Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2012 [electronic resource].
Fuchs, Matthias.
Ricci, Francesco.
Cantoni, Lorenzo.
 : Springer,
2012.
The papers presented in this volume advance the state of the art in social media and Web 2.0, electronic tourism marketing, web site and search engine optimization, technology adoption and diffusion, online communities, tourism management and decision support, eLearning, mobile technologies and applications in tourism, recommender systems, e-intermediaries and networks in tourism, customer research in e-tourism and user generated content. The volume collects research papers of prominent scholars from around the world with a disciplinary background in the fields of social or computer sciences. 
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""Title Page  ""; ""Copyright Page   ""; ""Preface""; ""Table of Contents   ""; ""Index of Authors""; ""Research programme Review Committee""; ""Perceptions and Strategies of Hospitality and Tourism Practitioners on Social Media: An Exploratory Study""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Literature Review""; ""2.1 Social Media in Hospitality and Tourism""; ""2.2 Travel Information and Travel Planning Process""; ""3 Research Design""; ""3.1 Data Collection""; ""3.2 Data Analysis""; ""3.3 Data Trustworthiness and Limitations""; ""4 Research Findings and Discussion""
""4.1 General Perceptions about Social Media""""4.2 Social Media Applications and Strategies Being Employed""; ""4.3 Discussion of Social Media Strategies in Relations to the Consumer's Decision Making Process""; ""5 Conclusion and Implications""; ""References""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Social Media Use and Impact during the Holiday Travel Planning Process""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Literature Review""; ""2.1 Social Media""; ""2.2 Social Media in Travel""; ""3 Methodology""; ""3.1 Data Collection""; ""3.2 Measures""; ""4 Results""; ""4.1 Profile of Sample""; ""4.2 Use of Social Media""
""4.3 Social Media Usage Levels and Reasons for Use During the Holiday Planning Process""""4.4 Social Media Influence on Holiday Plans""; ""4.5 Trust Towards Social Media and Traditional Sources of Information""; ""5 Conclusions, Limitations and Implications""; ""5.1 Research Limitations""; ""5.2 Managerial Implications""; ""5.3 Suggestions for Further Research""; ""References""; ""An Assessment of Contagion on Social Networking Sites""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Literature Review""; ""2.1 Social Comparison and Contagion""; ""2.2 Competition and Status Consumption""; ""3 Methodology""
""3.1 Research Design""""3.2 Data Collection and Analysis""; ""4 Result and Discussion""; ""4.1 Referral-based Influence""; ""4.2 Competition-based Influence""; ""5 Conclusion and Implication""; ""References""; ""ConTur: An Intelligent Content Management System for the Tourism Sector""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Background""; ""3 Objectives""; ""4 ConTur Architecture""; ""4.1 Portal Engine""; ""4.2 Knowledge Management""; ""4.3 Content Acquisitor""; ""4.4 Aggregator""; ""4.5 Guide Management""; ""4.6 Trust & Security""; ""5 Scenarios""; ""5.1 Portal Destino 3.0""; ""5.2 Mi Guia Multidestino""
""6 Impact and Future Research""""7 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Measuring Emotional States in Touristic Events: The Case of the Emocionometro""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Theoretical Background""; ""2.1 Theoretical Model of PAD""; ""2.2 Application of the PAD Model in the Tourism Realm""; ""3 Methodology""; ""3.1 Empiric Pilot Test: the Case of DSS2016""; ""3.2 Adaptation of the PAD Model to the Measurement of DSS2016""; ""3.3 Technical Specifications of the System: the Emocionometro""; ""4 Overview on the Results of the Analysis""
""5 Conclusions and Further Implications""
The papers presented in this volume advance the state of the art in social media and Web 2.0, electronic tourism marketing, web site and search engine optimization, technology adoption and diffusion, online communities, tourism management and decision support, eLearning, mobile technologies and applications in tourism, recommender systems, e-intermediaries and networks in tourism, customer research in e-tourism and user generated content. The volume collects research papers of prominent scholars from around the world with a disciplinary background in the fields of social or computer sciences. 
Tourism -- Computer network resources -- Congresses.
Tourism -- Information resources -- Congresses.