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 »
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 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 »
Bournemouth University Tourism Summit: Tourism and Hospitality in the era of disruption
Bournemouth University Tourism Summit: Tourism and Hospitality in the era of disruption Friday 10th February 2017, 10:00-18:00 https://bournemouth-university-tourism-summit-tourism.eventbrite.co.uk By invitation only Grange City Hotel, 8-14 Cooper’s Row, London, EC3N 2BQ (Metro: Tower Hill) https://www.grangehotels.com/hotels-london/grange-city/ The Bournemouth University Tourism Summit is a by invitation only tourism think tank that brings together Senior Tourism Executives with academics, researchers,… Read more »
Immersive technology and marketing to be explored in 2017 Mike Warne event at Bournemouth University
Immersive technology and marketing to be explored in 2017 Mike Warne event The use of Virtual Reality (VR) and Immersive Technology in Marketing is under the spotlight at this year’s annual Mike Warne Event. The event takes place at Bournemouth University’s Talbot Campus on Wednesday 1 March, and has been organised by final year BA (Hons) Marketing… Read more »
New Research Article : Xu, F., Buhalis, D., Weber, J., 2017, Serious games and the gamification of tourism, Tourism Management, Volume 60, June 2017, Pages 244–256
New Research Article : Xu, F., Buhalis, D., Weber, J., 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 https://goo.gl/eGxQJa 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… Read more »
New Paper: Smart tourism destinations: ecosystems for tourism destination competitiveness
Smart tourism destinations: ecosystems for tourism destination competitiveness
Kim Boes , Dimitrios Buhalis , Alessandro Inversini (pp. 108 – 124)
International Journal of Tourism Cities
ISSN: 2056-5607
Volume 2 Issue 2
Type: Research paper
Keywords: ICT , Tourism competitiveness , Smart city , Smart tourism destination
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EPSRC Balance Network Event: “Going off the Grid” Can employees really switch off during travel?
EPSRC Balance Network Event: Digital Work Life Balance: “Going off the Grid” Can employees really switch off during travel? 9th March 2016, DepTH, Bournemouth University Do we ever switch off our phones? Are we constantly checking emails while we are on holiday? Do we… Read more »
Congratulations to John Fotis for receiving PhD thesis excellence award @ENTER2016!
Dr John Fotis have been awared the Excellence award by IFITT for his PhD thesis on “The use of social media on consumer behaviour” at ENTER2016! Congratulations!!!! John Fotis made his doctoral research on “The use of social media and its impacts on consumer behaviour: The context of holiday travel”. During the last years, social… Read more »