On Saturday, February 21, EyeTour.com participated in the last outdoor screening of the season for Cinema Eventos’s free biweekly movie events in the Parque Nacional Laguna del Condado Jaime Benítez, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  The night’s screening featured Marcos Carnevale’s Elsa and Fred, a film beloved by many Puerto Ricans and famous for having a successful run at the local theaters that ended after 74 weeks.  EyeTour.com videos of some of Puerto Rico’s public parks were screened for audiences on Cinema Eventos’s giant inflatable projection screen, including videos of Isla de Cabras, Balneario Seven Seas, and Boquerón.

The park proves to be the perfect outdoor setting at dusk, when the skies take on purplish and indigo tones - augmenting a magnificent view of the skyline across the waters of the Condado Lagoon.  The event was sponsored by the Compañía de Parques Nacionales de Puerto Rico, which hosts a variety of events across many of the island’s public parks, beaches, and camping sites.

Cinema Eventos’s outdoor movie screenings - which feature classics, modern classics, family friendly films, as well as some premieres - began late last year and have consistently convinced hundreds of people to come out and enjoy the night outdoors in the company of their neighbors and loved ones.  Popcorn and refreshments are also served for free (although donations are greatly appreciated) - you only need to bring your own chair or picnic blanket!  This first run of screenings has been a great success inspiring many to come out and spend time in our public parks.  We hope to provide EyeTour.com visitors with more information about future screenings soon!

The iPhone finally arrives at our shores on October 17th, 2008 - a week from today! Puerto Ricans have been anxious to get their hands on the highly coveted phone for more than a year now, and EyeTour will be one of the firsts in line to get a couple of Apple’s iPhones.

EyeTour’s Company Vision states our commitment to technological innovation within the Tourism Industry. The company was founded on the promise of developing easy-to-use tools that anticipate the needs of our visitors, tourists, and fellow Puerto Ricans - and in keeping with that promise, we are proud to announce the release of EyeTour’s first Web Application developed specifically for the iPhone.

What is EyeTour’s Web Application for iPhone?

EyeTour has developed a mobile version of its Old San Juan Video Guide - including 40 of the historic city’s attractions - specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch. By visiting www.eyetour.com from your iPhone or iPod touch, users will be able to view the entire Old San Juan EyeTour on their phones without having to register or download anything. Videos can be viewed by using the interactive OLD SAN JUAN MAP - just tap the screen on your desired destination! You can also move the map around with a quick flick of your finger or pinch the screen to zoom in and out. Videos are also easily accessed from the AVAILABLE VIDEOS list option on the application’s home menu.

Limited Time - FREE IPHONE WALLPAPERS!

As a bonus gift to our visitors and as a way of celebrating Puerto Rico’s Official Oct.17 iPhone Launch, EyeTour has designed 16 Free iPhone Wallpapers for users to download directly to their iPhones and decorate their equipment with some of the island’s most amazing sights! Visit www.eyetour.com from your iPhone or iPod touch and select FREE IPHONE WALLPAPERS from the menu, then choose your desired wallpaper and touch down on the image for 2-3 seconds to save it to your phone. You can change your iPhone’s wallpaper from the Settings icon on your iPhone’s main menu (then touch ‘General’ and finally ‘Wallpaper’).

We want to urge our fellow entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico to get their thinking caps on and participate in this year’s EnterPRize Business Plan Competition. Ideas are had all the time by all kinds of people and many of them are good - even great! However, most of them are not written down, carefully thought out, researched or organized. EnterPRize provides the perfect opportunity for you to develop your idea and with the help of some of Puerto Rico’s brightest business minds, turn it into a working business plan for your company or startup. Best part is you can win money to help you along with your enterprise as well as some significant in-kind prizes such as office space, television advertising, billboard advertising, and more!

I’ve posted below some info about the competition so you can get on it pronto!

Saludos,

-A

EnterPRize 2008 Business Plan Competition

The Business Plan Competition stage starts on August 4th, 2008.

The Business Plan Competition stage requires submitting an Executive Summary which includes seven (7) elements. These elements require in-depth analysis and planning:

1. The Company and Product/Service proposed
2. Industry, Target Market and Customers
3. Competitive Landscape and Positioning
4. Execution
5. Team
6. Risk Analysis
7. Financial Model and Financing Requirements

Due Date: SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2008

What’s in it for you?

1. $50k in Cash Prizes: $25,000 1st Place / $15,000 2nd Place / $10,000 3rd Place
2. In-kind Prizes: Attorney Services, Accounting Services, Office Space & Advertising
3. Networking Opportunities with investors, business community & potential customers
4. World Class resources to help you to develop your business plan
5. Mentorship Program that gives you access to real & successful entrepreneurs

Want to be part of the EnterPRize 2008 Business Idea Competition?

Visit: www.enterprizepr.com

EnterPRize Group in Facebook

ENTREPRENEURSHIP is about PERSEVERANCE, DETERMINATION and ACTION!

EyeTour is currently working on pre-production of new videos and on the new version of the site (you are going to LOVE it! We sure do!) - which means we are holed up most of the day with our computers trying to meet deadlines.  So it was great to have been called by Grupo Guayacán last week to form part of their ad campaign for the EnterPRize 2008 Business Plan Competition.  EyeTour (you might remember us as last year’s winners) as well as another past winner, Alive, will be featured on this year’s campaign, which includes print-ads in El Nuevo Día (check today’s edition), billboard advertisements, and television commercials.  Tomorrow we are shooting part of our tv-ad so we hope you can see us shortly between airings of your favorite ‘telenovela’ or local news show!

EyeTour will be presenting its project website and future plans at this years Tecno-Caribe 2008 convention, to be held March 10-12 at the Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico. The schedule is as follows:

Monday, March 10 at 3:30pm
Tuesday, March 11 at 2:30pm
Wednesday, March 12 at 10:00am

We will also have a booth so be sure to look for us on the main exhibits floor to learn more about our project and how you can become part of this initiative.

EyeTour is hard at work putting the finishing touches on its latest additions to the website as well as planning a new content launch event for the media.

You will soon be able to download a gastronomy guide of Old San Juan’s choice restaurants, sponsored by Rums of Puerto Rico - so keep visiting EyeTour.com or this blog often so you can learn more about how to download these new content packages for FREE! EyeTour will launch new videos of Puerto Rico’s north-eastern coast, sponsored by INTENE, later in the year.

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!

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!

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)!

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!