Techneos selected to power research at Whistler Resort Home of the 2010
Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

VANCOUVER, March 8 /CNW/ - Techneos announces that Tourism Whistler selected its mobile software to power market research studies during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

The Olympic Winter Games galvanized the attention of residents, regional and global spectators. With the Paralympic Winter games about to begin in days, Tourism Whistler may be a step ahead of the competition. Tourism Whistler used Techneos' solution in concert with other research tools to access psychographic insights and gain timely information about global visitors' preferences, needs, moods and lifestyle during the Olympics. Research will continue during the Paralympic Winter Games.

Tourism Whistler studies marketplace trends, visitors' characteristics and gives strategic advice to its members, the many businesses at Whistler Resort. For four years, Techneos has been equipping Tourism Whistler with software for on-site research at Whistler Resort.

Techneos equips customers with the entire infrastructure required to create, deploy and manage multi-lingual wireless insight and engagement programs on a wide variety of mobile phones such as BlackBerry, Nokia, Android, Windows Mobile and other Java-enabled devices.

About Tourism Whistler

Tourism Whistler is the member-based marketing and sales organization representing Whistler, operating the Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler Golf Club, Whistler Visitor Centre, as well as Coast Mountain Reservations - Whistler's official source for visitor bookings and information. As the convention and visitors bureau for the Resort Municipality of Whistler, Tourism Whistler represents more than 7,000 members who own, manage and operate properties or businesses on resort lands including hotels, restaurants, activity operators and retail shops. For more information on Tourism Whistler, please visit www.whistler.com.

About Techneos

Founded in 1995, Techneos provides mobile survey, customer and enterprise feedback, panel and community management solutions to Fortune 500 firms, global market research organizations, government and academic institutions around the globe. With clients in over 50 countries and support for over 200 languages, Techneos provides the world's most advanced survey software for mobile phones, PDAs, netbooks and other mobile devices. Techneos software may be licensed for installation within a client's own IT infrastructure, or as a hosted SaaS offering. For more information on Techneos, visit www.techneos.com.

Please visit www.techneos.com/content/case-studies for the Tourism Whistler case study.

For further information: Samantha Singh, Director, Marketing, [email protected], Tel [phone]x111