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
We are absolutely delighted with the programme, keynotes, papers and social activites for the BU Tourism and Hospitality Conference and look forward to welcome good friends to @Bournemouth Bournemouth University Department of Tourism and Hospitality next week Download the programme here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2E60FvQiIpTQ0otWFd3TEUybWc/view?usp=sharing BU Tourism and Hospitality Conference Bournemouth University, 4-6th September 2017 Visitor Economy: Strategies and… Read more »
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis has been elected as one of the Vice Chairmen of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Affiliate Members. “I look forward to work closely with colleagues and organisations from around the world,” Professor Buhalis wrote on his social media accounts, regarding his new position. The Affiliate Members of UNWTO include companies… Read more »
New paper by Adele Ladkin and Dimitrios Buhalis in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management Highly Commended Paper available with 2017 Literati Awards FREE access Adele Ladkin, Dimitrios Buhalis, (2016) “Online and social media recruitment: Hospitality employer and prospective employee considerations”, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 28 Issue: 2, pp.327-345, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-05-2014-0218
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis presentation on the future of education and eLearning and MOOCs at the 3rd Global Tourism & Hospitality Conference (HONG KONG 2017) The 3rd Global Tourism & Hospitality Conference (HONG KONG 2017) is hosted and organised by the School of Hotel and Tourism Management of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong…. Read more »
One more great publication – one more award! The paper: Neuhofer, B., Buhalis, D., Ladkin, A., 2015, Smart technologies for personalized experiences: a case study in the hospitality domain, Electronic Markets, Vol 25(3), pp. 243-254, has been selected as one of the two ‘2016 Electronic Markets Papers of the Year’. ‘Dear Dimitrios, High quality papers… Read more »
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
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
