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Thank you.

Cihan Cobanoglu, PhD, CHTP
HITA 2007 Conference Chair



HITA 2007
14th Annual Conference on Information Technology for the Hospitality 
Industry

Call for Papers
June 24th and 25th, Orlando, Florida

www.hitaworld.org

Key Dates:
February 16th 2007: Paper Submission Deadline
March 16th 2007: Notification of response from reviewers.
April 13th 2007: Final revised version of accepted paper due


HITA’s annual conference is rapidly growing into a must-attend event 
combining high-level industry presentations with leading academic 
research in the field. The research papers, which are double blind 
reviewed, are printed in ISBN proceedings and authors of the best papers 
are invited to submit their work to Information Technology in 
Hospitality (ITH), an international refereed journal. The journal is 
endorsed by both HITA and HFTP and is highly regarded in the field. The 
conference is timed to complement the Hospitality Information Technology 
Exhibition and Conference (HITEC), organized by the Hospitality 
Financial & Technology Professionals (HFTP), which will also be held in 
Orlando. (http://www.hitec.org). This is always a key date in the 
Hospitality IT calendar, and holding the HITA conference immediately 
beforehand allows participants to attend both events while minimizing 
overall costs.

Our mission is to bring together academics, vendors, consultants and 
practitioners in a high quality forum and through this to promote 
discussion of current IT issues, trends, challenges and opportunities 
and to provide effective networking opportunities with peers. The annual 
conference is a key part of this process, and thus contributions are 
encouraged on all areas of information and communications technology as 
it affects the hospitality sector. Research papers may be conceptual, 
theoretical, empirical, experimental, or case studies and may deal with 
any aspect of hospitality technology. All papers will undergo a double 
blind review process and authors whose papers are accepted are required 
to register for the conference. There are two tracks of research 
presentations:

1) Full Paper Track

In this track, only completed research papers will be accepted. Papers 
in this category will be eligible for consideration for the “Best Paper” 
Award.


2) Research-in-progress Track

The intent of this track is to encourage presentation of research 
projects, which are not yet completed but might be of significant 
interest to the research community. For those graduate students who wish 
to present a paper based on their research proposals for master's theses 
or doctoral dissertations, it is expected that the paper presents 
significant theoretical or conceptual developments, research 
propositions or hypotheses, and/or data analysis plan. Therefore, a 
paper strictly based on a "research idea" or "literature review" would 
not be suitable for submission.



Best Paper Award: A plaque will be presented to the winner on June 25th, 
2007.




(Note: to facilitate both the review process and publication of the 
conference proceedings, it is important that authors strictly follow the 
paper format guidelines presented below. Failure to comply with the 
submission guidelines may result in the paper being rejected by the 
editors).

Review Committee



Conference & Research Chair: Cihan Cobanoglu, Ph.D., University of 
Delaware, USA
Industry Day Chair: Mark Hamilton, Radiant Systems, USA
Review Support: Carry Countryman, Ph.D., Brigham Young University – 
Hawaii, USA


Editors: Cihan Cobanoglu, Ph.D., University of Delaware, USA
Andrew J Frew, Ph.D., Queen Margaret University College, UK


Review Committee:

Srikanth Beldona, Ph.D., University of Delaware, USA
Pearl Brewer, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Wonae Cho, Ph.D., Seoul Women's University, Korea
Sunmee Choi, Ph.D., Yonsei University, Korea
Galen Collins, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University, USA
Cary Countryman, Ph.D., Brigham Young University – Hawaii, USA
Roberto Daniele, Queen Margaret University College, UK
Mehmet Erdem, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Sunny Ham, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, USA
Clark Hu, Ph.D., Temple University, USA
Ersem Karadag, Robert Morris University, USA
Woody Kim, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, USA
Rob Law, Ph.D. Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
Charles Lee, Ph.D., Montclair State University, USA.
Juline Mills, Ph.D., Purdue University, USA
Hilary Murphy, Ph.D., Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, Switzerland
Jamie Murphy, PhD, University of Western Australia, Australia
Peter O’Connor, Ph.D., Essec Business School, France
Roland Schegg, Ph.D., Haute Ecole Valaisanne, Switzerland
Marianna Sigala, Ph.D., University of the Aegean, Greece
Hubert Van Hoof, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, USA

Paper Submission Guidelines
To facilitate the review and publication process, all manuscripts should 
conform to the following format. (Failure to follow these guidelines may 
result in the paper being rejected without review).

Electronic Manuscript Submissions: Please send all materials, as an 
electronic file using only Word (.doc) format, to the following email 
address: [log in to unmask] Please do not submit manuscripts on 
paper or to any other email address.

Writing Style: The paper must be written in the third person passive and 
all submissions must be in English. Authors should use straightforward 
declarative sentences and seek to assist readers in understanding 
concepts regardless of the reader’s area of specialization and 
background. Papers must have sufficient introductory material and must 
be relevant to practice, stressing meaningful applications of principles 
to important problems.

Paper Length: Papers are limited to a maximum of 10 000 words.

Cover Page: All manuscripts should be preceded with a cover page. This 
should bear a short informative title followed by all authors’ names and 
affiliations. The corresponding author should be designated with 
complete mailing details, as well as fax numbers and email address.

Title Page: The paper title is repeated on the title page, and to 
facilitate blind review no names or affiliations should appear on this 
page. Furthermore, the body of the paper should not contain anything 
that would identify the author(s).

Abstracts and Keywords: The abstract (between 110 and 130 words, 
including keywords) should state concisely what was done and why, what 
was found, what was concluded and finish with a short list of keywords 
pertinent to the central theme.

Text formatting instructions: When preparing the draft paper, the 
following formatting should be used:

a) Paper size must be set to A4

b) Margins should be set as follows: Top & Bottom – 2.54 cms, Left and 
Right – 3.17 cms

c) Please do not use headers or footers

d) Please do not number your pages

e) The text should be double spaced throughout. The main body of the 
text should be justified (i.e. with straight edges on both the left and 
the right).

f) (Please use a serif font (e.g. Times New Roman) 12 point size, 
throughout.

g) Headings should be highlighted in bold type

h) Begin all textual elements flush left, with no paragraph indents,

i) Place two returns after every element such as title, headings, 
paragraphs, etc.


Detailed instructions for preparation of the final manuscript will be 
sent along with the reviewer’s feedback.

Organization: The manuscript should be arranged in the following order; 
cover sheet, title page, abstract and key words, introduction, the 
study, conclusion, reference list, figures, tables.

References: Throughout the text, references are cited using the 
author/date style following the APA Publication Manual (5th Edition). 
There are many online support sources for this such as 
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01 which you may find 
useful. Please note that citations such as ‘personal communication’ 
should not be included in the reference list, but may be added 
parenthetically in the text.

Tables and Illustrations: The data in tables should be presented in 
columns with non-significant decimal places omitted. The tables and 
figures should each be ordered in Arabic numerals and cited in the text. 
Tables should contain a brief descriptive title and short column 
headings. Important detail should be footnoted under each table. Each 
figure should have an accompanying legend, containing descriptive and 
important details. In the text, all illustrations, charts, and maps 
should be referred to as Figures. Do not incorporate figures and tables 
within the text body. Include figures, figure legend page(s) and tables 
as separate pages at the end of the manuscript. Note that font sizes 
less than 7 point should not be used in tables or figures as they will 
be unreadable in the final proceedings.

Footnotes: Please do not use text footnotes in your manuscript

Biographical Note: A short biographical sketch (current position, prior 
significant professional experience, technical interests, education, 
important activities and professional affiliations) of the author(s) 
should be attached as a separate file to the final paper submission.

Abbreviations and Terminologies: Abbreviations, acronyms and technical 
terms should be first spelled out in full and defined on first use in 
the text.

Copyright and Originality: All manuscripts submitted for the conference 
must be original and should not have been submitted for publication 
elsewhere. If a manuscript is accepted, all authors must sign the 
“Transfer of Copyright” agreement before the article can be included in 
the conference proceedings. This covers the exclusive rights to 
reproduce and distribute the article in all formats. Where a manuscript 
includes material for which copyright exists, authors are responsible 
for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce such 
material.

HITA is part of the International Federation of IT and Travel and Tourism








-- 
Cihan Cobanoglu, Ph.D., CHTP
Assistant Professor of Hospitality Information Technology
University of Delaware
College of Human Services, Education, and Public Policy
Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management
14 W. Main St. Raub Hall
Newark, DE 19716 USA
+1 (302) 831-4881 Voice Mail
+1 (302) 691-4778 Fax
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