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- Fuchs, Matthias, et al.
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eBusiness Readiness, Intensity and Impact : An Austrian Hotel Study
- 2009
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Ingår i: Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2009Proceedings of the International Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2009. - Vienna, New York : Springer. - 9783211939703 ; , s. 431-442
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- ICT impact studies typically disregard infrastructural, organisational and environmental factors responsible for e-Business adoption. The paper presents an approach which shows how contextual factors determine both e-Business adoption and impact, respectively. The research is grounded in Innovation Diffusion Theory and is empirically based on surveys undertaken in the Austrian hotel sector. By referring to Zhu and Kraemer’s (2005) e-Business impact model the approach elucidates how the use of e-Business applications affects the performance of hotel businesses. Data gathered in the course of an online survey is analysed by linear structural equation models.
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- Holyoak, Nicholas, et al.
(författare)
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VRUM™: A tool for modelling travel patterns of self-drive tourists
- 2009
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Ingår i: Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2009. - Vienna : Springer. - 9783211939703 ; , s. 238-247
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper describes’ a geographic information system (GIS) developed to visualise the road routes selected by self-drive visitors to outback Australia. These visitors are typically on multiple destination trips. While existing data sets describe locations of overnight stops, they do not show the locations visitors come into contact with between overnight stops. The Visualising Relatively Unpredictable Movement (VRUMTM) system imputes complete travel paths for selfdrive visitors, allowing destinations and businesses to assess where they fit in trip itineraries VRUMTM has proven valuable as a tool for visualising changes in travel patterns over time. The system may be readily adapted to other destinations.
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- Zanker, Markus, et al.
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An Autometed Approach for Deriving Semantic Annotations of Tourism Products based on Geo-Spatial Information
- 2009
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Ingår i: Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2009 Proceedings of the International Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2009. - Viennna New York : Springer. - 9783211939703 ; , s. 211-221
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- High quality product data is a necessary prerequisite for supporting efficient browsing and recommendation procedures on e-commerce platforms. This is especially true for the tourism domain where an abundance of information can easily overwhelm users. Although classification data such as to which category (e.g. accommodation, restaurant or sight) a tourism product belongs is usually directly available, qualitative information, such as proximity to a lake or opportunities for dining or shopping, is rarely provided in a structured way. As a consequence, users can not restrict their search on these criteria; rather, it would require costly manual information acquisition efforts. In this paper we propose a knowledge-based approach that automatically associates such qualitative concepts with tourism products based on their geographic coordinates and their spatial proximity. An initial evaluation of the approach that considered automatically generated annotations within different regions suggests that it can be used as an alternative to domain experts.
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