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Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2014

Proceedings of the International Conference in Dublin, Ireland, January 21-24, 2014

  • Presents research on cutting-edge technologies in travel and tourism by leading scholars in the field

  • Offers practical insights into IT-related managerial issues

  • Provides a collection of diverse perspectives and methodologies

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (65 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Mobile Technologies and Context-Aware Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Mobile Social Travel Recommender System

      • Ander Garcia, Isabel Torre, Maria Teresa Linaza
      Pages 3-16
    3. Mobile Apps Devoted to UNESCO World Heritage Sites: A Map

      • Theresa Karolina Schieder, Asta Adukaite, Lorenzo Cantoni
      Pages 17-29
    4. An Analysis of Mobile Applications Classification Related to Tourism Destinations

      • Ion Gil Fuentetaja, Ion Zugasti Simon, Ariane Rubio Aranzabal, Maria Peralta Ariza, Carlos Lamsfus, Aurkene Alzua-Sorzabal
      Pages 31-44
    5. Hotel Mobile Apps. The Case of 4 and 5 Star Hotels in European German-Speaking Countries

      • Asta Adukaite, Annina Melanie Reimann, Elena Marchiori, Lorenzo Cantoni
      Pages 45-57
    6. Context-Aware Points of Interest Suggestion with Dynamic Weather Data Management

      • Matthias Braunhofer, Mehdi Elahi, Francesco Ricci, Thomas Schievenin
      Pages 87-100
  3. Social Media Marketing Strategies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
    2. Strategic Use of Social Media Affordances for Marketing: A Case Study of Chinese DMOs

      • Jing Ge, Ulrike Gretzel, Rodney J. Clarke
      Pages 159-173
    3. SoCoMo Marketing for Travel and Tourism

      • Dimitrios Buhalis, Marie-Kristin Foerste
      Pages 175-185
    4. Content Curation and Narrative Tourism Marketing

      • Oriol Miralbell, Aurkene Alzua-Sorzabal, Jon Kepa Gerrikagoitia
      Pages 187-199
    5. Destination Benchmarking with Geotagged Photographs

      • Wolfgang Koerbitz, Irem Önder
      Pages 201-211

About this book

The papers presented in this volume advance the state-of-the-art research on social media and Web 2.0, electronic tourism marketing, website development and evaluation, search engine marketing and optimization, IT adoption and diffusion, virtual travel communities, mobile technologies, management information systems in tourism, eLearning, recommender systems for tourism businesses and destinations and electronic distribution for hospitality and travel products. This book covers the most significant topics contributed by prominent scholars from around the world and is suitable for both academics and practitioners who are interested in the latest developments in e-Tourism.

Keywords

  • Destination management
  • Electronic distribution
  • Electronic tourism marketing
  • Hospitality
  • Information technology
  • Management information systems
  • Mobile technologies
  • Recommender systems
  • Search engine marketing
  • Search engine optimization
  • Social media
  • Travel and tourism
  • Virtual travel communities
  • Web 2.0
  • Website development
  • Website evaluation
  • e-business
  • eLearning

Editors and Affiliations

  • Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA

    Zheng Xiang

  • Washington State University, Vancouver, USA

    Iis Tussyadiah

About the editors

Zheng Xiang PhD is assistant professor at the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Virginia Tech. His primary research interests include travel information search, emergent Internet-based technologies for travel decisions and the development of marketing information systems for tourism organizations.

Iis Tussyadiah PhD is associate clinical professor at the School of Hospitality Business Management at Washington State University, Vancouver. Her main research interests include the impact of ICT use on travel experiences and the influence of ICT-mediated experiences on cultural production, place making and destination marketing.

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eBook USD 269.00
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  • ISBN: 978-3-319-03973-2
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  • Own it forever
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Softcover Book USD 349.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)