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 »
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
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis appointed Head of Tourism and Hospitality
Congratulations to Professor Dimitrios Buhalis who has been recently appointed Head of Tourism and Hospitality in the Faculty of Management of Bournemouth University!
Top publications of 2015 by BU eTourism Lab members
2015 update of books, research articles and videos by BU eTourism Lab! Recent research by Prof. Dimitrios Buhalis, Dr. Alessandro Inversini, Dr. Barbara Neuhofer and others.
New book : Tourism Management, Marketing, and Development : Performance, Strategies, and Sustainability
Edited by Marcello M. Mariani, Wojciech Czakon, Dimitrios Buhalis, Ourania Vitouladiti ISBN 9781137401854 Publication Date December 2015 Companies and destinations in the tourism sector are confronted with increasing managerial challenges and have to deal with a competitive, turbulent, and fast-changing environment. The understanding that both tourism companies and destinations endowed with the best assets (natural and cultural)… Read more »
Congratulations on the official Graduation of BU eTourism Lab members!!!
It was a Graduation day when three members of BU eTourism Lab have been awarded PhD! Congratulations to Dr Barbara Neuhofer-Rainoldi, Dr John Fotis and Dr Zornitza Yovcheva!
Dr Barbara Neuhofer contributed to IFITTtalk@Salzburg – Brennpunkt eTourism event
Dr Barbara Neuhofer contributed to IFITTtalk@Salzburg – Brennpunkt eTourism event. The first IFITTtalk@Salzburg took place on the 22nd of October 2015 at Salzburg University of Applied Science as a main academic event within the annual Brennpunk eTourism. More than 350 academics, students and practitioners attended the event.
Two upcomming events by BU eTourism Lab @WTM London 2015!!!
Meet BUeTourismLab at WTM2015
1) eTourism Dynamics: SMART TOURISM
Monday, 2 November, 12:15 at the Global Stage
Free tickets: https://goo.gl/fYu5od
#BUeTourismLab and #IFITT event
2) BU Tourism Futures Forum and Tourism Routes and the Holy Grail
Tuesday, 3 November 15:30 at South Gallery 13&14
Free tickets: http://goo.gl/WHrvlV
Call for prospective PhD students and Master dissertations and research collaborations
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis and eTourism Lab invite PhD and Master level Student, researchers and organisation for future collaboration.
Congratulations to Zornitza Yovcheva!
The annual Institute of Travel & Tourism (ITT) Student Awards recognise the travel industry’s talents. This year the member of BU eTourism Lab Zornitza Yovcheva has received the ITT PhD Studend of the Year award at the House of Commons in recognition of her outstanding work and talent. The ITT is the only professional… Read more »
Smart Tourism Workshop VIDEO
VIDEO from the Smart Tourism workshop is available now at Youtube: KEYNOTE: Cedric Chambaz (Microsoft) intelligent platforms and shifting search paradigms: https://youtu.be/VsQ-p3As4Dc Smart Tourism – THEORETICAL CONCEPTS cutting edge developments and global best practice: https://youtu.be/0lgU2adWgrA KEYNOTE: Antonio Lopez De Avila (SEGITTUR): Smart tourism destinations-Making Spain smart: https://youtu.be/4COjdLFcoqg Smart Tourism – PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS for tourism destinations… Read more »