EyeTour wins EnterPRize's Business Plan competition!

EyeTour Puerto Rico has been named the First Prize winners in Puerto Rico's EnterPRize Business Plan 2007 competition! Our Business Plan was selected from more than 400 submissions and includes several exciting new developments for the future of EyeTour.

Join us in thanking everyone at Guayacán Group and those who helped us in researching, writing, and getting everything done on time, including: Alberto Casas and Giancarlo González from Compraoalquila.com; María Alexandra Pla from Colonial Adventure Tours; Wilfredo Carrasquillo, CPA; Aníbal Jover, CPA; Gabriel Sánchez, Andrián Richner, and Débora Reyes. We also want to thank our families for all their love and support!

Wifiwyg.com hosts EyeTour guide in free wifi initiative! / Rums of PR sponsors gastronomic guide to Old San Juan

EyeTour videos of Old San Juan are now available for streaming through Old San Juan's new wireless internet initiative, Wifiwyg.com. Remember that videos can be downloaded for free at EyeTourPuertoRico.com or EyeTour.com.

EyeTour's production of the Old San Juan's Gastronomic guide sponsored by Rums of Puerto Rico currently filming. It will feature 15 of your favorite restaurants/bars/clubs from the Old San Juan area in its initial phase, including:

Restaurante Raíces
Taste Global Cuisine
Blend
Old Harbor Brewery
Señor Frog's
The Brickhouse
Tío Danny's
Tamarind
Lupi's
Amadeus
and more!

EnterPrize's Business Plan Competition Finalist: EyeTour!

EyeTour Puerto Rico is competing as one of the 5 finalist groups in Puerto Rico's EnterPRize Business Plan 2007 competition! Our Business Plan was selected from more than 400 submissions and includes several exciting new developments for the future of EyeTour.

We will be presenting our project on the morning of Tuesday, December 11 during the Puerto Rico Venture Forum, to be held at the Ritz Carlton.

Join us in thanking everyone who helped us in researching, writing, and getting everything done on time, including: Alberto Casas and Giancarlo González from Compraoalquila.com; María Alexandra Pla from Colonial Adventure Tours; Wilfredo Carrasquillo, CPA; Aníbal Jover, CPA; Gabriel Sánchez, Andrián Richner, and Débora Reyes. Thank you all and we'll let everyone know if we win (although by now we've already won quite a lot from the experience)!

Announcements: October 2007

EyeTour Puerto Rico has been selected as one of fifteen semi-finalists in Puerto Rico's EnterPRize Business Plan 2007 competition! We want to congratulate the other groups that made the cut and hope to learn more about their projects soon.

EyeTour Puerto Rico has moved to a (harder), better, faster, (stronger) server managed by our friends at ML Studio (Qoodos.com). What it means for you? Faster and more reliable downloads and a better experience all around - so visit us once more and download until your iPod is full!

EyeTour 'How To Make Alcapurrias' video is now online at KitchenCaravan.com! Watch it there and learn a thing or two about cooking! The girls at Kitchen Caravan have prepared an episode full of Puerto Rican inspired cooking, including a 'Cafe con leche' Flan, Croquetas de ceviche, and an asopao. EyeTour takes you to Piñones to learn how vendors make the best 'alcapurrias de jueyes'. Enjoy!

We welcome new iPods into our family!

EyeTour is extremely excited to have a couple of new iPods: a 16GB iPod touch and an 80GB grey iPod classic. They join our existing iPod family of two 5G iPod videos (one 30GB and one 80GB), an iPod nano (1GB, 1G, white), and iPod shuffle (1GB, 1G) - R.I.P. 4G iPod (40GB, b&w)!

Click 'here' to look at a portrait of our iPod family (It won second prize in iLounge.com's iPod Fashion contest).

The San Juan Star: EyeTour crests the wave of the future

This full-page article appeared on the September 17 edition of The San Juan Star - a Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper based in San Juan, Puerto Rico (FUN FACT: Hunter S. Thompson drew inspiration from The San Juan Star for the fictional newspaper - The Daily News - that appears in his novel, The Rum Diary). We want to thank The San Juan Star and reporter Gabrielle Paese for their interest and support - and for that headline!

IF YOU MISSED IT: Chrysler's VIP of the Day segment features EyeTour creators

Last week, Radio WOSO (1030AM) featured EyeTour's creative team as Chrysler's VIP of the Day for September 25 - 27. Thanks to everyone who tuned in and showed their support! If you happened to miss the radio segments, you can now listen to them or read them by clicking the links below. We want to thank once again everyone at Radio WOSO, Chrysler, and Sherman Wildman for this wonderful opportunity and recognition. Enjoy!

Alfredo


Jose


Juan

Last but not least: Juan is Chrysler's VIP of the Day!

If you are in Puerto Rico, tune in to Radio WOSO (1030 AM) to listen to the VIP of the Day broadcast, sponsored by Chrysler. They broadcast earlier today at 7:58am, 10:58am, 12:12pm, and 5:58pm. Show your support by tuning in!

NEXT UP: José is Chrysler's VIP of the Day at WOSO 1030AM

If you are in Puerto Rico, tune in to Radio WOSO (1030 AM) to listen to the VIP of the Day broadcast, sponsored by Chrysler. The feature is broadcast at 7:58am, 10:58am, 12:12pm, and 5:58pm.

Alfredo is... Chrysler's VIP of the Day on Radio WOSO (1030 AM)!

If you are in Puerto Rico, tune in to Radio WOSO (1030 AM) between 5:50 - 6:00pm to listen to the VIP of the Day broadcast, sponsored by Chrysler. They broadcast earlier today at 7:58am, 10:58am, and 12:12pm BUT you can still catch the last one at 5:58pm. Tune in! It should be fun!

EyeTour in Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Día newspaper!

If you live on the Island, grab a copy of today's (Wed., Sept.12/2007) 'El Nuevo Día' newspaper and flip right to 'En Punto' to read about the EyeTour project and team.

You can also read the story by clicking here.

EyeTour wants NEW iPods!

Everyone here at EyeTour is extremely psyched about today's Apple event. Personally, I am due for an iPod update - my 4G (B&W) iPod died a few months ago and I've been sticking it out with my 1G shuffle and 1G nano since then. What will Apple unleash to the world in just a matter of hours?!?! We can't wait to find out.

Last night I was reading a post title "Tomorrow, Dreams Come True" on the 'Backstage' section of the always excellent iLounge.com and it only made me more anxious. Read the post for yourself here.
If iLounge.com writers are THIS excited about an Apple event, then surely the company will deliver!

I am going to be checking out coverage live over at Engadget.com and iLounge's live IRC Chat. I urge you to do the same, both are great websites and an integral part to the iPod community. In a couple of hours we will all be talking about which iPod(s) we are going to get!

Have fun following the news!

Equal parts EyeTour and Rums of Puerto Rico: Mix & Enjoy!

EyeTour is proud to announce an expansion to the Old San Juan area map over at our website! Rums of Puerto Rico will sponsor the development and production of EyeTour videos focused on Old San Juan's bars and restaurants. This expansion to the project will be available for streaming and download on November 2007.

'Area Este' Expansion Begins

EyeTour Puerto Rico has begun production on its expansion plans for the Island's 'Area Este'. Sponsored by INTENE, the eastern expansion will focus initially on the area's main attractions, such as El Yunque National Forest, Las Cabezas de San Juan, and Piñones.

EyeTour wants YOU! Internship and Employment Opportunities

EyeTour Puerto Rico is looking for exceptional writers and cameramen for the production of more video content to be featured on the website.

If you are interested in researching Puerto Rico's history and writing about the Island's top attractions, send us your resume and writing samples (in English) to info@eyetourpuertorico.com. Use 'Writers Wanted' as the subject heading.

If you are interested in filming future EyeTour site videos around the Island, send your resume and reel to info@eyetourpuertorico.com. Use 'Cameramen Wanted' as the subject heading.

EyeTour on the web!

We have recently added EyeTour content to YouTube, MySpace, iTunes, and Qoodos as part of our promotional efforts for EyeTour Puerto Rico.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel! (www.youtube.com/eyetourpuertorico)

View our Myspace profile; add us as a friend! (www.myspace.com/eyetourpuertorico)

Subscribe to our iTunes podcast!

Subscribe to our RSS feed!

Check out our Qoodos.com profile and join Puerto Rico's own social network! (www.qoodos.com/eyetour)

Find us on Facebook! Join our group!

Do you have a Facebook account (and who doesn't! no offense to anyone without a Facebook account, but you should really try it out so you don't miss out on all the social network fun)? Join our Facebook group to learn about site updates, contests, news, or just to leave us a comment on our wall!

Take a look at our website - Inside EyeTourPuertoRico.com

This is our 'lobby' or intro page. You can watch our welcome messages by the Governor of Puerto Rico, Hon. Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, and from the Director of the Tourism Company, Terestella González Denton, by using the video player, as well as our Introduction to the EyeTour of Old San Juan. You can also view our sponsors, the local date and time, and we provided a link that takes you directly to Puerto Rico's most recent weather forecast. Click on the orange 'ENTER MAP' button to enter the main menu - but make sure you disable your pop-up blocker first!



This map of Puerto Rico acts as our main menu. It shows you information on the different areas of the Island, as organized by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. EyeTour's expansion plans cover the entire island, and production has already begun on the Area Este and Caguas map, as well as a nightlife tour for Old San Juan. The project was launched on July 31, 2007 with a walking tour of Old San Juan, covering 40 attractions, including museums, historical sites, parks, plazas, and famous streets. Click on the Old San Juan area (pulses red) to enter its EyeTour map.



The Old San Juan Area Map is were EyeTour Puerto Rico's currently offers its innovative content. A complete guide to Old San Juan was developed with the help of noted historian and head professor of the University of Puerto Rico, Dr. Arturo Dávila, to ensure the quality and historical accuracy of the script. The videos were individualy scored by José Martí - our group musician - who composed all of the tracks so that they fit the ambience of each video perfectly. They also include illustrations by Alfredo Richner, some of them animated by Juan Márquez.



The team believes in giving attention to detail and will measure future productions against the standards they have set for themselves with the development of the EyeTour of Old San Juan. Visit www.eyetourpuertorico.com and download the EyeTour of Old San Juan for FREE - available in four different formats (M4V, MPEG 4, MOV, and MP3). You are now ready to BE YOUR OWN GUIDE!

EyeTour Puerto Rico launch makes the news!

We would like to thank everyone who was able to attend the EyeTour Puerto Rico website launch, sponsored by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company: our friends and families, everyone at the PRTC, and the media.



Here are some of the sites that featured news about our launch event:

ENDI.com
Primera Hora
MSN noticias
Tecnético
Globo (Brazil)
El Imparcial (Mexico)

Welcome to EyeTour Puerto Rico's Official Blog

The www.EyeTourPuertoRico.com website was designed with the modern traveler in mind. Visitors can explore Puerto Rico's natural beauty and rich cultural heritage through exclusive video content of historical sites, museums, parks and plazas, streets, and other areas of interest to travelers and locals alike. Download useful traveler tools directly from our eye-catching interactive maps and into your video-mp3 player (such as iPods), so you can take the information with you on your trip to the Island of Enchantment or show your friends back at home. We are the first interactive audio-visual guide to Puerto Rico designed to fit right in the palm of your hand! We are also officially sponsored by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, so you know you are getting the most accurate and up-to-date information.

The best part about EyeTour Puerto Rico is that all content is FREE! Just visit us at www.eyetourpuertorico.com to discover our innovative traveler tools such as the EyeTour Interactive Guide to Old San Juan, its accompanying EyeMap, the EyeTranslate Spanish Teacher, and much more! Keep reading our Official Blog to learn more about this exciting new project and help us spread the word throughout the world!

You are now ready to BE YOUR OWN GUIDE!