KIOSK Wins Awards
Shibby Kiosk Wins Award for Airport Kiosk
IN THE NEWS: Interactive Kiosk Excellence Awards: Best application for travel, hospitality or entertainment
The 2004 KioskCom Interactive Kiosk Excellence Awards honor, recognize and promote the best interactive self-service kiosk implementations over the past year. The 2004 awards honored excellence in 11 different categories. This is another article published on Kioskmarketplace recently in their ongoing series of profiles on winners and runners-up in each category.
Pay-per-use Internet access
KIOSK InformationSystems was awarded 2nd place in the category of Best Kiosk Application for Travel, Hospitality or Entertainment for its Shibby-branded kiosk in use at the Denver International Airport. For Tom Weaver, vice president of sales and marketing for KIOSK, the Shibby kiosk was a success on many levels. .It.s been very successful and profitable for us,. said Weaver of the 32 kiosks now in use.
While the kiosks provide users with pay-per-use Internet access and wireless bill pay, they also provide KIOSK with a learning experience. Once the kiosks were deployed,
Shibby has been very successful and profitable for us.. Tom Weaver,
VP sales and marketing, KIOSK
KIOSK studied everything about them. We did it to learn,. explained Weaver. Basically, the company wanted to learn what to expect from an ROI standpoint, the importance of signage, what drives users to the kiosks and how kiosk location affects usage. BOX The Shibby kiosks, while successful, were never meant to be mass produced. KIOSK is using what it learned to strengthen its role as a consultant in the industry. The company is a leader in the design and manufacture of indoor and outdoor kiosks, public Internet stations and other electronic self-service terminals. KIOSK customers include a range of corporate clients including McDonalds, Citibank, IBM, Disney, Borders and Mercedes Benz, as well as many government agencies and universities.
Info Touch Technologies distributes its automated self-serve bill pay service at the Shibby kiosks at the Denver International Airport. The kiosks are co-owned and operated by KIOSK and RHMES Communications. Powered by Info Touch.s Surfnet Premiere software, the kiosks enable airport employees and air travelers to pay their Cricket wireless bills in cash and/or credit card. Project stakeholders derive revenues from the convenience fees paid by consumers to pay their Cricket bills.
Info Touch Technologies provides software and personal financial services through secure kiosk networks. Surfnet is Info Touch.s trademarked technology for the delivery of e-services, including bill payment, wireless Internet access, maps and directions, money transfer, PIN dispensing for prepaid products and services, electronic coupons, video/text/photo e-mail and general Web-browsing.
The above excerpt published September 29, 2004
About KIOSK
Founded in 1993, KIOSK is the established leader in the design and manufacturing of indoor and outdoor kiosks, public Internet stations and other electronic self-service informational terminals. Recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States, KIOSK' growth over the last nine years has earned the company a place on the Inc. 500 list and on both the Colorado Fast 50 and the nation's Technology Fast 500 by Deloitte & Touche. KIOSK has provided innovative kiosks for a who's who of corporate clients including McDonalds, Citibank, IBM, Disney, Borders, Mercedes Benz and Conoco, as well as numerous government agencies and universities. Having produced thousands of kiosks for over 1000+ different applications, including human resources, interactive and transactional retail, and security applications, KIOSK has the most in-depth experience and expertise in the kiosk industry. Contact KIOSK at 303-466-5471 or www.kis-kiosk.com for more information on its complete line of kiosks and contract manufacturing capabilities
About Info Touch Technologies
Info Touch Technologies provides software, and personal financial services through secure kiosk networks. Surfnet is Info Touch.s trademarked technology for the secure and convenient delivery of e-services, including but not limited to bill payment, wireless Internet access, maps and directions, money transfer, PIN dispensing for pre-paid products and services, electronic coupons, video/text/photo e-mail and general Web-browsing. For more information, visit www.infotouch.net.
For more information please contact:
Cricket Media Relations:
Kristin Parsley Atkins
Tel: (858) 882-9105
katkins@cricketcommunications.com
Cricket Colorado Office:
Tom Williams
Tel: (720) 374-1825
twilliams@cricketcommunications.com
KIOSK Kiosks
Tom Weaver
Tel: (303) 661-1652
E-mail: tweaver@kis-kiosk.com
Info Touch Technologies Corp.
Behshad Hastibakhsh, Media Relations
Tel: 604.298.4636, Ext. 250
Toll Free: 888.679.3322
Email: pr@infotouch.net
Linear Capital Corp. (Investor Relations - Info Touch Technologies Corp.)
John Lewis
Tel: 416-364-2266
Toll Free: 1-877-600-6001
Email: jrlewis@linearcapital.com
