. Gibraltar’s tourism has recognized the fact that many of its visitors are now armed with smartphones and tablets, and that QR codes can help to provide them with a great deal of information about what they’re seeing when they visit. St. Michael’s Cave, one of the top attractions in the city, now boasts a mobile barcode to scan. Monmouth, a U.K. town, has paved the way for Gibraltar’s tourism strategy, which allows visitors to scan QR codes in…

QR codes to assist tourists visiting Spain

09/08/201209/06/2012 Jorge Gonzalez

Smartphone using visitors to Costa del Sol to enjoy enhanced travels. The city of Costa del Sol in Spain has launched a new smartphone friendly campaign to help tourists that are visiting by allowing them to scan QR codes for more information. This helpful tool is meant to help to improve the overall tourism experience in the area. The QR codes will be placed at various locations around the region, focusing primarily on cultural venues that are typically of the greatest interest to visitors to the area, as well as…

QR codes made out of cobblestones draw the world’s attention to Portugal

09/04/201209/04/2012 Julie Campbell

Mcommerce barcode made out of black and white stones were worked into the pavement. The Portuguese pavement, the calçada portuguesa, which is a traditional style of pedestrian walkway in the country, now includes a modern mcommerce feature, as QR codes were worked in with cobblestones. Though this technique may have been used for hundreds of years, the barcode adds a modern twist. The new QR codes have been worked into the sidewalk in Chiado, Lisbon. It is quite beautiful and artistic, but tremendously sensitive to the light in terms of…

Atlanta airport implementing QR codes to help with travelers needs

04/20/201104/20/2011 Stephen Vagus

The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has announced a new campaign that is aimed at improving passenger’s experience through the use of the latest trend in mobile technology. The airport will begin using QR codes in a number of shops and restaurants located on site. As mobile technology becomes ever more prevalent, the airport is looking to cater to the needs of consumers. Hartsfield-Jackson is boasting of being the first airport to make use of the barcodes. Officials unveiled plans to implement the codes early today. They will be embedded on…