Information and communication technologies in support of the tourism industry

Tourism is one of the leading industries worldwide. The magnitude of growth in tourism will bring both opportunities and problems to source and destination markets in years to come, especially in the internal and external exchange of information in the industry. This book examines the process of tra...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Pease, Wayne, 1953-, Rowe, Michelle, 1961-, Cooper, Malcolm, 1946-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
Subjects:
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
LEADER 03937nam a2200433 a 4500
001 29602
003 IGIG
005 20100703174124.0
006 m e d
007 cr bn||||m|||a
008 100617s2007 paua fsb 001 0 eng d
010 # # |z 2006033771 
020 # # |a 9781599041612 (ebook) 
020 # # |z 9781599041599 (hardcover) 
020 # # |z 1599041596 (hardcover) 
020 # # |z 9781616927745 (pbk.) 
024 7 # |a 10.4018/978-1-59904-159-9  |2 doi 
035 # # |a (CaBNVSL)gtp00541421 
035 # # |a (OCoLC)707611737 
040 # # |a CaBNVSL  |c CaBNVSL  |d CaBNVSL 
050 # 4 |a G155.A1  |b I453 2007e 
082 0 4 |a 910.285  |2 22 
245 0 0 |a Information and communication technologies in support of the tourism industry  |c Wayne Pease, Michelle Rowe, Malcolm Cooper [editors].  |h [electronic resource] / 
260 # # |a Hershey, Pa. :  |b IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA),  |c c2007. 
300 # # |a electronic texts (xv, 376 p. : ill.) :  |b digital files. 
504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 # |a Online Delivery of Tourism Services: Developments, Issues, and Challenges / John W. Houghton -- A Framework for Ontology-Based Tourism Application Generator / Roopa Jakkilinki, Nalin Sharda -- ICT and the Travel Industry: Opportunities and Challenges for New Zealand Travel Agents / Vladimir Garkavenko, Simon Milne -- The Transformation of the Distribution Process in the Airline Industry Empowered by Information and Communication Technology / Patrick S. Merten -- Design and Implementation Approaches for Location-Based, Tourism-Related Services / George Kakaletris ... [et al.] -- Developing Visual Tourism Recommender Systems / Mohan Ponnada, Roopa Jakkilinki, Nalin Sharda -- Virtual Reality Applications in Tourism / Clin Guru -- Virtual Reality Mapping Revisited: IT Tools for the Divide Between Knowledge and Action in Tourism / Malcolm Cooper, Neil MacNeil -- Towards Improved Business Planning Decision Support for Small-to-MediumTourism Enterprise Operators / G. Michael McGrath -- Collaborative Commerce and the Hotel Industry / Michelle Rowe, Alfred Ogle -- Sex Tourism and the Internet: Information, Amplification, and Moral Panics / Jerry Eades -- Digital Imaging Trek: A Practical Model for Managing the Demand of the Digitally Enabled Traveller / Stephen C. Andrade, Hilary Mason -- Feeling Welcome: Internet Tourism Marketing Across Cultures / Wolfgang Georg Arlt -- Changing Technological Trends in the Travel Behaviour of Older Tourists / Ian Patterson. 
506 # # |a Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. 
520 3 # |a Tourism is one of the leading industries worldwide. The magnitude of growth in tourism will bring both opportunities and problems to source and destination markets in years to come, especially in the internal and external exchange of information in the industry. This book examines the process of transformation as it relates to the tourism industry, and the changes to that industry from modern electronic communications. It covers not only geographically supportive technologies in communication, but also in terms of culture, economics, marketing, social, and regional issues. In-depth analyses range from the use of the Internet to supply information to the emerging patterns of tourist decision making and investments. 
530 # # |a Also available in print. 
538 # # |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
588 # # |a Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on June 22, 2010). 
650 # 0 |a Tourism  |x Information technology. 
700 1 # |a Pease, Wayne,  |d 1953- 
700 1 # |a Rowe, Michelle,  |d 1961- 
700 1 # |a Cooper, Malcolm,  |d 1946- 
710 2 # |a IGI Global. 
776 0 # |c (Original)  |w (DLC) 2006033771  |z 9781599041599  |z 1599041596 
856 4 0 |u https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-59904-159-9  |z View fulltext via EzAccess