ENTER2015 eTourism Conference which took place in Lugano – Switzerland on February 3-6, 2015, brought together the most recent trends and innovations in eTourism, and gave more insight into E-Marketing and Social Media, Big Data Analysis, ICT, SMART tourism destinations and e-Strategy. The main keynote sessions of ENTER2015 are available online: ENTER2015 eTourism conference
Bournemouth University eTourism Lab and its leader Professor Dimitrios Buhalis contributed to the ENTER 2015 event. The main participants from the eTourism Lab of Bournemouth University were Dr Barbara Neuhofer, Dr Alessandro Inversini and PhD researchers Kim Boes and Carmen Martins. Barbara Neuhofer, Dimitrios Buhalis and Adele Ladkin were awarded second place in IFITT Journal Paper of the Year Award 2015: Barbara Neuhofer, Dimitrios Buhalis and Adele Ladkin. (2014). A typology of technology enhanced experiences, International Journal of Tourism Research, 16, 340-350
At ENTER2015 the following cutting edge eTourism research was published in Tussyadiah, I., and Inversini, A., (eds), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015, ENTER 2015 Proceedings, Lugano, Springer-Verlag, Wien, ISBN:9783319143422
Neuhofer, B., Buhalis, D., Ladkin, A., 2015, Technology as a Catalyst of Change: Enablers and Barriers of the Tourist Experience and their Consequences, in Tussyadiah, I., and Inversini, A., (eds), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015, ENTER 2015 Proceedings, Lugano, Springer-Verlag, Wien, ISBN:9783319143422, pp.789-802.
Inversini, A., Sage, R., Williams, N., Buhalis, D., 2015, The Social Impact of Events in Social Media Conversation, in Tussyadiah, I., and Inversini, A., (eds), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015, ENTER 2015 Proceedings, Lugano, Springer-Verlag, Wien, ISBN:9783319143422, pp. 283-294.
Boes, K., Buhalis, D., and Inversini, A., 2015, Conceptualising Smart Tourism Destination Dimensions, in Tussyadiah, I., and Inversini, A., (eds), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015, ENTER 2015 Proceedings, Lugano, Springer-Verlag, Wien, ISBN:9783319143422, pp. 391-404.
Buhalis, D., Amaranggana, A., 2015, Smart Tourism Destinations Enhancing Tourism Experience through Personalisation of Services, in Tussyadiah, I., and Inversini, A., (eds), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015, ENTER 2015 Proceedings, Lugano, Springer-Verlag, Wien, ISBN:9783319143422, pp.377-390
Buhalis, D., Mamalakis, E., 2015, Social Media Return on Investment and Performance Evaluation in the hotel industry context, in Tussyadiah, I., and Inversini, A., (eds), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015, ENTER 2015 Proceedings, Lugano, Springer-Verlag, Wien, ISBN:9783319143422, pp. 241-254