New Governance and Management in Touristic Destinations
New Governance and Management in Touristic Destinations

Author: Valeri, Marco

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2021-12-24

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1668438917

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As competition is increasingly taking place on a global scale, tourist destinations must act more like businesses than they have in the past. Development in the tourism sector has often been beset by ambiguities and contradictions and has been the subject of debate across a range of disciplines in terms of its sustainability and level of social commitment. New Governance and Management in Touristic Destinations analyzes the most proper governance model to be implemented to increase the competitiveness of tourist destinations. It also focuses on the need to develop a managerial orientation capable of making the tourism system interact with tourism demand. Covering topics such as electronic word of mouth, gastronomic tourism, and sustainable development, this book is essential for practicing hospitality and tourism managers, professionals in the hospitality and tourism industry, specialists and consultants, government officials, researchers, educators, academicians, and students.

New Governance and Management in Touristic Destinations
New Governance and Management in Touristic Destinations

Author: Marco Valeri

Publisher: Business Science Reference

Published: 2021-12-06

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9781668438893

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"This book offers new insights for traditional paradigms, approaches and methods, as well as more recent developments in research methodology in new approaches to governance and management of destination, outlining how and why tourist destinations have to act more like businesses than they have done in the past"--

Smart Tourism Destination Governance
Smart Tourism Destination Governance

Author: Tomáš Gajdošík

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-03-17

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1000597121

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Drawing upon empirical research and critical literature review, Smart Tourism Destination Governance: Technology and Design-Based Approach provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of smart tourism destination governance and its related challenges. Building on the author’s extensive research background in tourism destinations and information technologies, the book provides a quantitative approach to the phenomenon, using cluster and network analysis. It uses design thinking to provide solutions on how to overcome the challenges faced within the context of tourism destination governance, with a detailed discussion of the contribution of the smart approach to overcoming such challenges. The book is presented in three parts as follows: Part 1: The Need for a New Form of Tourism Destination Governance Part 2: The Contribution of Smart Approach to Overcoming the Challenges of Tourism Destination Governance Part 3: Designing Smart Tourism Destination Governance Towards Sustainability, Competitiveness and Resilience This work will be of great interest to both tourism scholars and decision-makers within the field of tourism, aiming to provide a detailed overview of and broaden the reader’s horizons in regards to the possibilities of the smart approach to tourism destination governance.

Handbook of Research on Smart Technology Applications in the Tourism Industry
Handbook of Research on Smart Technology Applications in the Tourism Industry

Author: Çeltek, Evrim

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2020-01-17

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 1799819906

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In today’s modernized society, certain technologies have become more applicable within many professional fields and are much easier to implement. This includes the tourism industry, where smart technology has provided a range of new marketing possibilities including more effective sales tactics and delivering a more personalized customer experience. As the scope of business analytics continues to expand, professionals need research on the various applications of smart technology within the field of tourism. The Handbook of Research on Smart Technology Applications in the Tourism Industry is an essential reference source that discusses the use of intelligent systems in tourism as well as their influence on consumer relationships. Featuring research on topics such as digital advertising, wearable technology, and consumer behavior, this book is ideally designed for travel agents, tour developers, restaurateurs, hotel managers, tour directors, airlines, marketers, researchers, managers, hospitality professionals, policymakers, business strategists, researchers, academicians, and students seeking coverage on the use of smart technologies in tourism.

Tourism Destination Management
Tourism Destination Management

Author: Manuel Rodríguez-Díaz

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2019-09-18

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 3039214713

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This book collected studies focused on the management of tourist destinations. Destinations are complex and adaptive systems, where the different elements that make them up have to be oriented towards achieving a common objective that improves the competitiveness of the destination. Five main lines of research on tourist destinations can be established: 1) the management, planning, and marketing of destinations, with special attention to the tourism supply chain, communication, and integral management; 2) the sustainability of resources and capabilities; 3) the renewal of destinations in order to update their offer and main resources to maintain competitiveness; 4) online reputation and communication through social media in order to create and enhance a strong brand image and customer loyalty; and 5) the application of new technologies in order to develop smart destinations. The book is made up of five research studies that focus on analyzing the transition towards a more circular tourist activity in hotels, image as a competitive factor of destinations, the value of cultural creativity, the coherence of online reputation, and the relationship between hotel prices and online reputation in different tourist destinations.

Handbook of Research on Social Media Applications for the Tourism and Hospitality Sector
Handbook of Research on Social Media Applications for the Tourism and Hospitality Sector

Author: Ramos, Célia M.Q.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2019-12-27

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 1799819485

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Tourists frequently rely on social networks to provide information about a product or destination as a decision support tool to make adequate decisions in the process of planning a trip. In this digital environment, tourists share their travel experiences, impressions, emotions, special moments, and opinions about an assortment of tourist services like hotels, restaurants, airlines, and car rental services, all of which contribute to the online reputation of a tourist destination. The Handbook of Research on Social Media Applications for the Tourism and Hospitality Sector is a fundamental reference source that provides vital theoretical frameworks and the latest innovative empirical research findings of online social media in the tourism industry. While highlighting topics such as e-business, mobile marketing, and smart tourism, this publication explores user-generated content and the methods of mobile strategies. This book is ideally designed for tour developers, travel agents, restaurateurs, hotel management, tour directors, entrepreneurs, social media analysts, managers, industry professionals, academicians, researchers, and students.

Optimizing Digital Solutions for Hyper-Personalization in Tourism and Hospitality
Optimizing Digital Solutions for Hyper-Personalization in Tourism and Hospitality

Author: Gustavo, Nuno

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2022-02-19

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1799883086

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As hyper-personalization has yet to be perfected, developing hyper-personalized strategies presents a critical challenge; due to this, optimizing hyper-personalization and designing new processes and business models takes center stage in tourism and hospitality to reach new levels of customer service and experience through the introduction and development of new solutions supported in the internet of things, software interfaces, artificial intelligence solutions, back-end and front-end management tools, and other emergent business intelligence strategies. Optimizing Digital Solutions for Hyper-Personalization in Tourism and Hospitality serves as an essential reference source that emphasizes the importance of hyper-personalization models, processes, strategies, and issues within tourism and hospitality fields with a particular focus on digital IT solutions. More than a simple starting point for a critical reflection on the state of the art of this sector, this book aims to contribute in an objective way to leveraging digital solutions to optimize the concept of hyper-personalization in the tourist experience. The content of this book covers research topics that include digital tourism and hospitality, consumer behavior, customer journey, and smart technologies and is ideal for professionals, executives, hotel managers, event coordinators, restaurateurs, travel agents, tour directors, policymakers, government officials, industry professionals, researchers, students, and academicians in the fields of tourism and hospitality management, marketing, and communications.

Strategic Business Models to Support Demand, Supply, and Destination Management in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry
Strategic Business Models to Support Demand, Supply, and Destination Management in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry

Author: Carvalho, Luisa Cagica

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2019-08-30

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 152259938X

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The international tourism industry has seen increased growth in the past few years as millions of individuals continue to travel worldwide. As one of the world’s largest economic sectors, creating jobs, driving exports, and generating prosperity worldwide, hospitality and tourism management needs to continually be explored in order to update best business models and practice. Strategic Business Models to Support Demand, Supply, and Destination Management in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry is an essential reference source that emphasizes emergent and innovative aspects and new challenges and issues within the industry with a particular focus on demand, supply, and destination management. Featuring research on topics such as circular economy, consumer behavior, and social networking, this book is ideally designed for business professionals, executives, hotel managers, event coordinators, restaurateurs, travel agents, tour directors, policymakers, government officials, industry professionals, researchers, students, and academicians.

Smart Tourism as a Driver for Culture and Sustainability
Smart Tourism as a Driver for Culture and Sustainability

Author: Vicky Katsoni

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-02-01

Total Pages: 658

ISBN-13: 9783030039097

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This book explores the latest developments in the field of smart tourism, focusing in particular on the important cultural and sustainability synergies that have emerged during the digital era. The aim is to elucidate how ICTs can promote innovation and creativity in the tourism and leisure sector in ways that take into account cultural and social responsibilities, foster sustainable tourism management, and enhance cultural tourism, cultural heritage, and sustainable development. The book is based on the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACuDiT), attended by academics and industry practitioners from cultural, heritage, communication, and innovational tourism backgrounds, and is edited in collaboration with IACuDiT. It will have broad appeal to professionals from academia, industry, government, and other organizations who wish to learn about novel perspectives in the fields of tourism, travel, hospitality, culture and heritage, leisure, and sports within the context of a knowledge society and smart economy in which sustainability is becoming ever more important.

Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015
Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015

Author: Iis Tussyadiah

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-01-27

Total Pages: 855

ISBN-13: 3319143433

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The papers presented in this volume advance the state-of-the-art research on big data and analytics, social media, electronic marketing, mobile computing and recommender systems, mobile sensors and geosocial services, augmented reality, wearable computing, smart tourism, electronic distribution for tourism and hospitality products and services, e-learning, responsive web design and management, and eTourism for development. This book covers the most significant areas contributed by prominent scholars from around the world and is suitable for both academics and practitioners who are interested in the latest developments in e-Tourism.