eLearning + eTourism

a very interesting campaign by the Ministry of Tourism in Macedonia

2012-05-31T06:09:00.001+02:00

a very interesting viral campaign addressed to local people to promote a change in attitudes and behaviours toward tourists.

How to evaluate it? (here a very negative evaluation)

Mobile Science & Learning

2012-05-29T19:01:00.000+02:00

Marta Pucciarelli & Lorenzo Cantoni, Mobile Access To Knowledge, in Enrique Canessa & Marco Zennaro (Eds.), Mobile Science & Learning, ICTP—The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy) 2012, pp. 71-77.
Freely downloadable.

Mobile Science and Learning v.4 (Hires)

Vacanze, il primo tuffo è nel Web

2012-04-21T12:34:00.001+02:00

after two days in Andorra

2012-04-12T12:57:00.000+02:00

skiing or attending the 7th World Congress on Snow and Mountain Tourism & playing with the Bienfaits pour vous iPhone App?

7th World Congress on Snow and Mountain Tourism

2012-04-11T09:08:00.001+02:00

La Massana, Andorra, 11-12 April 2012

I'm here, presenting in the session: Relationship marketing: the need to create communities and to follow potential customers before, during and after their trips

The Online Reputation Construct: Does it Matter for the Tourism Domain? A Literature Review on Destinations' Online Reputation

2012-03-31T12:32:00.001+02:00

Marchiori, E., Cantoni, L., The Online Reputation Construct: Does it Matter for the Tourism Domain? A Literature Review on Destinations' Online Reputation, "Information Technology & Tourism", Volume 13, Number 3, 2012 , pp. 139-159

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/109830512X13283928066715

two new great websites

2012-03-02T19:12:00.000+01:00

both NewMinE - New Media in Education and webatelier.net Labs have just launched their new websites. Have a look!

Consumer media discover that travel agents do still exist

2012-02-24T23:35:00.000+01:00

an interesting article >>>

New technologies applied to E-learning in tourism Seminar: "eLearning in Hospitality and Tourism Field"

2012-02-24T13:53:00.001+01:00

"Information and communication technologies in tourism 2012" (partially) available on Google books

2012-02-21T08:57:00.005+01:00

on Google books

two great calls for papers!

2012-02-15T09:22:00.002+01:00

ENTER2013- The 20th International Conference on Information Technology and Travel & Tourism

January 22-25, 2013, Innsbruck, Austria

submission closes: September 1st, 2012

Research Track Chair: Lorenzo Cantoni (Università della Svizzera italiana, University of Lugano, Switzerland), co-chair: Zheng Xiang (University of North Texas, USA)

see the CFP

HCI International 2013 - The 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

July 21-26, 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

I'm charing a session titled: Design, User Experience and Usability in Tourism-related Applications within the 2nd International Conference on Design, User Experience and Usability (DUXU)

submisison of abstracts closes: October 12, 2012

see conference website

UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Adjudication on TripAdvisor LLC

2012-02-01T20:04:00.000+01:00

"We told TripAdvisor not to claim or imply that all the reviews that appeared on the website were from real travellers, or were honest, real or trusted" >>>

webatelier.net dream team @ ENTER2012 in Helsingborg

2012-01-29T11:35:00.000+01:00

Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2012

2012-01-24T15:43:00.003+01:00

Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2012. Proceedings of the International Conference in Helsingborg, Sweden, January 24-27, 2012
Fuchs, Matthias; Ricci, Francesco; Cantoni, Lorenzo (Eds.)

Springer, Wien – New York -2012, 2012, XIV, 530 p. 87 illus. -Softcover, ISBN 978-3-7091-1141-3

What is a Scholarly Contribution?

2012-01-24T11:46:00.001+01:00

my presentation @enter2012 PhD workshop

Mountain tourism 2.0: New strategies for success

2011-12-21T21:22:00.002+01:00

organized by UNWTO, La Massana (Andorra), 11-12 April 2012
I'm going to present there: see the preliminary program

with the Master class "New Media in Tourism Communication"

2011-12-21T17:00:00.000+01:00

with the Master students of the course Online Communication and Promotion (Enterprise projects)

2011-12-16T19:17:00.000+01:00

special issue on eTourism and eLearning

2011-12-13T09:54:00.001+01:00

Journal of Information Technology & Tourism, Volume 13, Number 1, 2012

TOC

eTourism and eLearning
pp. 1-1(1)
Author: Cantoni, Lorenzo

Articles

Travel Agents and Destination Management Organizations: eLearning As a Strategy to Train Tourism Trade Partners
pp. 3-12(10)
Author: Kalbaska, Nadzeya

Overcoming Barriers to Sme E-Commerce Adoption using Blended Learning: A Swedish Action Research Case Study
pp. 13-26(14)
Authors: Kuttainen, Christer; Lexhagen, Maria

Tourism Capacity Building in Developing Geographies: A Case for Open Educational Resources
pp. 27-37(11)
Authors: Nadkarni, Sanjay; Venema, Magiel

Myswitzerland.com: Analysis of Online Communication and Promotion
pp. 39-49(11)
Authors: Inversini, Alessandro; Brülhart, Christoph; Cantoni, Lorenzo

Nueva Jornada dedicada al e-Learning en Turismo

2011-12-13T09:48:00.000+01:00

Quisiera invitarte a la Jornada que organiza el Laboratori del Nou Turisme i el E-Learncenter de la UOC el próximo 20 de enero de 2012, a las 9:15 en Barcelona, en la sede de la UOC, Edificio MediaTic, c/Roc Boronat 117, 6a planta, sala Terrassa >>>

Campus Explorer badge on FourSquare !

2011-12-12T13:36:00.000+01:00

ENTER2012: the (almost) final program is online!

2011-12-07T13:46:00.000+01:00

ENTER2012 - eTourism Present and Future Services and Applications

Helsingborg (Sweden) 24th to 27th of January 2012

see the (almost) final program >>>

interesting hotel campaign...

2011-11-26T11:55:00.002+01:00

eLearning Courses on Tourism Destinations: Travel Agents' Perceptions

2011-11-10T18:35:00.000+01:00

a great Report you can download for free >>>

Sabre launches global reservation system for video conferencing

2011-11-03T19:46:00.000+01:00

on Tnooz >>>