eTourismLab

Social media is influencing consumer behavior and communications in the marketplace. Travellers will increasingly rely on other travellers’ advice, versus advertising, guidebooks and printed material. User-generated content is rapidly gaining traction as an input into the consumer purchase decision making process. The development of Web 2.0 for travel and TripAdvisor in particular as the largest... Read more » about ESRC Festival of Social Science 2013. Social Media: “Make or Break Reputation”

In 2014 ENTER brings together the research community and the industry in Dublin between January 21-24 and offers a fantastic programme centred around the opportunities and challenges within the social inspiration context. ENTER 2014, which is organised by the International Federation of Information Technology in Travel and Tourism (IFITT), offers a unique forum for attendees... Read more » about ENTER 2014

eTourism - Technology and hotel distribution online: outstanding competitive practices and exciting trends for the future World Travel Market, ExCel, London    Monday 3rd November 2014 12.00 - 14.00 WTM Global Stage Seminar Details Chaired by Professor Dimitrios Buhalis and Richard Lewis BUeTourismLab WTM and IFITT event: eTourism Dynamics Technology developments and the fragmented nature of the travel and... Read more » about BU Tourism @ WTM2014: eTourism Dynamics

World Travel Market, ExCeL, London  Wednesday 5th November 2014 14.00 to 17.00 South Gallery 19&20 Seminar Details Chaired by Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, eTourism Lab, School of Tourism Bournemouth University Bournemouth University tourism experts organise again the BU Tourism Futures Forum @ WTM2014 and engage leading tourism practitioners from around the world on an interactive discussion to examine the future of... Read more » about BU Tourism Futures Forum @ WTM2014 & Launch of the European Tourism Planning Books

  Organized by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism (IFITT) the ENTER 2015 conference offers a worldwide and unique forum for attendees from academia, industry, government, and other organizations to actively exchange, share, and challenge state-of-the-art research and industrial case studies on the application of information and communication technologies to travel and tourism. The... Read more » about ENTER 2015 Lugano

TTI Spring Conference 2015   Professor Dimitrios Buhalis from Bournemouth University eTourism Lab will contribute to TTI Spring Conference 2015 - The Mobile Customer. Today The Travel Technology Initiative (TTI) is recognised authority on Electronic Data Interchange and e-commerce within the European travel industry and has also developed and introduced standardised ticket formats both for... Read more » about TTI Spring Conference 2015

Hotel & Catering Show 2015 is the leading hospitality and food service event in the South and South West. Date/Time 17th March: 10am - 5pm 18th March: 10am - 4pm Professor Dimitrios Buhalis will be speaking on Social Media Engagement in Hospitality & Tourism. He will demonstrate how marketing in the hospitality sector has been... Read more » about Hotel & Catering Show 2015

Bournemouth University eTourism Lab, Bournemouth Tourism and IFITT invite you to the Smart Tourism workshop at Festival of Learning Bournemouth University   14 July 2015 12:30–19:30 Bournemouth University School of Tourism Smart Tourism workshop puts in agenda the main trends and challenges of smart tourism as well as discussion of research result on Smart Tourism... Read more » about Smart Tourism workshop at Festival of Learning Bournemouth University/ IFITTtalk@Bournemouth