1. The IFITT Doctoral Summer School costs only 30 Euros for IFITT members and BU Students 2. The submission deadline for the abstracts has been extended to May 13! –> Submission is highly recommended as you will extremely benefit from useful suggestions by experienced researchers for your research project! Please submit at: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ifittsw20 3. If you… Read more »
eTourism Lab team
Georgina Sekadakis
Social media & charity
Dr Andrew Spencer
Technology adaptation & strategic management
Luca Smiroldo
E-marketing & SMTEs
Nicolas Gregori
Social media & service design
Barbara Neuhofer
Tourism experience & technology
Zornitza Yovcheva
Smart phone augmented reality
Ivana Rihova
Events & social co-creation
John Fotis
Social media & consumer behaviour
Keep in mind! Those who submit their abstracts will benefit from useful suggestions by experienced researchers for their research projects! Submit at: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ifittsw2013 For information about the IFITT Doctoral Summer School: http://www.ifitt.org/home/view/summer_school#TimeSchedule
Augmented Reality in Tourism: 10 Best Practices
The Digital Tourism Think Tank focuses on best practice by providing a programme of best practice reports and case studies based on SE1 Media’s own research and knowledge resources. See: http://thinkdigital.travel/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/10-AR-Best-Practices-in-Tourism.pdf The latest report featured Prof Dimitrios Buhalis and Zornitza Yovcheva from the BU eTourismLab about Augmented Reality in Tourism. With the release of… Read more »
BU eTourismLab hosts IFITT Doctoral Summer School at Bournemouth University from 8-9 July 2013
IFITT Doctoral Summer School: Vision of eTourism Bournemouth University, July, 8th-9th 2013 Hosted by the eTourism Lab at Bournemouth University, this first edition of the IFITT Summer Doctoral Summer School aims to bring together the future eTourism researchers for a two-day unconventional workshop on a variety of cutting edge eTourism topics. The IFITT Doctoral Summer… Read more »
Content, context, co-creation and other eTourism predictions for the next 20 years
This article by Prof. Dimitrios Buhalis, Director eTourismLab appeared on Tnooz.com Predicting technology is a thankless task, as it changes dramatically. It becomes more complex when trying to apply it to the tourism and travel industry; an industry that is extremely volatile, fragmented and dynamic. Nevertheless at the eTourism Lab of Bournemouth University, the team… Read more »
Barbara Neuhofer of the BU eTourismLab presents at the CAUTHE Conference 2013
PhD Researcher, Barbara Neuhofer has just returned from presenting at the CAUTHE Conference 2013 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Barbara presented her paper that she co-authored with Professor Dimitrios Buhalis and Professor Adele Ladkin, titled “Experiences, Co-creation and Technology: A conceptual approach to enhance tourism experiences” at the conference. Back in November, Barbara was awarded… Read more »
Technology Enhanced Tourist Experiences: a holistic exploration of how technology can enhance tourist experiences
Technology Enhanced Tourist Experiences Barbara Neuhofer and Dimitrios Buhalis The notion of consumers increasingly striving for experiences constitutes an important concept for the tourism industry. The strategic staging of experiences in the experience economy has become crucial for companies as products have become commodified and competitive advantage can only obtained by providing customers with unique… Read more »
ENTER2013 Awards for the BU eTourismLab
Last week, after the success of ENTER2013 @ Innsbruck, Austria Professor Dimitrios Buhalis and PhD student Soultana Symeonidou were both awarded separate awards from the conference committee. Dimitrios was awarded the “20 Years ENTER Paper Contribution” 1st Place and Soultana won the “Best PhD Proposal Award” 3rd Place. Enter 2013 ran from Tuesday 22nd –… Read more »
Research project on social media for conferences
In January 2013 I started a research project called: ‘The Relevance of Social Media when Generating International Engagement for Conferences’. The core aim of this research is to determine the influence that social media engagement by conference convenors might have on a total conference experience of delegates. Additionally how social media can add value to… Read more »
ENTER2013 Conference: eTourism Opportunities and Challenges for the next 20 years
Innovation and latest trends at the ENTER 2013 conference in Innsbruck Innovation and latest trends at ENTER 2013 www.enter-2013.org Innovation and latest trends in information and communication technology will form one of the main themes at ENTER 2013 providing conference delegates with an useful insight into a number of focussed issues such as social… Read more »