Bird Group signs mou with Ministry of Tourism for multi-lingual audio guide app for iconic sites

 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with Bird Group (Resbird Technologies) under ‘Adopt a Heritage’ project of Government of India to create ‘Audio Odigos’ app offering audio guides in 4 languages

· To kick start the project, MoU has been signed with Korean cultural centre for Korean Modules for 12 iconic heritage sites

· Content for the Audio Odigos app is curated by renowned historian – Rana Safvi

New Delhi, 22^nd ,August, 2019: In a bid to live up to its commitment to promote heritage tourism in India, Resbird Technologies Private limited (part of Bird Group) signed an MoU with the Ministry of Tourism to launch ‘Audio Odigos’ - a mobile audio guide app for travelers.

The handing over ceremony of ‘Memorandum of Understanding' and 'Letter of Intent’ (for Beatles Ashram - Uttrakhand) by Ministry of Tourism under ‘Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan’ was held today in Delhi where in Mr. Himanshu Kumar, Business Head - BirdApps and Ms. Geetanjali Nanda, Senior Executive Assistant – Business & Projects received the MOU at the ‘National Conference of Tourism Ministers’ amidst the gathering of delegates from the ministry.

Audio Odigos will equip users with information on each monument with pictures, content and voice over support in a variety of languages including English, Hindi, Japanese, Korean.

The Audio Odigos app will contain an inbuilt map of the locations for a smooth navigation during the tour. Listeners will be offered various options like synopsis, detailed description and podcasts which can be selected depending on their preference. 

Audio Odigos will soon be available for download on all Android and iOS supported mobile phones.

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Founded in 1971 in India, Bird Group is amongst the largest and most diversified group of various entities within the industry. With businesses as diverse as pioneering back- office processing to be the representative for many of the world leading airlines; from managing the backbone of the technological framework for airline IT and distribution to managing crucial relationships of international service providers, Bird Group has ensured that a comprehensive portfolio of service offering has been created to add value to an extensive client base and add new potential customers. Today Bird Group core business includes Travel Technology, Aviation Services, Hospitality, Retail and Education. For further details, please visit:  www.birdgroup.com