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Cross-Program Collaboration Yields Tourist App Innovations

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By Hanadi Alnawab

Bachelor of Commerce – Digital Business Management students completed their first collaborative project with students from the TOUR 3000 – International and Canadian Tourism class.

This interdisciplinary endeavour intertwined multiple courses, fostering a cross-program collaboration between:

The app prototypes spanned diverse themes, including Food Trucks, Nightclubs, Activities, Street Art, Hidden Gems, and Historic Sites, offering a multifaceted exploration of tourism experiences.

The students showcased their app prototypes in a 'Gallery Walk' format, presenting their creations to esteemed guest Jeremy Maunder, Director of Content and Communications at Destination Toronto.

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Students sitting in a circle at a table with a laptop, pen and paper to collaborate on the app project

Groups of students sitting together with laptops to work on the app prototype

A group of students presenting their 3-panel bristol board on their app prototype 'After Hours'

A student demonstrating the Urban Bites app to a teacher

Students and teachers browsing group projects

Longo Faculty of Business Professors taking a group photo