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Information and Communications Technologies in Tourism

Proceedings of the International Conference in Innsbruck, Austria, 1994

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Walter Schertler

    1. Strategisches Tourismusmanagement, Universität Trier, Trier, Federal Republic of Germany

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  2. Beat Schmid

    1. Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Hochschule St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

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  3. A. Min Tjoa

    1. Institut für Angewandte Informatik und Informationssysteme, Wien, Austria

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  4. Hannes Werthner

    1. Institut für Statistik, Operations Research und Computerverfahren, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria

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The conference ENTER • International Conference on However, the tourist market has several specific characteristics Information and Communications Technologies in Tourism with regard to the use of technological infrastructure: represents a fll'St attempt • On the demand side computerized reservation and general • to provide an international forum for the discussion of the distribution systems (eRS and GDS), managed by big role of telecommunication and information systems in airlines, are well organized and technological pioneers. In tourism, the past they typically focused on the business traveller, • to inform potential users and people concerned with the nowadays they also try to cover the vacation sector. These importance of such technologies and to explain their systems work on a world-wide level and are highly functioning sophisticated. However, it should be added that the • to give an opportunity to the research community, nowadays information provided is rather poor and also selective, scattered into different areas of research, to discuss their which may restrict its usefulness for the promotion of an results on a common platform, and, fmally, entire tourist region. • to intensify the contact and the communication between • Similar to CRSlGDS several tour operators have begun to develop their own systems, although with varying success. researchers, system developers and users.

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Table of contents (41 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Invited Papers on Selected Topics

    1. Electronic Markets in Tourism

      • B. Schmid
      Pages 1-8

    2. Strategy and Information Technology in the Tourist Industry

      • Pieter M. Ribbers
      Pages 9-14

    3. “Tourist & Guest 2000”

      • Wilhelm Dantine
      Pages 15-19

    4. “Tourism 2000 — An Information Business”

      • W. Schertler
      Pages 20-26

    5. Change demands on hotel management

      • Johann Ruisz
      Pages 27-34

    6. TIS Tourism Information System for the Tyrol

      • Arno Ebner
      Pages 35-42

    7. Telecommunication in Rural Areas

      • Sixtus Lanner
      Pages 43-45

    8. Standard specifications as the basis for salesoriented tourism

      • Rainer Blencke
      Pages 46-49

    9. Destination Marketing Systems

      • Philip Haines
      Pages 50-55

    10. Non-European Initiatives and Systems

      • Gilbert Archdale
      Pages 56-63

  3. Multimedia I

    1. Processing Travel Queries in a Multimedia Information System

      • W. J. Austin, E. K. Hutchinson, J. R. Kalmus, L. M. Mackinnon, K. G. Jeffery, D. H. Marwick et al.
      Pages 64-71

    2. A Hypermedia Tourist Guide

      • A. Tsalgatidou, M. Spiliopoulou, K. Apostolaki, I. Roussou, M. Hatzopoulos
      Pages 72-79

    3. TIS/MM

      • Gerald Quirchmayr, Reinhold Schimak
      Pages 80-86

  5. Multimedia III

    1. Development of a CD-ROM-based Multimedia-Application in an Open System Environment

      • Kornél Szabó, Peter Stucki, Martin Blatter, Peter Simeon, Martin Ruff, Claudine Horezky et al.
      Pages 110-115

    2. Hypertour: A Hypermedia Ecotouristic Information System for the National Parks of Costa Rica

      • Erick Mata-Montero, Alejandra Corrales-Madrigal
      Pages 116-119

  6. Advice System I

    1. An Advice System for Travel Agents

      • K. Vanhoof, I. Molderez
      Pages 120-125
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Strategisches Tourismusmanagement, Universität Trier, Trier, Federal Republic of Germany

    Walter Schertler

  • Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Hochschule St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Beat Schmid

  • Institut für Angewandte Informatik und Informationssysteme, Wien, Austria

    A. Min Tjoa

  • Institut für Statistik, Operations Research und Computerverfahren, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria

    Hannes Werthner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Information and Communications Technologies in Tourism

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International Conference in Innsbruck, Austria, 1994

  • Editors: Walter Schertler, Beat Schmid, A. Min Tjoa, Hannes Werthner

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9343-3

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag/Wien 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-211-82543-3Published: 03 January 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-9343-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 286

  • Topics: Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), IT in Business

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