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Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2006

Proceedings of the International Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Martin Hitz

    1. Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Informatik, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria

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  2. Marianna Sigala

    1. School of Business, University of the Aegean, Chios, Greece

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  3. Jamie Murphy

    1. School of Business, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

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  • State-of-the-art research on information and communication technologies applications in travel and tourism
  • International studies
  • Contributions from an internationally recognised body of researchers

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Table of contents (63 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IV
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  2. Website Development and Evaluations in Tourism: A Retrospective Analysis

    • Rob Law, Billy Bai
    Pages 1-12

  3. Analyzing the Authorship of Information Technology Publications in Leading Hospitality and Tourism Journals

    • Rosanna Leung, Rob Law
    Pages 13-25

  4. Approaching Tourism as a Complex Dynamic System: Implications and Insights

    • Valentina Ndou, Claudio Petti
    Pages 26-26

  5. Challenges of a Virtual Learning Platform

    • Sirpa Lassila, Jarmo Ritalahti
    Pages 27-27

  6. Satisfaction Profiles and Tourism Curricula — Tourism Organisations Under Study

    • Harald Pechlaner, Anita Zehrer, Frieda Raich
    Pages 28-28

  7. Pinpointing Tourism Information onto Mobile Maps — A Light-Weight Approach

    • W. Schwinger, C. Grün, B. Pröll, W. Retschitzegger, H. Werthner
    Pages 29-43

  8. Attracting Visitors — Using Computer Games Technology to Build a VR-Museum

    • Ingvar Tjostheim, Joachim Lous
    Pages 44-54

  9. Selection of tourist attractions and routing using personalised electronic guides

    • Pieter Vansteenwegen, Dirk Van Oudheusden
    Pages 55-55

  10. Developing a Visualisation Tool for Tour Planning

    • Jayden Kimber, Mladen Georgievski, Nalin Sharda
    Pages 56-56

  11. An Agent-Based Architecture for Museum Visitors’ Guide Systems

    • Tsvi Kuflik, Adriano Albertini, Paolo Busetta, Cesare Rocchi, Oliviero Stock, Massimo Zancanaro
    Pages 57-57

  12. Providing On-Site Augmented Information to Tourists

    • Aurkene Alzua-Sorzabal, Maria Teresa Linaza, Ana Susperregui
    Pages 58-58

  13. Hokkaido Sculpture Web ant Its Educational Application

    • Hajime Saito, Makoto Nishimura, Arimasa Ogasawara, Takashi Maeda, Azuma Ohuchi
    Pages 59-59

  14. Hotel Website Optimization: The Case of Hong Kong

    • Antony Chan, Rob Law
    Pages 60-73

  15. The Practices of Internet Users in Their Appropriation of Websites of Destination Management Organizations

    • François Bédard, Francine Charest
    Pages 74-74

  16. Capturing the Beaten Paths: A Novel Method for Analysing Tourists’ Spatial Behaviour at an Urban Destination

    • Marko Modsching, Ronny Kramer, Ulrike Gretzel, Klaus ten Hagen
    Pages 75-86

  17. Analysis of Circular Tour Activity Based on GPS Log

    • Mitsuyoshi Nagao, Hidenori Kawamura, Masahito Yamamoto, Azuma Ohuchi
    Pages 87-98

  18. The Trend of Online Travel Behaviours: Cohort Analysis of 2000 and 2002

    • Jee-Hee Han, Kyoungrae Oh
    Pages 99-99

  19. A Field Trial to Elicit Individual Preferences in the Context of a Mobile Dynamic Tour Guide

    • Ronny Kramer, Marko Modsching, Klaus ten Hagen, Ulrike Gretzel
    Pages 100-111

  20. A Framework for Developing and Evaluating Mass Customisation Strategies for Online Travel Companies

    • Marianna Sigala
    Pages 112-124
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About this book

This collection of papers presented at the 13th ENTER Conference represents a unique opportunity of sharing knowledge with researchers bridging the fields of travel and tourism, and information and communication technologies. This year’s 40 full research papers and 23 work in progress presentations cover the following topics: meta research and education; guides and information systems; website design; behaviour analysis; website evaluation; usability and accessibility; technology adoption by enterprises; pricing; information requirements; knowledge management; decision support and recommender systems; website evaluation; customer support and service; technology adoption by customers; business models, and marketing. All papers have undergone a two round double blind review process therefore, the proceedings represent once more the major authority on the state of the art of IT and Tourism.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Informatik, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria

    Martin Hitz

  • School of Business, University of the Aegean, Chios, Greece

    Marianna Sigala

  • School of Business, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

    Jamie Murphy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2006

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006

  • Editors: Martin Hitz, Marianna Sigala, Jamie Murphy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-211-32710-X

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Vienna 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IV, 498

  • Number of Illustrations: 89 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: IT in Business, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)

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