VS-Games 2013, the fifth outing of the International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications will be hosted at Bournemouth University, UK between the 11th and the 13th of September 2013. With the conference organized in previous years at locations such as Coventry (UK), Braga (Portugal), Athens (Greece) and Genoa (Italy), it will take place, for… 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
Prof. Dimitrios Buhalis and Barbara Neuhofer of the eTourismLab at the IFITT@WTM Technology enabling Travel
WTM TECHNOLOGY ENABLING TRAVEL ORGANISED BY IFITT 5th NOVEMBER 2012 Technology Enabled Tourism Experience Economy The International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT) is hosting a workshop entitled “WTM Technology enabling travel organised by IFITT” at the London World Travel Market (WTM) 2012. The event will take place on Monday, 5th November 2012… Read more »
John Fotis of the eTourism Lab Bournemouth University presenting in Greece’s leading tourism conference
John Fotis of the eTourism Lab Bournemouth University addressing the SETE conference in Athens. New forms of tourism marketing, social media and strategic responses www.seteconferences.gr Very honored to deliver a keynote presentation in Athens, and be among a number of distinguished speakers, during the 11th annual “Tourism & Development” conference organized by the Association… Read more »
New project: The Gamification of Tourism – A Future Trend
Project Description: Gamification uses gaming mechanism in a non-traditional gaming context. Its potential impact to generate brand awareness and encourage consumer engagement makes it popular in many businesses including tourism. According to WTM Report (2011), gamification is a major trend for the coming years in tourism. It represents a new industry frontier which this project… Read more »
New publication: Dr Christos Gatzidis co-authors book on Epic Games’ Unreal Development Kit (UDK)
Dr Christos Gatzidis has co-authored an instructional text book on Epic Games’ Unreal Development Kit (UDK), a free game engine. UDK is one of the most popular third-party developer licensed game engines around (the commercial version of the Unreal engine is used in games such as Batman Arkham City, the Mass Effect series and many others). The Unreal engine can also… Read more »
BU eTourismLab’s Professor Dimitrios Buhalis in a high level panel discussion on emerging markets with a special focus on Asia
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, Director of eTourism Lab at Bournemouth University and President of IFITT will be participating in a high level panel discussion on emerging markets’ (with a special focus on Asia) on the 17th July 2012 at The National Tourism and Events Excellence (TEE) Conference in Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Panel… Read more »
BU eTourismLab and the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse: Utilisation of technology by DMOs to inspire, promote, facilitate, engage travel
Melbourne, Australia Even the best online Destination Management Organisations around the globe still underutilise technology to inspire, promote, facilitate, engage travel. Research undertaken by the Bournemouth University eTourismLab in collaboration with the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) shows that only a fraction of the available technology tools are used comprehensively for promoting destinations online and… Read more »
Destination Management Systems Benchmarking and eDestination online presence study
Destination Management Systems Benchmarking and eDestination online presence study The Bournemouth University eTourismLab is currently benchmarking the way in which online destinations worldwide are implementing technologies and applications. Global best practices for e-destinations will be identified by using a detailed content analysis of destinations’ website presence and social media applications. At the same time, the… Read more »
New PhD Project at BUeTourismLab to start in Sept 2012: Augmented Reality Gaming: A New Paradigm for Tourist Experience?
Project Summary Gaming allows us to experience reality and can prepare and engage individuals for a future event. Smart phones make gaming part of everyday life and its potential to enhance a tourists experience represents a new industry frontier which this project will pioneer. Aim: to create a new industry paradigm by engaging tourists… Read more »
IFITT@EyeForTravel Technology Enhanced Tourism Experience Economy Workshop 2012
The International Federation for IT in Travel and Tourism (IFITT), one of the world’s leading tourism and technology organisations, hosted a workshop at the EyeForTravel Travel Distribution Summit Europe in London on 18th April 2012, centred around the cutting-edge topic of “Technology Enabled Tourism Experience Economy”. Moderated by IFITT President Prof. Dimitrios Buhalis (Bournemouth University),… Read more »
Upcoming Events
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TTRAEurope19 @Bournemouth, Tourism in the era of connectivity
April 8 - April 10