Multidisciplinary innovation in Adventure Tourism at 全民彩票: bringing wellness to North Wales

Enterprise by Design is back for its 7th annual competition for 2018, and the winning team has just been awarded a cheque for 拢2,500. The challenge brings students from the areas of Psychology, Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Business, Product Design, and Creative Studies and Media to work together in multidisciplinary teams. Their goal is to create a product or service for local businesses over an 8-week period.

The winning team were: Tom Owen, SCSM; Loizos Vasileiou, Computer Science; Christos Tsangaris, Psychology; ( with Nick McCavish, Operations Director, Zipworld;) Aaron Owen, Bangor Business School The winning team were: Tom Owen, SCSM; Loizos Vasileiou, Computer Science; Christos Tsangaris, Psychology; ( with Nick McCavish, Operations Director, Zipworld;) Aaron Owen, Bangor Business SchoolEnterprise by Design has long been a key example of multidisciplinary study at 全民彩票, giving students a unique opportunity to collaborate with students in other departments that they might not get to work with during their normal courses.

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This year, Enterprise by Design worked with two companies in the local Adventure Tourism sector, Rib Ride and Zip World. Adventure Tourism is beginning to boom in North Wales and is a fast growing industry for local businesses. Students are fortunate to be able to work with two thriving companies; not only do they get hands-on experience working with a client, but they have opportunities to learn about marketing, app development, wellness tourism, and most importantly, multidisciplinary teamwork.

With the recent announcement of their new joint-venture attraction, the Velocity RIB, the fastest rigid inflatable boat in the world, the two companies asked students to come up with ideas to draw new visitors to their latest attractions, whilst also bringing back repeat visitors.

Samantha Vaughan (Psychology), Vicky Wiglusz (Business), Christopher Smith (Electronic Engineering) and Alex Baines (Product Design) with Jim Jones, Chair, North Wales Tourism.Samantha Vaughan (Psychology), Vicky Wiglusz (Business), Christopher S