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The Diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies in the Tourism Sector
Information and communication technologies (ICT) play an important role in every sector where information is the basis of the business. Tourism is no exception. Since the implementation of computerized reserva...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Tourism Management in Japan and Switzerland: Is Japan Leapfrogging Traditional DMO’s Models? A Research Agenda
Similarities may be seen in the development of tourism in Japan and Switzerland during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, especially in terms of the origins and purpose of their respective national touris...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
The Diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies in the Tourism Sector
Information and communication technologies (ICT) play an important role in every sector where information is the basis of the business. Tourism is no exception. Since the implementation of computerized reserva...
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Chapter
Modelling Internet Diffusion Across Tourism Sectors
This study investigates the Bass Diffusion model. Bass’ parameters of innovation (p) and imitation (q) help explain adoption, and the ratio of these parameters sheds insights on critical mass. This study compares...
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Article
As time goes by: last minute momentum booking and the planned vacation process
“Last-minute” deals in travel and tourism services are very appealing not only to travellers but also for service providers. Timing and price are central to an optimization strategy for last-minute deals for b...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Analysis of Regional Developments of Airbnb in Switzerland: Insights into Growth Patterns of a P2P Platform
The rapid emergence of Airbnb in Switzerland is at the origin of this study. The main objective of this work is to describe the development of Airbnb’s offer in Switzerland in terms of temporal and geographica...
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Chapter
Film Tourism and Its Impact on Residents Quality of Life: A Multi Logit Analysis
Past research has confirmed film tourism emerging as a major growth sector for research in tourism and a driver of tourism development for many destinations. To date, there has been relatively substantial lite...
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Article
Strategic visitor flows and destination management organization
The relevance of the monitoring of visitor flows (VF), namely the general or aggregate patterns of travellers’ movements in a given area is twofold. On the one hand, they are relevant for the spatial descripti...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Destination Attractions System and Strategic Visitor Flows
Spatial based tourism behavior shows the relationship between visitors with the land and services environments. In the 1990s a tourism attraction systems model was proposed as a theoretical framework to answer t...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
When “Last-Minute” Really Is “Last Minute”
“Last-minute” deals in travel and tourism services are very appealing not only to travellers but also for service providers. Timing and pricing are central to an optimization strategy for last-minute deals for...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Strategic Visitor Flows (SVF) Analysis Using Mobile Data
‘Visitor flows’ (VF) is defined as the generalized spatial movement patterns of travellers and have always been relevant in tourism studies. Nowadays, VFs are important for understanding travel networks which go ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Productivity Convergence Across US States in the Public Sector. An Empirical Study
This paper will examine the productivity of the public sectors in the US across the states. Because there is heterogeneity across states in terms of public services provided that could impact its productivity....
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Key Factors in the Booking Activity Process: The Case of Self-catering in Valais, Switzerland
One of the most important phases in planning a vacation is the booking activity process. The aim of this research is to study if the country of origin and/or seasonality has a link with the booking period (BP)...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Forecasting the Final Penetration Rate of Online Travel Agencies in Different Hotel Segments
This research uses data on distribution channels of hotels gathered through a yearly survey addressed to Swiss hotels since 2006. The authors use the evolution of Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) market share as ...
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Article
Future research issues in IT and tourism
The objective of this manifesto (as a result of the JITT workshop in June 2014) is to identify a list of pivotal research topics and issues in e-tourism. E-tourism can be seen as everything that happens electr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Impact of Attribute Preferences on Adoption Timing of Hotel Distribution Channels: Are OTAs Winning the Customer Race?
The evolution of distribution channels in the hospitality industry has followed diverse paths over time depending on the technology used. Distribution channels can be clustered into three generations, starting...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Analysing the Penetration of Web 2.0 in Different Tourism Sectors From 2008 to 2012
The article “An Exploratory Field Study of Web 2.0 in Tourism” (Schegg, Liebrich, Scaglione, & Ahmad, 2008) has received some interest, at least in the academic community. The authors claimed that Web 2.0 was ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Substitution Effects Across Hotel Distribution Channels
The evolution of distribution channels in the hospitality sector has followed different paths over time depending on the technology used. This research analyses the evolution of market shares of different clus...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Modelling and Comparing Malaysian Hotel Website Diffusion
This study draws upon diffusion modelling, a coupled Bass Rogers model, to examine hospitality website adoption within Malaysia and across countries. The results suggest 38% of Malaysian hotels may never adopt...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Distribution channel and efficiency: An Analytic Hierarchy Process approach
This paper investigates the efficiency of the ratio benefit to cost in a given hotel, taking into account (as a discriminatory variable), the distribution channels (DCs) available for that hotel; namely, direc...
