ENTER2009 in Amsterdam eTourism: dynamic challenges for travel and tourism - 28-30January2009, RAI Exhibition, Amsterdam
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Dear colleagues
It gives me great pleasure to invite you to ENTER2009 @ AMSTERDAM - Please see bellow all the information and also the call for papers for the research track
For presentation suggestions for the industry and destination tracks please email me or Jens and Inkery for the perspective tracks
For information with regards sponsorship, registration and exhibition please contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Look forward to welcome you to Amsterdam
Dimitrios
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eTourism: dynamic challenges for travel and tourism
The 16th International Conference on Information Technology and Travel & Tourism
IFITT's Global Travel & Tourism Technology and eBusiness Forum
January 28th - 30th, 2009, RAI Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Welcome to ENTER2009@Amsterdam
Organised by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism (IFITT), ENTER2009@Amsterdam is the 16th ENTER Conference bringing together international experts in all aspects of Information Communication Technologies in Travel and Tourism. In 2009, ENTER will move on to the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands, taking place in the well-known RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre. Amsterdam is centrally located in Europe, easily accessible for international participants, and from its canals to famous historical sights one of the most romantic and beautiful cities in Europe. ENTER offers a unique forum for academic, industry and government representatives to explore the future of ICTs in Tourism through research and dynamic dialogue within the social network of the IFITT community. The chairs of ENTER 2009 are working hard to develop the most comprehensive programme ever for ENTER. With more than 150 presentations over 3 days and more than 450 participants, ENTER is THE event in Tourism and Technology that brings researchers, industry and destinations together. The three tracks, namely Research, Destinations and Industry are designed in a way that enables maximum exchange of information and interaction. Presentations and debates will explore the state-of-the-art research and industry case studies on the application of information and communication technologies to travel and tourism. This year we will concentrate on ICT-enabled dynamic challenges for Travel and Tourism to cover both technology and business and there will also be plenty for local and national government agencies to consider. Issues discussed cover a wide range of cutting-edge challenges and the following gives a flavour of this:
* Customer centricity
* inspire consumers with ICTs
* Recommender systems
* Social networking & Travel
* Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0
* ICT-enabled segmentation
* eTourism and disability
* Accessible eTourism design
* eLearning for Tourism
* Direct vs indirect distribution
* ICT-based Productivity
* Reengineering tourism
* eTourism and Pricing
* Revenue Management
* Web analytics
* Online Security
* ePayments
* eBranding and brand integrity
* Distribution strategies
* ICT-enabled partnerships
* Advanced distribution systems
* Polling services
* Travel Search and Metasearch
* Interoperability & Interconnectivity
* Web 3.0 and Travel 3.0
* Destination web sites & Clusters
* Advanced destination portals
* Geographical Mash ups
* Location Based Services
* Wireless systems and WiMAX
* Mobile solutions
* Usability and web design
* Multimedia convergence
* Affiliate marketing online
* Smart ICT investments
* Online advertising
We look forward to welcome you to ENTER2009@Amsterdam and to engage you more with the IFITT global community.
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis Professor Andrew Frew Marc Dekkers
ENTER2009 Overall Chair Queen Margaret University and IFITT Chair Heliview and Local Committee Chair
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Conference Organisation
Marc Dekkers
Heliview Research, Conference & Training, PO Box 9615, 4801 LS BREDA, The Netherlands
T: 0031 (0)76-5484000 M: 0031 (0)6- 2909 1806 F: 0031 (0)76-5484099 I: www.heliview.nl<http://www.heliview.nl/> Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Conference Venue Amsterdam Information http://www.amsterdam.info/
RAI AMSTERDAM, Amsterdam RAI, Europaplein 22, NL 1078 GZ, Amsterdam, NL 1070, MS Amsterdam
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Research Track
Chair:
© Dr Wolfram Höpken
eTourism Competence Centre Austria
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Co-chair:
© Dr Ulrike Gretzel
Texas A&M University, USA
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Co-chair:
© Dr Rob Law
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
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eDestinations Track
Chair:
© Mrs Inkeri Starry
Finnish Tourism Board, Finland
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Co-chair:
© Mr Alex Rayner
UNWTO
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Industry & Innovations Track
Chair:
© Mr Jens Thraenhart
Canada
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Co-chair:
© Mr Eric Basha
Microsoft, USA
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Co-chair:
© John Kent
Youtravel.com & www.aquisresorts.com
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PhD Workshop, pre-ENTER
Chair:
© Professor Matthias Fuchs
Mid Sweden University, Sweden
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Co-chair:
© Dr Marianna Sigala
University of Aegean
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Co-chair:
© Prof John van der Pijl Gert
Erasmus University, Netherlands
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ENTER 2009 - CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE RESEARCH TRACK
Papers are invited across a wide spectrum of Information and Communication Technologies applied to the travel and tourism sectors. Applied industry research is particularly welcomed. The conference proceedings (published by Springer-Verlag Wien New York) will include the full text of all accepted research papers. An award for the best research paper will also be presented during the conference. Papers should clearly state the background, introduction, purpose, theory / issues, methodology, results, conclusions and managerial / industry / social implications of the study, and be fully referenced with appropriate citations. Please refer to the 'Author Advice' document as a style guide for standards to follow in the preparation of manuscripts.
Submission is in the form of full papers only, which must be uploaded to the online reviewing platform (http://www.etourism-austria.at/enter) by September 5th 2008. All papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed on a rolling basis by the review committee. Authors should receive initial feedback by September 26th 2008 at the latest. Final acceptance depends on the authors' response to adequately address reviewers' comments. Authors must submit their revised manuscripts by October 10th 2008 and must register for the conference by November 17th 2008 in order to have their work included in the Conference Proceedings.
IFITT will also continue its series of Ph.D. workshops immediately prior to the conference. Further details will be available on www.ifitt.org/enter<http://www.ifitt.org/enter> soon.
TIME SCHEDULE
Submit full paper 5th September 2008
Initial feedback 26th September 2008
Submit final revised paper 10th October 2008
Final acceptance 24th October 2008
Registration by 17th November 2008
PhD Worshop 27th January 2009
Conference 28th - 30th January 2009
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CALL FOR ENTER 2009 Ph.D. RESEARCH WORKSHOP, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - TUESDAY, JANUARY 27th, 2009 -
As a preliminary event to ENTER 2009, IFITT will hold its prestigious annual Ph.D. Research Workshop for doctoral students undertaking research in Information and Communication Technology in Travel and Tourism. The workshop provides a forum for doctoral students to discuss their research with peers, colleagues, and leading supervisors and scholars in the field. Doctoral students at all stages (i.e. beginning as well as nearly completed) are encouraged to participate. The workshop is focusing on practical and methodological issues, research proposals and interim results of participating students.
The tentative program for the workshop follows:
1. Registration and coffee
2. Leading researchers discuss emerging issues in ICT and Travel & Tourism research, the process of conducting thesis research as well as guidelines for journal publishing.
3. PhD candidates exhibit and briefly present their proposals in a "Research in Progress Session." The presentations should introduce the ideas/issues explored in their thesis.
4. Experienced supervisors from the IFITT 'Faculty' and students break into groups depending upon topic and extent of progress toward thesis completion. Participants in these parallel sessions discuss issues related to students' research projects.
5. At the end of the workshop, each group will summarize the key insights drawn during the break out sessions.
6. Students, researchers and others gather for an informal post-workshop wind down and networking.
7. Students are encouraged to join IFITT (www.ifitt.org<http://www.ifitt.org/>) and participate in the interactive online database and continue their discussions.
The workshop invites all interested doctoral and prospective students to submit their research proposals. The research proposals should be of a maximum length of five pages (A4) and should typically include the following headings: 1) Problem definition; 2) Literature Review; 3) Conceptual Development and Hypotheses; 4) Proposed methodology; 5) Anticipated results; and, 6) References.
In your submission, please also indicate the extent of your progress toward completion of the thesis (i.e., thinking about it, just beginning the process, completed proposal, or have collected all the data, etc.). The research proposals will be available to all workshop participants prior to the ENTER 2009 conference and displayed throughout the day of the workshop.
Please note there is no cost to students or faculty for participating in the workshop. In addition the registration fee is heavily discounted for students to encourage active participation in the full ENTER 2009 conference (January 28th -30th). Full conference details are available from the conference website www.ifitt.org/enter<http://www.ifitt.org/enter>, and all workshop materials and templates are available
Please direct enquiries to Dr Matthias Fuchs and submit your research proposals any time no later than 30th September 2008. All submissions must use the appropriate workshop template
ENTER 2009 Ph.D. RESEARCH WORKSHOP
Chair Prof. Dr. Matthias Fuchs Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Sweden Office: +46 63 19 5812
Co-Chair Dr. Marianna Sigala Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Greece Office: +30 22 71 03 5160
Co-Chair and Local Host Prof. Dr. Gert J. van der Pijl Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Netherland Office: +31 10 40 81508
Best Regards
Dimitrios Buhalis
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