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- 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)
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Front Matter
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Mobile Technologies and Context-Aware Systems
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Social Media Marketing Strategies
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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
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Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
Zheng Xiang
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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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2014
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International Conference in Dublin, Ireland, January 21-24, 2014
Editors: Zheng Xiang, Iis Tussyadiah
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03973-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-03972-5Published: 21 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-03973-2Published: 08 January 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 907
Number of Illustrations: 116 b/w illustrations
Topics: IT in Business, e-Commerce/e-business, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Marketing, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Cities, Countries, Regions