Professor Dimitrios Buhalis exceeds 20000 citations on Google Scholar making him the #3 author in the world for tourism and #1 for hospitality. https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=KW2ZrvUAAAAJ&hl=en
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
Smart Tourism and Agile Destination Management – BUfoL17 – 11th July 2017
Bournemouth University Festival of Learning 2017 Smart Tourism and Agile Destination Management https://smart-tourism-and-agile-destination-management.eventbrite.co.uk Tuesday 11 July 2017 10:00 – 17:00 eTourismLab, Bournemouth University, Share Lecture Theatre, Talbot Campus, BH12 5BB The internet of things, big data, wearable technology and augmented reality are just a handful of the technological innovations driving change in our business and… Read more »
BU student Ioanna Samakovlis got Master Thesis Excellence Award at ENTER2017
Ioanna Samakovlis, supervised by Dr Alessandro Inversini, was awarded the Master Thesis Excellence Award at the ENTER2017 conference in Rome. Ioanna explored the ways how tourism development interventions can utilise social media. The purpose of this research is to demonstrate how mechanisms of dominant narratives lead to marginalisation at the example of the Brazilian favela… Read more »
New paper: Williams, N., Inversini, A., Ferdinand, N., Buhalis, D., 2017. Destination eWOM: A macro and meso network approach?
Destination eWOM: A macro and meso network approach? Highlights • Destination eWOM network structure remains unchanged despite scale significant growth. • Meso (community) level hubs act as global information senders and receivers. • Hub roles evolve over time. • Discourse within destination eWOM networks can fluctuate from year to year. Abstract The purpose of this… Read more »
New Article: The influences and consequences of being digitally connected and/or disconnected to travellers
Tanti A., and Buhalis, D. 2017, The influences and consequences of being digitally connected and/or disconnected to travellers, Information Technology & Tourism March, p.1-21. http://doi.org/10.1007/s40558-017-0081-8 Abstract Technological progress and tourism have worked in tandem for many years. Connectivity is the vehicle that drove the goal of technologically enhanced tourism experiences forward. This study, through an… Read more »
MOOC in Hospitality and Tourism Technology and Innovation
Contributors: Dan Wang Daniel Fesenmaier Dimitrios Buhalis Rob Law Lis Tussyadiah Phil Xiang Ulrike Gretzel Bing Pan Important dates: Course Start Date: 7 March 2017, 01:00 UTC Verification Upgrade Deadline: 29 March 2017, 23:59 Course End Date: 31 May 2017, 23:59 (Course content will be archived after this date) Certificate Generation Date: Early June 2017… Read more »
Two Calls for Papers
Smart Tourism, Smart Cities, Smart Living as a theme of The Visitors’ Economy: Strategies and Innovations Conference Bournemouth University, UK. 4-6 September 2017 Important dates: Deadline for abstract submission: 26 May 2017 Confirmation of acceptance: 30 June 2017 Last date for early bird registration: 14 July 2017 Deadline for registration:… Read more »
Special Issue on Smart Tourism and Competitive Advantage for Stakeholders
Special issue call for papers from Tourism Review Special Issue Editors Prof. Dr. Chulmo Koo, Kyung Hee University, South Korea, Email: helmetgu@khu.ac.kr Prof. Dr. Luiz Medes-Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Email: luiz.mendesfilho@gmail.com Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Buhalis, Bournemouth University, UK, Email: dbuhalis@bournemouth.ac.kr Prof. Dr. Oriol Miralbell Izard, University of Barcelona, Spain, Email:… Read more »
New Research: Serious games and the gamification of tourism
Feifei Xu Dimitrios Buhalis Jessika Weber 2017 , Serious games and the gamification of tourism Tourism Management Volume 60, June 2017, Pages 244–256 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2016.11.020 Highlights •A systematic review of the concept of gamification. • Identified extrinsic and intrinsic motivational gaming elements that contribute to a meaningful gamification. •Discussed the application of gamification in tourism with case practices. Abstract Gamification has… Read more »
Smart Tourism Workshop @eTourism Lab, Bournemouth University Wednesday 22 March
Smart Tourism Workshop @eTourism Lab, Fusion Building FG06 Department of Tourism and Hospitality, Bournemouth University Wednesday 22 March 2017 – 10:00-17:00 Fusion, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus BH12 5BB, UK. Supported by Digital Town. Smart tourism is changing the competitiveness of tourism destinations and determines their ability to cocreate value for their stakeholders. Through interoperability and… Read more »
Upcoming Events
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TTRAEurope19 @Bournemouth, Tourism in the era of connectivity
April 8, 2019 - April 10, 2019