Department of Leisure, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Southern Taiwan
University of Science and Technology, won the championship of "2014 TransWorld Little Giant Entrepreneurship Elite Competition."

Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (STUST), represented by students of Department of Leisure, Recreation, and Tourism Management—Yu-Wei Guo, Yu-Tsi Cheng, and Shin-Hung Guo—won the "2014 TransWorld Little Giant Entrepreneurship Elite Competition” organized by TransWorld University on November 21. The won the championship by their "Guy Dida," a combination of navigation system and tourism guiding system products designed on the basis of the knowledge they have learned. They stood out of all the finalists, caught all the eyes of judges, and won the competition.

【Finalists of the 2014 TransWorld Little Giant Entrepreneurship Elite Competition】

The purpose of this competition is to enhance students’ knowledge of business operations and entrepreneurial learning, to encourage students to learn through exchanges of thoughts and ideas, and to create opportunities for academic institutions and businesses to communicate with and learn from each other, thereby giving rise to trends of the innovativeness and entrepreneurship by young students. As Yu-Wei Guo, Yu-Tsi Cheng, and Shin-Hung Guo pointed out, while domestic tourism has been flourishing in recent years and the demand of knowledge and quality of tourism has been increasing, tourists cannot acquire professional guided tours unless they join a group. To solve this problem, their team offered their App-GuideddA tour-guide system, a combination of Google route planning and navigation and audio guidance for tourists. It is indeed an eye-catching gadget to all the judges in terms of design concept, design motivation, and LOGO design.

【The Champions of Department of Leisure, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology】

Prof. Ying-Ren Pan, adviser of the winning team, pointed out that it is not an easy job for tourism related students to win the competition. Only when they are able to show their expertise and knowledge in the design can they grab the opportunity to win it. After a number of meetings, discussions, and brainstorming sessions, they had repeatedly modified the product before they became one of the finalists in the competition. With their marvelous presentation in the final showdown, they eventually won the competition