Present your research to peers and travel industry decision makers
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Research Conference Call for Papers
- Call for papers
- How to submit your paper
- Costs and how to register
- How to contact the Research Chair
The Summit and Research Conference
The EyeforTravel Travel Distribution Summit is has been an increasingly successful forum for bringing together key players in the electronic tourism marketplace. This year there were 1600 participants and over 50 exhibitors with all key industry sectors well represented including hotels, airlines, tour operators, agencies as well as the new distributors, the search engines.
For 2007, the highly successful innovative research conference initiated in 2006 will be further developed as a leading showcase for leading edge research work. For researchers this will provide a unique and an extremely attractive combination of a research conference with the formal double blind review process for research papers couple to subsidised access to leading industry players through Europe's premier travel industry conference. Academics attending will benefit from:
- Presenting at a top research conference with a formal double blind review for all full papers
- Discounted access to the leading industry conference and major industry networking opportunity.. All bona fide academics attending the Research Conference will be entitled to access the Travel Distribution Summit activities on the same basis as full industry delegates at a highly discounted rate (a saving of over £800).
- Unparalleled dissemination opportunities for research work. Papers will be published in a formal (ISBN) set of proceedings, a synopsis of the papers along with researcher profile and contact information will be displayed in a dedicated Research Zone on the Exhibition floor, where they can be accessed by top travel industry players. This zone will also provide the opportunity to peruse research centre profiles from around the world. A synopsis of research presentations and researcher profiles will also be made available through the conference website. This will provide vast post-conference exposure with research paper synopses being downloadable b y attendees and then EyeforTravel readership (currently around 150,000 per month).
The headline title for the conference is travel distribution but this should be considered for wide interpretation by researchers as there is clear interest across all pertinent aspects of the electronic tourism domain. Indicative research topics might include the following:
- Web 2.0/Travel 2.0
- eConsumers
- Distribution Technologies and Channels
- Destination Management
- Sustainability and ICT
- Sales and Marketing
- Revenue and Pricing
- Recommender Systems
- SEO
- Usability
- Wireless and Mobile Technologies and Applications
- Web Evaluation and Metrics
- Intelligent Agents
- Data Mining and Warehousing
- Security
- eLearning
- Standards
- Business Models
- Semantic Web
- Dynamic Packaging
- DMOs and Distribution
If you are unsure about a topic for submission please get in touch with the research chair.
Paper submission deadline: Friday 16th March 2007
All work should be submitted to afrew@qmuc.ac.uk in Word format.
Note that for a research paper to be included in the conference and the associated dissemination channels including the published proceedings, at least one author must register for the conference by end March 2007. The research conference is supported by the E4T Research Area on the website and all details of the research conference may be downloaded from there including this call for papers, author guidelines, synopsis guide and so on.
Agenda
Guide:| Main Programme | |
| Research Programme - Room H |
Day 1 23rd May
09.15 – 10.30 |
Keynote Debate |
Ian McCaig, CEO, Lastminute.com |
10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee Break |
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11.00 – 11.30 |
Keynote Presentation |
Henry Harteveldt, VP and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research |
11.30 – 12.45 |
Keynote Debate |
Chris Silcock, VP Revenue and Service Delivery, Hilton International |
12.45 – 14.00 |
Lunch Break |
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14.00 – 14.30 |
European Cities and Web Tourism Communication. An Indicators-based Pilot Study |
Lorenzo Cantoni, University of Lugano, Switzerland |
14.30 – 15.00 |
Acceptance of New Technologies in Hotel Rooms |
Klemens Waldhor, Tourismus research Centre, Krems, Austria |
15.00 – 15.30 |
Determinants of Distribution Channel Structures in the Tourism Sector |
C Berne, University of Zaragoza, Spain |
15.30 – 16.00 |
eBusiness Driven Change in European Tour Operators |
Roberto Daniele, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh |
Day 2 24th May
09.15 – 10.30 |
Keynote Debate |
Richard Lewis, Managing Director EMEA, Preferred Hotel Group |
10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee Break |
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11.00 – 11.30 |
Keynote Presentation |
To be Confirmed |
11.30 – 12.45 |
Keynote Debate |
Dermot Blastland, Managing Director, Mainstream Business, First Choice |
12.45 – 14.00 |
Lunch Break |
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14.00 – 14.30 |
IT-readiness in Greek travel Agencies |
George L Baliouskas, Information Systems Impact, Greece |
14.30 – 15.00 |
A Rapid Prototyping Software Framework for Early Acceptance Testing of Mobile Applications |
W. Schwaiger, Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft, Austria |
15.00 – 15.30 |
Destination eMetrics |
Patrick Horan, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland |
15.30 – 16.00 |
Email Marketing in the Accommodation Sector. An Adoption Study from Austria |
Mathias Fuchs, eTourism Competence Centre, Austria |
Registration Fee (ex VAT)
| Non-members | IFITT members | |
|---|---|---|
| Early Bird (before March 31st 2007) | £295 | £265 |
| Standard | £360 | £320 |
To book click here.
This rate is for academics. Non academics can attend these sessions only buy buying a ticket at the Travel Distribution Summit's executive conference.
Research Chair
Professor Andrew J Frew
Chair of IT and Tourism
Director of SITI
Queen Margaret University
Corstorphine Campus
Edinburgh
EH12 8TS
+44 131 317 3596
afrew@qmuc.ac.uk