We are very pleased that you took the (partly long) way to Zauchensee to inform you not only about the innovations of Waldhart Software, but also to celebrate our twentieth anniversary with us!
We started the WS Day 2017 on Tuesday morning in Zauchensee with perfect weather conditions on the slopes. Together with Michael Walchhofer, we dedicated ourselves to an activity that occupies us every day, but is often neglected in our free time - skiing.
After a joint lunch, moderator Günther Reichhalter, who accompanied us both days, welcomed us and motivated us for two productive and exciting days. In the station mode, we then had the opportunity to get to know our program better and to exchange ideas among ourselves on a wide variety of topics. The lively exchange among the ski school directors was also in the foreground during this WS Day.
We introduced you in more detail to the topic of online marketing and went into the most important aspects, especially the newsletter and search engine optimization.
We also informed about the advantages of the (mobile) check-in and took your ideas and wishes. A discussion on different ticket printing methods and payment terminals was also initiated and the advantages of direct thermal printing were discussed.
Useful tools also include ski school instructor notification options via WS Notifier and the ski school software's weekly calendar. You also learned in the workshop how to easily report with WS Ski Mobil and what other advantages this mobile version has.
We also informed you about the possibility of using WS key figures to extract informative business data from the ski school software and to obtain individual evaluations, for example of the turnover in a weekly comparison.
A topic that you also have to deal with in your daily ski school routine is the Austrian cash register obligation. We worked with you on how to handle the new chip for signing receipts and what other aspects need to be taken into account with regard to the cash register.
Afterwards, we ended the first day together at our gala for the twentieth anniversary of Waldhart Software in a comfortable and entertaining way.
On the second day, we welcomed you with interesting future topics. Elias Kärle from the University of Innsbruck, with which we cooperate, informed us about semantic technologies in tourism. Alexander Wahler, also from the University of Innsbruck, introduced us to the topic of chatbots and presented an innovative example. Hannes Waldhart gave exciting inputs on various possibilities of online marketing, especially on the use of YouTube as a marketing platform.
A special innovation from Waldhart is the integrated online store as opposed to the stand-alone store. You can switch to the integrated online store immediately. Please register early for the changeover in order to benefit from the new store as soon as possible.
Finally, Christian Petter reported on the experiences he has gathered during his numerous customer visits in recent months and on the new development approaches he is pursuing.
The WS Day was rounded off with an interesting tour of the Atomic ski factory in Altenmarkt im Pongau. There we gained deep insights into the production of skis from the individual parts to the series model.
