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ENTER 2007 

 

Connecting Destinations

New Technologies, New Thinking, New Solutions

 

CALL FOR PAPERS 

 

The 14th International Conference on Information Technology and Travel & Tourism  IFITT's Global Travel & Tourism Technology and eBusiness Forum

January 24th - 26th, 2007
Ljubljana, Slovenia


CONFERENCE
ENTER 2007 celebrates its 14th anniversary of innovative thinking in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Tourism and Travel. ENTER is the annual international conference where ICT practitioners and researchers in Travel and Tourism meet.

Organised by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism (IFITT), ENTER 2007 continues its tradition as a unique forum for academics, industry and government. The conference attracts a rich and diverse range of international participants, who present and debate state-of-the-art research and industry case studies. ENTER's excellent tradition continues this year in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The high-tech conference venue, easily accessible for international participants, is centred in a rich cultural capital that combines tradition and modern technologies. See www.ifitt.org/enter for further details.

CALL FOR PAPERS 
This is the initial call for research papers. Further details of streams, themes and the Ph.D. workshop (which takes place the day before the full conference - under the leadership of Professor Juline Mills, Purdue University, USA, Thomas Steiner, University of Applied Sciences Valais, Switzerland and Tanja Mihalic, University of Ljubljana) will follow in a few weeks. Papers are invited across a wide spectrum of ICT in Travel and Tourism, such as: 

Information Technology as Enabler 

. Leveraging the Web to enable competitiveness
. Internet/Extranet/WWW interfaces and developments
. Usability studies
. Market research in tourism and IT
. On-line partnerships and strategic alliances
. Web evaluation approaches
. IT and business value 
. IT and Knowledge Management 
. IT and Business Process Reengineering 
. Wireless Technologies and their Impact on Travel

Innovative Methods and Technologies and their Applications

. Expert systems and intelligent agents
. Recommendation systems and decision support
. Neural networks applications and developments
. Data mining and data warehousing
. Optimization and control
. Semantic Web and Web Services
. Multi-media and virtual reality
. System architectures and integration
. Security and privacy in a wireless world
. Mobile applications
. Wireless portals
. Innovative interaction mechanisms for the traveller
. GRID technologies 
. Radio Frequency Identity Devices (RFIDs)

Education and Training

. Developing IT and tourism curricula
. E-learning in IT, tourism and travel 
. Education and industry collaborations (internships, alliances)

Net Marketplaces

. Regulations and standards
. IT changes and new business models and processes
. Dynamic pricing, personalisation and mass customisation 
. Effects of globalization
. Disintermediation vs. Re-intermediation
. The role of DMO's in net marketplaces
. E-procurement and Internet enabled Supply Chains  
. Legal and social aspects of e-commerce
. Aspects of the Digital Divide

PAPER SUBMISSIONS AND REVIEW PROCESS
All submissions are full papers only. Authors must submit their full paper(s) by September 11th 2006 (Word files only please) by using the online submission system at http://services.economia.unitn.it/enter07//index.php?authorsInstructions=1 . Please follow the instructions provided in this webpage for submitting your paper online. Late submissions are unacceptable. Papers must clearly state the background, introduction, purpose, theory/issues, methodology, results, conclusions, and be fully referenced with appropriate citations. 

Two to three peers will blind review all papers and authors should receive feedback by September 29th 2006. The double-blind review process will decide whether to accept submissions as a full research paper, or as research in progress. Where the recommendation is for acceptance, authors must address all reviewer comments to the satisfaction of the review committee. Authors must re-submit their revised papers by October 14th 2006.

Please refer to the attached Author Advice document as a style guide for standards to follow for final acceptance. Please also pay close attention to including appropriate key words. All author guidelines are also available on the website (www.ifitt.org/enter). The conference proceedings distributed to conference participants, will include all full papers. 

An Award for the Best Research Paper will be presented during the conference. The quality of the conference papers and proceedings heavily depend on the valuable and reliable work of the Conference Research Review Committee. Thus, from ENTER 2007 onwards, awards will also be presented to the Best Reviewers during the conference. 

PLEASE NOTE: Authors whose papers are accepted must register for the conference by November 18th 2006 in order to have their work included in the Conference Proceedings. Failure to register for the conference will result in deleting the work from the program and conference proceedings.

TIME SCHEDULE
Submit full paper  11th September 2006 
Submit final revised paper 14th October 2006
Final acceptance 21st October 2006
Registration  18th November 2006
Conference 24th-26th January 2007

ENTER 2007 RESEARCH TRACK CHAIRS
Research Track Chair: Marianna Sigala, University of the Aegean, Greece 
Co-chair: Jamie Murphy, University of Western Australia Business School, Australia  
Co-chair: Luisa Mich, University of Trento, Italy


ENTER 2007 RESEARCH PROGRAMME REVIEW COMMITTEE
ALFORD Philip, University of Luton, UK
BAGGIO Rodolfo, Bocconi University, Italy
BEDARD Francois, UQAM, Canada
BIEGER Thomas, St. Gallen University, Switzerland
BOSZORMENYI Laszlo, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
BUHALIS Dimitrios, University of Surrey, UK
CHRISTOU Evangelos, University of the Aegean, Greece 
D'AMBRA John, University of New South Wales, Australia
DANIELE Roberto, Queen Margaret University College, UK
FESENMAIER Daniel, Temple University, USA
FRANCH Mariangela, University of Trento, Italy
FREW Andrew, Queen Margaret University College, UK
GO, Frank, Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands
GOVERS, Robert, University of Leuven, Belgium
GRETZEL Ulrike, University of Texas A&M, USA
HITZ Martin University of Klagenfurt, Austria
KLEIN Stefan, University of Muenster, Germany
LAW Rob, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
LOUVIERIS Panos, University of Surrey, UK
LUBBE, Berendien, Pretoria University, South Africa
MAGLOGIANNIS Ilias, University of the Aegean, Greece 
MARCUSSEN Carl, Centre for Regional and Tourism Research, Denmark
MATZLER Kurt, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
McGRATH Michael, Victoria University, Australia
MICH Luisa, University of Trento, Italy
MILLS, Juline, Purdue University, USA
MILNE Simon, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
MINGHETTI Valeria, CISET-University of Venice, Italy
MISTILIS Nina, University of New South Wales, Australia
MURPHY Hilary, Swansea Business School, UK 
MURPHY Jamie, University of Western Australia, Australia
O'CONNOR Peter, Institut de Management Hotelier International, France
PECHLANER Harald, Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck, Austria
PETTI Claudio, University of Lecce, Italy
RICCI Francesco, ITC-irst, Italy
SCHEGG Roland, University of Applied Sciences Valais, Switzerland
SCHERTLER Walter, University of Trier, Germany
SCHMID Beat, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
SHELDON Pauline, University of Hawaii, USA
SIGALA Marianna, University of the Aegean, Greece
STEINER Thomas, University of Applied Sciences Valais, Switzerland
STOCK Oliviero, ITC-irst, Trento, Italy
TJOA A Min, Vienna University of Technology, Austria 
TJOSTHEIM Ingvar, Norwegian Computing Center, Norway
VAN DER PIJL John, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
VAN HOOF Hubert, Northern Arizona University, USA
WAGNER Roland, University of Linz, Austria
WERTHNER Hannes, University of Innsbruck, Austria
WOBER, Karl, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
ZINS, Andreas, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria

For more information please visit the conference website at www.ifitt.org/enter

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Marianna Sigala, PhD
Immediate Past EuroCHRIE President, 2005 - 2006
www.eurochrie.org 

Lecturer in Operations & Production Management
The Business Administration Department
University of the Aegean
Michalon 8
Chios, GR-82100
Greece

http://www.ba.aegean.gr/m.sigala
Tel: +30 2310 801615
Fax: +30 2310 801625

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