The merit of Internet technology is the possibility of interchanging multimedia information across companies, regions and continents, beyond hardware and operating systems. Internet has come up to the mainstream in Information and Communication Technology, as for example the CeBIT (Hannover, Germany) has shown. A lot of companies today take advantage of web-based information systems. But uninterrupted information process (automatic workflow) from the producer to the consumer is still an exception.

Famous regions with a lot of Tourism, like the city of Salzburg have a strong demand of information interchange between companies within the region (Extranet) to give tourists all over the world (Internet) actual information and offer information about history, culture, events, hotels, restaurants, public transport and more. The tendency to all inclusive packages and special offers makes particular and rapid information processing across the whole city and region necessary - more then ever. Hundreds of companies are invited to give their input, being bundled by "Clearing Units" like Salzburg Tourist Office.

The talk and presentation will discuss:

1. Technical approachs, organization and experiences with the existing system
2. Obstacles and bottlenecks
3. Visions and planning

of tourism and the city network based on internet compatible technology on the example of the City of Salzburg.