Is your business in the tourism industry? Get a grant for technology innovations that enhance visitors’ experience or improve business efficiency.

For who?

• Singapore-registered businesses in any of the following tourism sectors:
  
  
  • Hotel
  • Inbound Travel
  • Attractions
  • Meetings Incentives Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE)
  • Education
  • Healthcare

For what?

• To accelerate the adoption of technology innovations that enhance visitors’ experience or improve business efficiency in the tourism sector.
  
  
• Examples of technology innovation projects supported under TTF are:
  
  
  • digital media* or in-room entertainment (for hotel) services
  • mobility services (m-services)
  • security with IP-based technologies
  • e-Services (web services)
  • identification & personalisation services
  • location-based awareness services
  • self-service technologies
  • business networking services (for MICE)
  • tracking technologies (for inventory, crowd control)

*Content for digital media projects must be in at least 3 languages: English, Simplified-Chinese (Mandarin) and Bahasa Melayu.

How much?

• There are two levels of funding under TTF:
  
  
  • First-Mover Innovations: Up to 50% of qualifying costs.
  • All Other Innovations: Up to 30% of qualifying costs.
    
    
• For your project to qualify as a First-Mover Innovation, it must meet all these 3 criteria:
  
  
  • your technology innovation should be the first of its kind or your business should be the first to apply existing technology in new ways
    
    
  • your project must be able to benefit the whole sector
    
    
  • others in your sector can also implement your innovation.
    
    
• Qualifying Costs include:
  
  
  • Professional Services
  • Equipment, Software & Materials
  • Marketing costs
    
    
• Non-Qualifying Costs are:
  
  
  • Any hardware & software costs not related to the project (e.g. operating system, anti-virus, Microsoft Office)
  • Manpower-related costs (e.g. internal manpower costs, maintenance costs)
  • Others (e.g. translation services costs)

Things to note

• The project must be carried out in Singapore.
  
  
• Please do not start on your project until your application has been approved.
  
  
• In order to receive the funds, you must meet the conditions and deliverables set by STB.

For more info

Tourism Technology Fund (TTF)
Singapore Tourism Board (STB)