Information providing apparatus, information providing system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and information providing method

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an information providing program for causing a computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving, from a terminal apparatus that has accepted an operation made by a user to select a destination, data indicating the destination;
• selecting either one of a food-serving facility and an accommodation facility as a facility to be recommended to the user, according to an arrival time slot in which the user is to arrive at the destination;
• referring to, when selecting the food-serving facility, first profile data indicating preference of the user for food to select at least one of a plurality of food-serving facility candidates;
• referring to, when selecting the accommodation facility, second profile data indicating preference of the user for accommodation services to select at least one of a plurality of accommodation facility candidates;
• and
• transmitting, regardless of which of the food-serving facility and the accommodation facility has been selected, facility data indicating a selected candidate, to the terminal apparatus.

An information providing method, comprising:

• accepting, by a terminal apparatus, an operation made by a user to input a destination;
• transmitting, by the terminal apparatus, destination data indicating the destination input by the user to an information providing apparatus;
• selecting, by the information providing apparatus, either one of a food-serving facility and an accommodation facility as a facility to be recommended to the user, according to an arrival time slot in which the user is to arrive at the destination, referring to, when selecting the food-serving facility, first profile data indicating preference of the user for food to select at least one of a plurality of food-serving facility candidates, and referring to, when selecting the accommodation facility, second profile data indicating preference of the user for accommodation services to select at least one of a plurality of accommodation facility candidates;
• transmitting, regardless of which of the food-serving facility and the accommodation facility has been selected, facility data indicating a selected candidate, to the terminal apparatus;
• receiving, by the terminal apparatus, the facility data from the information providing apparatus;
• and
• presenting, by the terminal apparatus, the facility data to the user.