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

on Google books

two great calls for papers!

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

Background Investigation of Steve Jobs Released

The 191-page document, released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), consists of the FBI’s 1991 background investigation of Steve Jobs for an appointed position on the U.S. President’s Export Council. The release also includes documents related to a 1985 investigation of a bomb threat against Apple >>>

 

UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Adjudication on TripAdvisor LLC

"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

Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2012

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?

my presentation @enter2012 PhD workshop

Apple Education Event

presenting their vision on the topic >>>

Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies

just launched: a very interesting resource >>>

PICTURE: the adoption of ICTs within the ministrants of the Catholic Church

Cantoni L., Rapetti E., Tardini S., Vannini S., Arasa D. (forthcoming 2012), PICTURE: the adoption of ICTs within the ministrants of the Catholic Church, in P.H. Cheong, P. Fischer-Nielsen, P., S. Gelfgren, & C. Ess. (Eds), Digital Religion, Social Media and Culture: Perspectives, Practices, Futures, New York: Peter Lang

Merry Christmas and a great 2012!

Giorgione, Adoration of the Magi (Oil on canvas, National Gallery, London)

Mountain tourism 2.0: New strategies for success

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"

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

special issue on eTourism and eLearning

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

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  >>>

Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique: a Map

Edited by: Rega, I., Cantoni, L.
Researched by: Vannini, S., David, S., Baia, A., Macueve, G.
NewMinE Lab, December 2011
a great report you can download for free here

Campus Explorer badge on FourSquare !

ENTER2012: the (almost) final program is online!

ENTER2012 - eTourism Present and Future Services and Applications 

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

see the (almost) final program >>>

So Who Asked? - What Governments Officially Say About Web Analytics

on ClickZ >>>