Scheduled announcements and park news distribution

Purpose

1. Automate scheduled announcements and park news distribution to visitors and stakeholders, increasing awareness of events, safety alerts, maintenance schedules, and community initiatives.

2. Ensure timely, targeted, and consistent communication across multiple channels to maximize visitor engagement and streamline public information workflows.

3. Enable automatedly adaptive updates in response to urgent situations or schedule changes, maintaining high-quality visitor experience and operational transparency.

Trigger Conditions

1. Pre-set schedule for regular news (daily, weekly, monthly, or event-specific).

2. Manual trigger by park staff for urgent announcements.

3. External API or sensor data trigger (e.g., weather API alerts, IoT device notifications).

4. Automate based on calendar updates or reservation system changes.

Platform Variants

1. Twilio SMS

• Feature/Setting: Automated SMS Campaigns. Configure via Messaging Service API, using scheduled triggers for batch delivery.
  

2. SendGrid

• Feature/Setting: Automated Email Campaigns. Utilize Marketing Campaigns API with scheduling and contact segmentation.
  

3. Slack

• Feature/Setting: Schedule announcements to channels. Automate using Incoming Webhooks and Scheduled Messages API.
  

4. Microsoft Teams

• Feature/Setting: Teams Bot or Automated Channel Messages. Configure using Bot Framework with scheduling logic.
  

5. Facebook Pages

• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Posts. Automate via Graph API’s POST endpoint with publish_time parameter.
  

6. Twitter (X)

• Feature/Setting: Automated Tweets. API endpoint statuses/update.json with scheduled automation logic.
  

7. WhatsApp Business API

• Feature/Setting: Template Message Dispatch. Automate campaign send via /v1/messages, scheduling using external job queue.
  

8. Telegram

• Feature/Setting: Automated channel/bot announcements. Configure using Bot API sendMessage method with cron-based triggers.
  

9. Mailchimp

• Feature/Setting: Automated Email Campaigns. Use Campaigns API to auto-deploy at set times to audience segments.
  

10. Google Chat

• Feature/Setting: Automated Room Messages. Automate using Google Chat API webhooks for scheduled posting.
  

11. Discord

• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Bot Announcements. Use Bot Webhooks or Discord.py scheduling extension.
  

12. HubSpot

• Feature/Setting: Email & SMS Workflow Automation. Configure Workflows with scheduled triggers via Automation API.
  

13. ActiveCampaign

• Feature/Setting: Automated Email Series. Set automations for specific news/event campaigns with dynamic scheduling.
  

14. Constant Contact

• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Email Campaigns. Use V3 API for contact list automation and time-based sending.
  

15. Zoho Campaigns

• Feature/Setting: Auto-Scheduler. Set up Campaign Scheduling via API’s schedule_time parameter.
  

16. Pushover

• Feature/Setting: Automated Push Notifications. Use Pushover API’s messages endpoint with scheduling logic.
  

17. Viber

• Feature/Setting: Broadcast Messages. Automate sending using Public Accounts API with scheduled message payload.
  

18. Instagram

• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Story/Event Posts. Configure via Facebook Graph API with publish_time for cross-platform automation.
  

19. Salesforce Marketing Cloud

• Feature/Setting: Journeys and Email Studio. Use Journey Builder for automated, timed multi-channel outreach.
  

20. OneSignal

• Feature/Setting: Push Notification Scheduler. Set via REST API with send_after parameter for timed automation.
  

21. Google Calendar

• Feature/Setting: Event Description Alerts. Automate updates via Calendar API with scheduled reminders for subscribers.
  

22. Zoom

• Feature/Setting: Webinar/Event Reminders. Use Zoom API to automate sending scheduled notifications to registered users.
  

Benefits

1. Automates wide-reaching, multi-platform communications for better visitor information and experience.

2. Reduces manual effort; staff focus shifts to higher-value activities.

3. Automating emergency and alert notifications increases public safety and response speed.

4. Always-on automation enables consistent engagement through diverse channels (SMS, email, chat, social media, push).

5. Automatedly adapts to calendar changes, weather, and other triggers with immediate distribution across selected endpoints.

6. Centralizes and automates announcement scheduling for error-free, timely outreach.