At the
Berytech Awards held on December 21st, 2006 in Beirut by Brytech enterprises, the “Innovation Spirit 2006” trophy was awarded to Michel Sfeir, President of Paravision. Based at Berythec, at ESIB campus,
Paravision is specialized in the development of offline and online multimedia. It was on the spotlight in 2003 for its multimedia postal cards concept and has already been awarded international trophies like the Euroleader Award in 2006. These multimedia postal cards tackle Lebanese tourist issues like ecotourism, speleology, and rafting and scuba diving facilities. Each postal card proposes a small video, high resolution printable pictures, and for each city a historical background (validated by history writers), a guided tour with a map and details on monuments, screen savers to download and panoramic landscapes, aerial views of Lebanon, submarine pictures for the bottom, and pictures taken at 360 degrees while paragliding. The aim of the enterprise is also to favor the spreading of these cards in Lebanon but especially abroad in order to attract tourists to the country of the Cedars.